Austria remains in the World Cup concert

Mission fulfilled! With the first World Cup victory over “fear opponent” France, Austria’s Eisho-Pagey national team has been relegation for 21 years. After the 5: 2 (3: 0, 0: 0, 2: 2), the contract of head coach Roger Bader automatically extends until the title fights in 2026 in its Swiss homeland.

In the last two group matches in Stockholm against Slovenia (Sunday, 4:20 p.m., ORF 1) and Latvia (Tuesday, 12.20 p.m., ORF 1), Captain Thomas Raffl and his colleagues are even about moving into the first quarter -finals since 1994 – although no one wants to talk about that yet.

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“We don’t think so far. We have a super spirit, it was a ripe performance, everyone fought,” said defender Thimo Nickl.

While around 1000 red and white-red fans among the 4873 visitors in the Avicii-Arena made a mood, Wolfgang Ambros’ strangled voice from the speakers. “Zwickt Mi! I man I tram … be the deaf ned woar, where Samma daham” – these lines met the constant constitution of the unfortunate French goalkeeper Antoine Keller like the proverbial fist on the eye.

The 20-year-old had just beaten an air hole and made the shot in the empty network to be made possible by the former Linz defender Ramon Schnetzer. After only 15:30 minutes, the Austrian champions led 3-0, Keller cleared his box for Quentin Papillon.

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“We can be even better”

It was a start like from the picture book. Mind you only 20 hours after the (decent and strenuous) 1: 5 against Canada. Focus, regeneration, willingness-with these attributes, the protégés of Roger Bader, who had to pretend the struck SC-Bern legionnaire Benjamin Baumgartner, came to success.

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