31.
6:33 p.m
The guests are moving forward again. The advanced Seiwald crosses from the baseline to the middle, Kalajdzic passes to Schlager, who volleys the ball towards the goal. However, the leather narrowly misses its target and goes over the crossbar.
29.
6:31 p.m
Next attack Austria: The home team have moved up a bit and suddenly Kalajdzic has enough space. He storms towards the penalty area, taking Xaver Schlager with him, who is disturbed by Diniyev and can no longer get to the ball. The Austrian complains about a penalty and when the Greek referee points to the spot, no one has to complain.
27.
18:28
Laimer dupes his opponent on the right wing and penetrates the box. Kainz maneuvers the Stangl pass towards the goal, but the shot is blocked. The rebound lands at Romano Schmid, but his shot attempt misses the left side of the goal.
25.
18:27
Azerbaijan is becoming bolder and switching to attack at ever shorter intervals. However, there is no real danger from the attempts so far.
21.
18:22
Next corner for Austria after a one-two from Schmid and Kalajdzic. Kainz brings the ball to the middle but the hosts already clear at the first post. So far, the Azeris have had no problems with Austria’s corner kick variants.
18.
6:19 p.m
First big chance for Austria! Xaver Schlager passes through to Laimer, who suddenly appears alone in front of the Azeri goal and wants to chip the ball past the storming keeper. However, the gaming device clearly flies past the housing to the left.
17.
6:18 p.m
Schmid starts the cross on the right wing, which goes well to the free-standing Kalajdzic, whose header, however, is insufficient. Goalie Mahammadaliyev can pluck the candle without any problems.
15.
6:16 p.m
Wöber with the through pass to the starting Kainz, whose cross is cleared into a corner. However, this brings in nothing.
12.
6:14 p.m
On the other side, the first corner for the home team. For a short time there was a murmur in the wide area around Baku, which quickly died down again after the standard situation had been clarified.
10.
18:12
Kainz brings the standard to the middle, apparently a well-rehearsed variation. However, the hitter lurking on the sixteen-yard line is severely prevented from finishing.
9.
6:10 p.m
Next corner for Austria, this time taken by Alexander Prass with an attack from the left.
8th.
6:08 p.m
Kainz crosses from the left halffield into the box, where the incoming Laimer is prevented from heading the ball in desperate need by an Azeri defender.
6.
6:07 p.m
The corner flies into the box and after an initially cleared ball, starting eleven debutant Romano Schmid falls through contact with Mahmudov. However, this wasn’t enough for a penalty, but Schmid still claims it with wild gesticulations.
5.
6:05 p.m
Attack on the right side by Laimer, who takes the first corner of the game.
3.
6:04 p.m
Austria’s national team with a lot of possession at the beginning. However, a lot of things take place in the midfield in the early stages.
1.
6:01 p.m
Azerbaijan kicks off and plays in blue, Austria plays in red and white.
1.
6:00 p.m
Game start
5:57 p.m
The anthems ring out through the stadium, in which the majority of the seats remain empty. A witch’s cauldron looks different, that’s fine with us.
5:55 p.m
The teams are led into the stadium by the referee. It’s starting soon!
3:32 p.m
The referee of the match is 40-year-old Aristotelis Diamantopoulos from Greece.
3:31 p.m
Incidentally, the game will not be played today in the new Baku National Stadium, which, with around 68,000 seats for an Azerbaijan home game – which often attracts less than 10,000 spectators – seems vastly oversized. Instead, the ÖFB team will play in the Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, which with almost 30,000 seats should ensure a much tighter atmosphere.
15:21
The hospital in the Austrian national team got even worse after the Belgium match, as in the attack, after Marko Arnautovic and Karim Onisiwo, Michael Gregoritsch also refused the trip to Baku. So team boss Ralf Rangnick was forced to appoint an oldie, Guido Burgstaller, to the team squad. The reigning Bundesliga top scorer had actually already resigned in 2019, but immediately agreed to help the team.
3:15 p.m
Today’s opponents of the Rangnick team recently celebrated their first victory in Group F, winning 2-0 in Estonia.
15:14
So, strictly speaking, Austria has two chances today to secure qualification for EURO 2024, but they definitely want to achieve this on their own.
15:13
While Austria will play in Azerbaijan at 6:00 p.m. (Baku local time: 8:00 p.m.), Sweden will play in Belgium almost three hours later for their very last chance. However, the Northern Europeans can only maintain this if Austria does not win on the Caspian Sea. If the ÖFB team wins, the Swedes cannot achieve more than third place.
15:11
After the Austrian national team failed to achieve the hoped-for direct qualification for EURO 2024 against Belgium due to the 2-3 home defeat against Belgium last Friday, this should definitely be made up for this evening. Austria needs a win to qualify, although under certain circumstances even a defeat could be enough.
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