Within the second European Championship sport, his workforce lived as much as expectations, and the reward is a spot within the spherical of 16. Even a slim defeat within the ultimate group sport on Tuesday towards the Netherlands ought to be sufficient, however Rangnick warned: “Mathematically, we’re not by means of but. We are going to nonetheless want no less than one level.”
Regardless of all warning, victory within the “play-off sport”, as Rangnick known as the duel with the Poles, might imply a bounce into the knockout part, as a result of 4 of the six finest third-placed groups within the group will advance. “Since I grew to become workforce supervisor, this was undoubtedly a very powerful sport. That is why we’re all very completely satisfied concerning the victory and, to a big extent, concerning the efficiency,” defined Rangnick.
The ÖFB workforce began strongly, then fell behind and at last secured the three factors due to an enchancment following the break. “The primary 20 minutes had been virtually good, we must always have been main by extra. After that we gave the sport away a bit and had been careless with our possession. Within the second half we clearly had the match beneath management,” summed up the German. Underneath his management, the ÖFB workforce stored a clear sheet 9 instances in a row following the break – this was final achieved between 1973 and 1975.
“Head Matter”
Rangnick described the setback within the second half as a “psychological factor”. A few of his gamers had already been underperforming. “We had a giant hole in efficiency firstly. 4 or 5 gamers had been excellent, others underperformed. However we can not enable 4 or 5 gamers to stay beneath their regular kind,” confused the 65-year-old. “However following the break every thing was totally different.”
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On the press convention following the sport, Rangnick initially defined that he didn’t need to single out any of his gamers, “as a result of we reside from workforce spirit.” Slightly later, there was particular reward. Express point out was product of Nicolas Seiwald (Rangnick: “For me, that was his finest sport since I grew to become workforce supervisor”), 2-1 assister Alexander Prass, penalty taker Marko Arnautovic, Philipp Lienhart (“Nice efficiency”) and goalscorer Gernot Trauner, who needed to go away with a muscle damage (“I hope it really works out by Tuesday”).
June twenty first as a fortunate day
The latter two fashioned the brand new central defence, whereas Kevin Danso and Maximilian Wöber, who performed within the 0-1 defeat towards France, had been dropped from the beginning line-up. “It wasn’t a simple resolution for me, however I am glad I selected the 2 of them,” stated Rangnick.
Due to the appropriate collection of personnel, it was ensured that June 21 is historically a fortunate day for the Austrian nationwide workforce. In 1978, the “Miracle of Cordoba” befell on today, in 1982 the World Cup victory over Algeria and in 2021 the 1-0 win towards Ukraine on the European Championship. Due to the success three years in the past, the ÖFB males’s workforce superior to the EURO spherical of 16 for the primary time in historical past – and that’s precisely what they need to obtain on Tuesday.
