Austria’s women’s national team heralded the start of the 2022 international football season with a convincing success, with the highlight being the EURO in England in July. Irene Fuhrmann’s red-white-red team beat Romania 6-1 (3-0) in Marbella, where a ten-day course is on the agenda. That was to the liking of head coach Fuhrmann, who applauded a dream start. After only 69 seconds, Barbara Dunst made it 1-0 (2nd minute), in the 9th minute the match was decided because Laura Wienroither from Frankenburg scored to make it 2-0. The 23-year-old, who switched from TSG Hoffenheim to Arsenal at the beginning of January, celebrated her first international goal in the 18th match. Vöcklabruckerin Lisa Kolb (20), legionnaire at SC Freiburg, also showed a strong performance.
“We’ve worked a lot on improving the conversion of chances,” said Fuhrmann. “We want to reward ourselves.” This works very well – by the way, again with captain Viktoria Schnaderbeck (Tottenham), who yesterday wore the team jersey for the first time since October 27, 2020.
Shortly before the half-time whistle, Katharina Naschenweng increased the lead to 3-0 (45 th ) against a completely overwhelmed Romanian, who had nothing to oppose the Austrians’ powerful and intensive game. Nicole Billa (47th, 54th) and debutant Julia Magerl (85th) made the Schützenfest perfect.
On Wednesday (6 p.m., ORF Sport+), the ÖFB women will meet Switzerland, who drew 2-2 from Northern Ireland – the next red-white-red opponent in the World Cup qualifier (April 8). “This match is also important to consolidate our content,” said Fuhrmann, who welcomes winger Julia Hickelsberger-Füller back on board. The 22-year-old, who suffered a serious knee injury in September 2020, came on yesterday in the 64th minute.
Source: Nachrichten
