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Austria’s national women’s soccer team is in demand as a test opponent before the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in the summer: As part of the training camp in Malta, the ÖFB team is today (6 p.m., ORF Sport+) and on Tuesday the Dutch women to determine their position and wants to do it themselves gain momentum for the tasks ahead after missing out on qualifying for the World Cup.
“You have to separate a bit what we put on the pitch and the result. Because the result is not as decisive as it was in the Nations League in autumn, where something is at stake again,” said captain Carina Wenninger. The AS Roma legionnaire is looking forward to two “super friendlies with a great indicator”.
In these, Annabel Schasching wants to show off her progress. Team boss Irene Fuhrmann praised her performances in the test matches in autumn against Italy (1:0) and Slovakia (3:0). With the move from Sturm Graz to Freiburg in the German Bundesliga, the 20-year-old from St. Aegidi took the next career step in winter. Schasching: “I see my role as being still a younger player, but I still want to take on responsibility and, when I play, want to show my qualities on the pitch.” The aim is to learn step by step from the best in order to be able to take on a more important role at some point.
Since the duels with number eight in the world rankings are just right. Andries Jonker is no stranger to men’s football on the coaching bench of the 2019 vice world champion: The 60-year-old was an assistant coach at FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich, where he stepped in as interim coach in five games in 2011. In the German Bundesliga, he was allowed to try his hand at Wolfsburg for several months as head coach in 2017. He has been responsible for the “Oranje Leeuwinnen” since August.
Oranje-Star is injured
“We’re facing an opponent who has a lot of physical presence, offensive power and speed and who will challenge us a lot on the defensive,” said Fuhrmann. With Vivianne Miedema, however, the top player and captain is missing due to a cruciate ligament rupture.
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