Curious presentation
Without chief coach: This is how Austria announces the nomination
29.09.2025 – 7:22 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The chief coach caught a hospital germ. He therefore has his squad presented by someone else this time.
The nomination of the Austrian national cadre for the upcoming World Cup qualification games takes place this time without the boss at the top. Ralf Rangnick is still medically supervised and, after an operation on the ankle, cannot stand by his team as usual. On Monday, assistant Lars Kornetka presented the contingent for duels with San Marino and Romania.
Particularly striking: the close connection to the Bundesliga remains. Twelve professionals from the German Oberhaus can be found in the squad. Marco Friedl, Marco Grüll and Romano Schmid were taken into account by Werder Bremen. Other nominations received Christoph Baumgartner and Nicolas Seiwald (RB Leipzig), Konrad Laimer (Bavaria Munich), Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg), Phillipp Mwene (FSV Mainz), Alexander Prass (TSG Hoffenheim), Leopold Querfeld (Union Berlin) and Patrick Wimmer (VFL Wolfsburg).
Rangnick, who is faced with complications with complications by a hospital germ after an ankle surgery, remains inpatient in medical treatment for the time being. At the training camp of the national team in Bosnia-Herzegovina, he was recently active-on a black e-bike he moved across the pitch and attracted viral attention with a video of this scene.
At least for the games against San Marino (October 9th in Vienna) and Romania (October 12th in Bucharest), however, it is expected that Rangnick is back on the bench. In the previous qualification everything went according to plan: four wins from four games let hope of successful participation in the World Cup.
Assistant Kornetka emphasized the common objective and emphasized the unity within the team. “The common goal counts to be there at the World Cup and play a very good role there,” said the assistant coach when presenting the tap.