Bagshot (SID) – The Austrian soccer players see the roles clearly distributed before the European Championship quarter-finals once morest Germany, but are still aiming for a surprise. “We want to appear confident, try to annoy them – and continue our run in this tournament,” midfielder Sarah Zadrazil told SID before the neighborhood duel on Thursday (9 p.m. / ARD and DAZN) in London-Brentford.
It was “a bit of David versus Goliath”, the “giant nation” of Germany ” once morest little Austria,” said Zadrazil, who is active in the German Bundesliga at Bayern Munich and thus meets numerous teammates: “I really like them all, But for the 90 minutes it’s flat out and then you fight them.” It will be an “absolute highlight game”.
13 players from team boss Irene Fuhrmann’s squad are under contract with clubs in Germany’s elite class. At the EM 2017, the Austrians made it to the semi-finals, this year the ÖFB team qualified for the knockout stage as second in the group behind England. The German team won their group with three wins and clean sheet.
“Marching through in a group like that simply speaks for Germany. They were extremely strong and confident,” defender Carina Wenninger told SID. Nevertheless, Austria has “a plan” and “enough possibilities and potential to annoy Germany,” added the Bayern record player.
The Austrians followed the games of the DFB selection closely. She “always kept her fingers crossed for them, we’re good friends. I’m so happy that things went so well for her,” said Zadrazil, adding with a laugh: “But things don’t have to go so well in the next game. “