On Saturday, Austria missed the early World Cup qualification, even though the team won 2-0 against Cyprus. After the game, the team also experienced a true odyssey at the airport: The plane not only took off much too late – some suitcases even had to remain on the ground because the luggage was overall too heavy. For instance, Austria’s supervisory board chairman Josef Pröll had to continue traveling without his suitcase for the time being.
Does the missed early qualification, combined with the luggage chaos and the sleepless night from Saturday to Sunday, still have an effect today? One might at least suspect so, because in the last qualifying match of Group H, Bosnia and Herzegovina currently has the upper hand – while Sabitzer, Laimer & Co. actually seem a bit tired and, at the latest since the early setback, a little helpless.
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In the 12th minute of the game, it was Gladbach striker Haris Tabakovic who caught a bounce from Memić with his head and sent it straight into the net.
As it stands, the Bosnians would have the direct World Cup ticket secured, and Rangnick’s Austrians would have to go into the play-offs in March.
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📸 JOE KLAMAR – AFP or licensors
