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In addition to Chinese legionnaire Arnautovic, the injured Konrad Laimer and Stefan Posch are missing, Werder Bremen legionnaire Marco Friedl is unavailable due to travel restrictions. The ÖFB national team will play a friendly away from Luxembourg on Wednesday (8.30pm). This will be followed by the last two matches in the Nations League against Northern Ireland (November 15) and Norway (November 18 at 8.45pm each, live on ORF1 and on live broadcast) in Vienna.
Foda justified the size of the squad with the extremely high load of players in recent weeks. This means that “better control is possible in training and matches,” emphasized the ÖFB team boss in Kander’s announcement, which had been postponed from Tuesday to Friday due to the coronavirus pandemic and was only broadcast live on the ÖFB.
Arnautovic’s deployment in NL is still possible
With Arnautovic, who will be in action with Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese league next Wednesday, they are in constant contact. “With his club he still has a chance to get third place and therefore qualification for the Champions League in Asia,” explained Foda. “But maybe there is a possibility that he will still join the team after the friendly in Luxembourg.”
Team boss ÖFB awaits new impulses for newcomer Balic’s offense. “He is active and can act in the front line, he has good dynamics and good depth. He’s also behind the defense and scored good goals, ”Foda said of the LASK player. Balic now has the opportunity to prove himself in the ranks of the national team.
Regular workers are saved for the League of Nations
The trip to the international friendly match in Luxembourg will not be part of the regular squad. Bayern star David Alaba, Christoph Baumgartner (Hoffenheim), Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg) and Marcel Sabitzer (Leipzig) will only join the ÖFB team late. Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg) and Valentino Lazaro (Mönchengladbach), meanwhile, have to return to their clubs after the Luxembourg game.
The Austrians do not want to take the test match in Luxembourg lightly. “Luxembourg has a really good team and they are first in the Nations League,” Foda emphasized. “We must not underestimate them, on the contrary. They have a good, young and committed group that can hurt any team. “
Squad of the ÖFB team for the next internationals
Hill: Pavao Pervan (VfL Wolfsburg / GER, 4 internationals), Alexander Schlager (LASK, 3), Cican Stankovic (Red Bull Salzburg, 4)
Defending: Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen / GER, 84/1 goal), Martin Hinteregger (Eintracht Frankfurt / GER, 50/4), Stefan Lainer (Borussia Mönchengladbach / GER, 23/1), Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg / GER, 1 / 0), Gernot Trauner (LASK, 1/0), Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin / GER, 9/0), Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg, 19/0), Maximilian Ullmann (SK Rapid, 0), Albert Vallci (Red Bull Salzburg, 0), David Alaba (Bayern Munich / GER, 74/14)
Midfield: Husein Balic (LASK, 0), Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer 04 Leverkusen / GER, 79/1), Christoph Baumgartner (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim / GER, 5/2), Florian Grillitsch (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim / GER, 18/1), Raphael Holzhauser (Beerschot / BEL, 1/0), Stefan Ilsanker (Eintracht Frankfurt / GER, 46/0), Valentino Lazaro (Borussia Mönchengladbach / GER, 28/3), Karim Onisiwo (FSV Mainz / GER, 9/1) , Reinhold Ranftl (LASK, 3/0), Louis Schaub (FC Luzern / SUI, 15/5), Xaver Schlager (VfL Wolfsburg / GER, 15/1), Alessandro Schöpf (FC Schalke 04 / GER, 24/5)
Attack: Adrian Grbic (FC Lorient / FRA, 4/1), Michael Gregoritsch (FC Augsburg / GER, 22/4), Sasa Kalajdzic (VfB Stuttgart / GER, 1/0), Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig / GER, 44/8 )
On call: Martin Fraisl (SV Sandhausen / GER, 0), Heinz Lindner (FC Basel / SUI, 28), Jörg Siebenhandl (SK Sturm Graz, 2) – Philipp Wiesinger (LASK, 0), Maximilian Wöber (Red Bull Salzburg, 6/0 ), Yusuf Demir (SK Rapid, 0), Thomas Murg (PAOK Saloniki / GRE, 0), Manuel Prietl (Arminia Bielefeld / GER, 0), Marcel Ritzmaier (SK Rapid, 0), Stefan Schwab (PAOK Saloniki / GRE, 1/0), Patrick Wimmer (FK Austria Wien, 0), Hannes Wolf (Borussia Mönchengladbach / GER, 0), Peter Zulj (RSC Anderlecht / BEL, 10/0), Marko Arnautovic (Shanghai SIPG / CHN, 85/26 ), Ercan Kara (SK Rapid, 0), Christoph Monschein (FK Austria Wien, 1/0)
