Italian media are warning of Austria as opponents of the Azzurri in the round of 16 of the European Football Championship on Saturday (9:00 p.m. CEST) in London’s Wembley Stadium. The sports gazettes showed respect for Franco Foda’s team. “Beware of Austria! Foda taunts Mancini and shows himself conscious of victory,” commented the sports daily “Tuttosport” on Tuesday.
“Alaba, Arnautovic and Sabitzer are the players that Italy’s coach Roberto Mancini has to watch closely with regard to the duel in London. The same applies to the young Baumgartner”, commented the “Gazzetta dello Sport”.
“Austria is below Italy’s level, but they are very motivated. Their players impress with a strong pressing that has thrown the Ukrainians overboard. Arnautovic is a dangerous player who fights like a madman, but we shouldn’t have him with Chiellini and Bastoni More interesting is Baumgartner, who not only scored the goal of success, but also committed himself as a defender and shines as the best among the stoppers, following the example of the Croatian Mandzukic “, according to the” Gazzetta dello Sport “.
“Corriere dello Sport” wrote: “Given the game in Bucharest we would prefer to play against Ukraine a thousand times. But in London we play against Austria, a team that shows two faces. The real Austria is the team that has a lot against North Macedonia risked and hardly achieved anything against the Netherlands, or the team that completely dominated the match against Ukraine? ”
In the daily newspaper “Corriere della Sera” it was said: “Given the dynamism of the Baumgartner-Sabitzer-Laimer trio, which destroyed the Ukrainian defense and built up many scoring opportunities, Austria is much more dangerous as an Italian opponent in the round of 16 than the Ukraine. Italy may have no fear of Austria, but at the same time it must not underestimate it.
“La Stampa” regards Austria as a “red threat to Italy. The Austrians have never come this far in their football history. Italy – Austria has never been a banal duel and it won’t be on Saturday either, if you consider that Foda’s troops sank the Ukraine without any problems, “analyzed the Turin newspaper.
“The collapse of Ukraine gives us the duel against Austria, a practical and robust team. A lot of energy, little genius. The framework consists of Bundesliga clubs who know today’s football well,” said the Roman daily “La Repubblica”. Italy’s goalkeeper legend Dino Zoff, who won the 1982 World Cup in Spain, assessed the performance of the Austrian national team as positive, but is of the opinion that the “Azzurri” will win the match. “I am of the opinion that we will defeat the Austrians and move into the quarter-finals,” said Zoff.
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