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Austria’s fistball team boss Karin Azesberger didn’t want to overestimate the fact that she lost 4-1 against Switzerland in the last friendly before the European Championship. The woman from Mühlviertler was right: At the start of the home title fights in Grieskirchen, her selection left the Confederates little chance with 3:1. “We tried out a lot in the test and used all ten squad players,” said Azesberger, who drew the right conclusions for the defensive formations and the tactical subtleties in attack.
It continued in the same vein: Red-White-Red showed no weaknesses against group outsiders Serbia, conceding a total of just eight points in a clear 3-0 set win. – completely against the first EM trend. “Some of the games were much longer than was assumed in the schedule,” said association general secretary Hannes Dinböck, referring to several 3-2 results in Group B, which was fairly balanced with Denmark, Poland, Italy and Belgium. Dinböck listed the as a possible factor very high temperatures in the fistball center in Grieskirchen. While the players were at the mercy of the blazing sun, the 500 or so spectators used the shady side of the facility.
Things get serious on Saturday
Around a thousand spectators are expected on Saturday. From a sporting point of view, Friday is only the “warming-up day”, as all eight participating teams qualify for the quarter-finals that start at 9 a.m. today. Things get really serious at 6 p.m. when the final for the title begins. Assuming the schedule sticks.
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