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That was close: for a long time the ÖFB team fought against the Northern Irish, they even fell behind, but then substitutes Schaub and Grbic turned the game around with their late goals – 2-1 win.
Since Michael Schuen | 11:23 pm, November 15, 2020
At the moment there is often talk of “Brexit”: Britain’s exit from the EU, which in the event of a “hard Brexit” would also include the reintroduction of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. And for a long time, at Vienna’s Happel Stadium, it could have been the view that the Northern Ireland national football team should close the border there full-time: the island’s mediocre national team made the halls around the penalty area so narrow and compact. The Austrian team fought in vain for a long time to reach the ball. There were practically no steps, at least not in the center. And at least not in the middle.
Time and again, the Austrians ran through the center on the human wall 20 meters in front of the gate. Michael McGovern firmly. The Northern Irishmen, who had to endure the disappointment of the lost Euro Cup qualifying round, had a clear idea: not to score a goal from behind and wait for a miracle up front to take the accounting stuff back to the island.
Austria hosted the Northern Ireland team on matchday five of the Nations League
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Team manager Franco Foda’s team won 2-1 with a late goal. The goals were scored by Schaub (81.), Grbic (87.) and Magennis (74.)
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From what one has to say: the Austrians didn’t make it too difficult for the Northern Irish. There was a lack of precision in the passing game and ideas to break the bulwark on the flanks. There was a lack of “depth”, as it is called in modern German, the exact passes to the depths, behind the defense. It would be from the name, the team boss ÖFB Candid fuck he screamed, hoped for more, because compared to the mediocre 3-0 in Luxembourg, Franco Foda had a goalkeeper Paul pervan Y Martin Hinteregger There were only two players left in the starting eleven, otherwise the available “A-set” could try with the exception of Marko Arnautovic.
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But the attempts brought little despite more than 70 percent possession, the Northern Irishmen even managed to pass after one of the counterattacks Liam Boyce (8.) the first big opportunity. And the Austrians missed a ball Stefan Ilsanker (9.) the only danger after one of the rare successful actions.
Foda tried to react during the break, but the characteristics of the game remained as they were: the Northern Irish mixed some pressing and concrete phases in defense, the Austrians had no brilliant idea, no idea how to break the bolt. which also changed the inclusion of Marko arnautovic little. On the contrary: because Andreas Ulmer came out too late once, it was at minute 74 Josh Magennis Completely free on the sixteenth, he took two or three steps toward Pervan and fired, to the horror of the defense.
But the horror came to an end: because the substitute Adrian grbic substitute first Louis Schaub dropped who met (81). And because the French legionnaire scored 2-1 himself six minutes later. A lackluster victory that changes little: if you play Norway on Wednesday you have to score.
