Austria has been waiting for World Cup participation since 1998
“It’s important not to make any emotional statements after the game, but to remain calm. We’ll talk about other things in the next few days,” said Foda. Austria has been waiting for World Cup participation since 1998, and Foda and his team managed to qualify for the European Championship. “I’m proud to be the national coach of Austria”, said Foda. He cannot decide what speaks for his extension: “Other people who are close to the team, who see how we work, have to judge that.”
Foda has won 27 of his 47 games so far. Only Hugo Meisl had more wins at 71. But in the past four and a half years, Foda has not won a competitive match against a team that is ahead of Austria in the world rankings.
“Of course, qualifying for the World Cup wasn’t what we had imagined. We are all extremely disappointed.” said Foda after the duel against Wales. “But we have moved a lot in recent years, we have achieved a lot. It’s not that we were unsuccessful,” said Foda.
The “huge dream” of the World Cup (sports director Peter Schöttel) has also burst for numerous Bundesliga professionals in the Austria team: Only Bayern player Marcel Sabitzer scored (64th minute) after the double strike from Wales superstar Gareth Bale. Aces like Xaver Schlager (VfL Wolfsburg), Christoph Baumgartner (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim), Martin Hinteregger (Eintracht Frankfurt), Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig) and substitute Sasa Kalajdzic (VfB Stuttgart) as well as David Alaba (Real Madrid) could not do their team help decisively.
Source: dpa