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Austria has secured promotion to League A of the Nations League with a 1-1 draw against Norway. Faced with the “emergency selection” of the Scandinavians, Franco Foda’s team in Vienna showed a very poor performance.
It was only in minute 94 that substitute Adrian Grbic managed to equalize. Following the 2-1 win away from home in Oslo, a 0-1 loss to Austria would have been enough to win the group.
It was the end of the year that fit exactly into this crazy football year for the Austrian national team. Franco Foda’s team also played miserably against Norway on Wednesday at the end of the Nations League, but in the end the ÖFB kickers cheered: final score 1: 1 (0: 0), promotion to League A done. The Norwegian “Notelf” even took the lead against Austria and let the locals shake until the end. The 0: 1 after ÖFB’s victory in Oslo (2: 1) would have been enough for promotion thanks to away goals, but a second goal would have made the embarrassment perfect.
Common crawl en Norway at the end of the Nations League miserable, but in the end the ÖFB kickers cheered: Final score 1: 1 (0: 0), promotion to League A done. The Norwegian “Notelf” even took the lead against Austria and let the locals tremble until the end. The 0: 1 after ÖFB’s victory in Oslo (2: 1) would have been enough for promotion thanks to away goals, but a second goal would have made the embarrassment perfect.
When Jörgen Strand Larsen checked Austria goalkeeper Pavao Pervan after just 45 seconds and the ÖFB-Elf didn’t come out of their own half within 5 minutes of play, it was clear: it would be a tough game against a supposed emergency Norwegian national team. .
The guest team, which hastily rallied across Europe due to a crown quarantine from the original squad, played carefree and had better options too. Martin Hinteregger faked the ball on another shot from Strand Larsen (33.), Pervan dived off a shot from Jørgen Skjelvik (36.).
Like Sunday against Northern Ireland, the Austrians were barely able to pick up speed against a densely staggered defense and got bogged down in unproductive short passing relays. Only Marko Arnautovic could really make the Norwegian defense sweat. In the comeback of the starting eleven, a shot from the Chinese legionnaire landed next to the goal (20th) and another stopped goalkeeper Per Kristian Braatveit (36th).
Austria started the second half with courage, Arnautovic was already close to the first goal with a shot (48th). But a delicate scene in the penalty area once again caused great uncertainty: Martin Hinteregger was lucky that his push against Mats Daehli was not called a penalty (53rd). The team behind fell into a collective shock, which was to take revenge: former Rapidler Veton Berisha was able to pass to the profile of the goal, his flank used the Cypriot legionnaire Ghayas Zahid for 1-0 (61st).
Franco Foda brought in Adrian Grbic, who scored the winning goal in a 2-1 win against Northern Ireland on Sunday. The Lorient FC forward immediately got his best chance: the Norway keeper boldly launched his shot from a few meters after Alaba crossed (71).
The luck of the Austrian team was that the Norwegians did not push with all vehemence for their second goal and after just one training session together they could barely make an attack action. Both teams were already sold out. With practically the last drop of fuel in the tank, equilibrium was achieved: the new Arnautovic – Grbic axle worked again, the youth of the team avoided defeat in the penultimate minute of stoppage time with a shot placed to put the 1-1 .
The game on the live ticker:
Those: SN
