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In the groundbreaking European Championship qualifier today (8.45 p.m. on nachrichten.at in the live ticker) in Sweden, Marko Arnautovic might not be in the Austrian starting eleven. Statements from team boss Ralf Rangnick gave rise to these speculations.
“I know how he thinks, it’s about strikers that they prefer to play from the start. But so far he hasn’t played from the start at Inter,” the German told ORF. He added that Arnautovic had also shown with the Milan team that he could also make a difference as a joker. “He is a valuable player for us,” the 65-year-old continued.
Following this, the agile Christoph Baumgartner could take the second striker role alongside Michael Gregoritsch, who is considered to be set. It is also unclear who will play in central defense alongside David Alaba: Kevin Danso, who did not cut a happy figure in the 1-1 draw against Moldova, or Philipp Lienhart.
OÖN editor Harald Bartl reports from Solna: “Rangnick is spoiled for choice”
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