The European champions Italy, who did not qualify for the World Cup finals in Qatar, said goodbye to the football year with a defeat.
The Squadra Azzurra lost 0:2 (0:2) in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium to the Austrians, who also did not qualify for the World Cup.
Xaver Schlager (6th) from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig put coach Ralf Rangnick’s team in the lead. Ex-Munich David Alaba (35th) increased.