The 31-year-old Basel legionnaire was given preference over Patrick Pentz and Martin Fraisl at the start of the Nations League in Osijek against Croatia on Friday (game starts at 8:45 p.m./live ORF 1). Kevin Danso, Gernot Trauner and Maximilian Wöber start in the three-man defense. As captain, Marko Arnautovic leads the ÖFB team onto the field in the absence of David Alaba.
In Austria’s offensive there are some surprises in the starting lineup. For example, Mainz legionnaire Karim Onisiwo and Andreas Weimann, who works in the second English division at Bristol City, start. Christoph Baumgartner, recently a regular regular in the team, is only on the bench for the time being, as is Stuttgart goalgetter Sasa Kalajdzic. This also applies to the Croatians with their big star Luka Modric, who together with Alaba last week won the Champions League with Real Madrid.
Lineup Austria: Lindner – Danso, Trauner, Wöber – Lainer, X. Schlager, Sabitzer, Laimer, Weimann – Arnautovic, Onisiwo
Source: Nachrichten
