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The 62-year-old had missed the two most recent defeats against Albania (1: 5) and England (1: 2) due to a minor heart attack. The Austrians celebrated their fifth win in their eighth game, but due to three losses it doesn’t look too good for a ticket to the European Championship. Because in addition to the nine group winners, only the five best runners-up make it to the two-part final.
Before the duels in Turkey (November 13 at Samsun) and against Andorra (November 17 at Ried), they rose to four points, but the English played one game less in addition to their advantage. .
“It was an absolute voluntary victory for my team, which performed well throughout the week. We now have a last week in November. That was our goal for this course, ”summarized Gregoritsch. Grüll’s first goal pleased him. “He did an excellent job. It was a relief when the ball finally entered the goal because we had already created some chances. “
Attack problems
Gregoritsch made four changes compared to the home game against England. New to the team were David Schnegg, returning Kevin Danso, Lukas Malicsek and Rapid’s diamond in the rough Yusuf Demir. It was also Demir who knew how to put some accents in the first half. The most dangerous was a volley that passed just over the gate (11th). Furthermore, only LASK forward Marko Raguz came close to scoring (43).
The selection of ÖFB found it difficult because, despite the significantly larger proportion of the game, he lacked the necessary speed. Often the last pass was missing. The Kosovars were well controlled, apart from a rightly denied offside goal (42nd), there was nothing to do with the home side’s offense.
Manure causes late cheers
That didn’t really change after the break. The ÖFB proteges went ahead, Demir shot to the side of the goal after a good action, Gladbach’s Hannes Wolf claimed a penalty in vain after a duel in the area (67), and “Joker” Kelvin Arase hit the Ball after an error by Demir- Possibility of hitting the crossbar (74º).
Two minutes later, the locals nearly turned the game around, with Muharrem Jashari aiming past the far corner. So at the end of the day the guests were able to celebrate at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium. In a combination of two alternates, Grüll met after the work of Alexander Schmidt. The action was initiated by strong Demir.
In contrast to 4-0 at home on November 15, 2019, you had a lot more problems. With the loss of LASK player Dominik Reiter, there was also a disappointment, the 22-year-old was taken off the pitch after just under half an hour.
European Under-21 Football Championship standings
Friday:
Kosovo – Austria 0: 1 (0: 0)
Pristina
Goal: Grüll (86.)
Austria: Ehmann – Reiter (28th Thurnwald), Klarer, Aiwu (86th Maresic), Schnegg (61th Arase) – Danso, L. Malicsek – P. Schmidt (61th Grüll), Demir, Wolf – Raguz (85th A. Schmidt)
Yellow cards Austria: Thurnwald, Aiwu, Danso
Mode: The nine group winners and the top five runners-up qualify for a group stage on March 24-31, 2021 in Hungary and Slovenia. From May 31 to June 6, the respective first two of the four groups will play the final phase of the quarterfinals in an elimination format. For the first time in the final stages there are 16 participants.
