Austria's football: Alaba convinced, but only a 1-1 against Serbia!

Austria's football: Alaba convinced, but only a 1-1 against Serbia!

Austria's national soccer team only achieved a 1-1 1: 1 in the first leg of the National League playoffs against Serbia, despite significant superiority over long distances of the game. In the sold-out Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Michael Gregoritsch took the lead in the 37th minute, but Lazar Samardžić equalized for the Serbs in the second half. Ralf Rangnick, who has been the team boss for more than two years, sees the situation before the second leg on Sunday as "completely open", since the result does not reflect the course of the game, such as The press reported.

Alabas comeback and rangnicks challenges

A highlight was the comeback by David Alaba, who first ran for the ÖFB team after a 15-month injury break. Rangnick praised the physical performance of the Real Madrid star, who was surprisingly well presented after his long absence. Alaba himself described the game as "good", but with the "decisive blemish" of the draw. Rangnick asked his players to use the opportunities more efficiently to show the desired performance in the second leg in Belgrade, as vienna.at reported.

The ÖFB team had shown itself offensive from the start, with Patrick Wimmer as an unusual right-back who did an excellent job. Despite the clear opportunities, the opposing defensive was all the more compact. Austria's keeper Alexander Schlager also made a solid performance and is expected to act in the second leg, while Christoph Baumgartner fails due to a slight concussion. Thanks to a positive appearance by Wimmer, Rangnick in Belgrade could put fresh forces in order to exist.