Austria sweeps San Marino 4-0 in World Cup qualification from the square!

Austria sweeps San Marino 4-0 in World Cup qualification from the square!

Serravalle, San Marino - On June 11, 2025, the Austrian national team was able to celebrate a confident victory over San Marino in the World Cup qualification round. At the match in Serravalle, Austria prevailed 4-0 and continued his series undefeated games. After a successful start against Romania, where you won 2-1, this is the second victory in the ongoing qualification. According to vienna.at now has six points in the account and reduced, less in one game.

The goals in the game scored in the first half: Marko Arnautovic scored in the 3rd and 15th minute, followed by Michael Gregoritsch in the 11th minute and Christoph Baumgartner in the 27th minute. Arnautovic has now achieved a total of 41 international play goals and only needs three goals to reach Toni Polster's record, which is 44 goals. The team under the direction of ÖFB team boss Ralf Rangnick played in a 4-1-3-2 system, whereby Arnautovic and Gregoritsch acted as double leadership. Mathias Honsak, who debuted as an offensive left -back, was new to the starting line -up.

game course and challenges

The victory fell something in the shadow of the tragedy caused by the killing spree in Graz; A minute of mourning before the game was reminiscent of the victims. After the game, Rangnick commented on the difficulty of concentrating on football in these times. Despite the high leadership, there was a short phase of negligence in the first half, in which San Marino received a header chance. In the second half, Rangnick criticized the goal difference and demanded an increase.

During the half -time break, Rangnick changed four players, including Tobias Lawal and Thierno Ballo. Another excitement was a penalty that Arnautovic awarded in the final quarter of an hour after San-Marino's goalkeeper Edoardo Colombo kept him. The VAR also decided to cancel a previous goal and a penalty.

outlook for the upcoming games

Despite the missed highest away win in a qualification game (5-0 against Liechtenstein), Austria remains favorite in group H of the World Cup qualification. The next games will be on September 6th against Cyprus in Linz and on September 9 against Bosnia in Zenica. In order to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, the group victory is necessary because the second has to compete against other teams in playoffs. Austria is considered a favorite in the entire group after having felt a positive development under Rangnick in the past few months, despite the difficulties in the past, the last World Cup participation in 1998.

Team boss Rangnick has laid the basis for a successful qualification with a strong list and positive achievements in the last games. In the past, Austria had difficulty qualifying for the World Cup, failed six times in a row in the pre -qualifications, but the team could create the turn with the players who convinced in the last games. A current highlight was the good interplay of Arnautovic and Gregoritsch, who supported each other in the gates.

For Austria every point on the way to the World Cup, and the victory against San Marino is another step in the right direction. Kurier and football wm.pro show the positive dynamics that are currently at the ÖFB team, and the dream of a return to the World Cup becomes more real.