Austria's futsal team before historical European Championship challenge against Serbia!

Austria's futsal team before historical European Championship challenge against Serbia!

Austria's national futsal team has achieved a historical event: for the first time, it qualified for the main round of the EM qualification. After an impressive preliminary round in which the team against Bulgaria (1: 0), San Marino (3: 1) and Israel (3: 2) won, the team now expects an exciting duel against Serbia, the clear favorite of the group. This explosive game takes place in the Südstadt and the hall is already sold out with 650 fans. Team boss Patrik Barbic emphasizes the anticipation: "We will enjoy the game and mood and give everything on the floor." He is particularly looking forward to the emotional aspect, since he meets the country from which his family comes from, and the place where he was born, as reports.

Meanwhile, the Serbian handball team faces a challenging situation. Despite a strong start in their last preliminary round of the handball European Championship, in which they fought against Romania (25:27), they ended the tournament as the bottom. Serbia needed a clear victory to keep the chance of the main round, but Romania used the thrown seven meters and the overnight situation optimally used. The Serbian captain Jovana Jovovic was able to stand out, but the dramaturgy was not enough to prevent relegation, which makes the situation for the team of coach Uros Bregar considerably more difficult, as Handball-world.news explained.

Now the futsal players are optimistic about the upcoming match against Serbia. David Rajkovic specifies the fighting spirit and expresses: "We want to take energy from game to game, call up our performance and ensure a surprise here and there." After all, you know that you have to compete against a strong opponent. Serbia is currently in 12th place in the Futsal world rankings, while Austria ranks in the 75th place. So the pressure is high, but the driving will to create the sensation is a clear drive at this crucial moment.