ÖFB team boss Ralf Rangnick has nominated his squad for the upcoming two international matches. There are a total of 14 players from the German upper house, RB Leipzig is the largest group.
Not only with RB Leipzig, but also with the Austrian national team: Nicolas Seiwald (left) and Xaver Schlager. IMAGO/GEPA pictures
With ten points from four games, Austria is enthroned at the top of the European Championship qualifying group F. After a draw against favorite Belgium (1:1) and successes against Azerbaijan (4:1), Estonia (2:1) and Sweden (2:0). ) awaits the team of national coach Ralf Rangnick on September 12 (8:45 p.m., LIVE! at kicker) to meet the Scandinavians again. Austria’s national coach is relying on tried-and-tested staff – especially from the Bundesliga – for the game, which is enormously important in view of the finals next year and for the test against the Republic of Moldova beforehand (September 7th, 8:30 p.m., LIVE! at kicker).
14 of the 25 nominees are under contract with clubs from the German upper house – most of the players (3) are from RB Leipzig. In addition to the central midfield duo Xaver Schlager and Nicolas Seiwald, newcomer Christoph Baumgartner is also part of the squad. 1. FC Köln (Florian Kainz, Dejan Ljubicic) as well as Mainz 05 (Phillipp Mwene, Karim Onisiwo) and SC Freiburg (Michael Gregoritsch, Philipp Lienhart) have two professionals. Konrad Laimer (FC Bayern), Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), Florian Grillitsch (TSG Hoffenheim), Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg) and Gladbach’s Maximilian Wöber are also there.
Rangnick speaks of a possible “giant step” – Schmid and Adamu not there
The ÖFB squad is led by captain David Alaba (Real Madrid). While Rangnick builds on Inter Milan’s new signing Marko Arnautovic on the offensive as usual, the 65-year-old does without Bremen’s Romano Schmid, Junior Adamu (Freiburg) and the recovered ex-Stuttgart Sasa Kalajdzic (Wolverhampton Wanderers), who shortly after at the weekend scored Wolves a 1-0 win at Everton when he came on as a substitute.
A well-considered decision, as Rangnick explained at the press conference on Tuesday: “We made a conscious decision not to nominate a player who is at risk of injury again.” The ÖFB team boss also underlined the importance of the qualifying game on September 12: “We can take a giant step towards the European Championship with a win against Sweden.” The group winner, like the second, qualifies directly for the finals in Germany.
2023-08-30 09:01:10
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