The team of team manager Irene Fuhrmann kept the upper hand on Friday in heavy rain in Altach thanks to goals from Celina Degen (37th), Eileen Campbell (71st) and an own goal from Sylwia Matysik (74th). Since Iceland beat Germany 3-0, an ÖFB fixed ticket for the European Championship is out of reach even before the last game.
On Tuesday in Hanover they will face group winners Germany, who dropped points for the first time in their fifth game. Austria now has to go through the multi-stage play-off in the autumn on its way to the finals in Switzerland in 2025. Poland will also be competing there. The bottom team, which still has no points and for which only Natalia Padilla (79th) scored, will be relegated from League A for the next phase. The match, played in front of 2,343 spectators, was interrupted for around five minutes in the middle of the second half due to heavy rain, thunder and lightning.
Irene Fuhrmann changed her formation in three positions compared to the 1:2 defeat to Iceland. Regular goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger returned to goal and played her 100th international match, for which she was honored by ÖFB sports director Peter Schöttel before the start of the game. In place of Katharina Schiechtl, who was suffering from a calf injury, Laura Wienroither defended at right back in the ÖFB jersey for the first time since recovering from her cruciate ligament tear and since the 2:0 test win against the Czech Republic on April 11, 2023. Midfield mainstay Sarah Zadrazil, who was also injured, was replaced by Degen.
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Photo: DIETMAR STIPLOVSEK (APA)
Source: Nachrichten
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