Austria coach Ralf Rangnick said Tuesday June 25 ” amazing “ that his team wins against the Netherlands and finishes in first place in Group D ahead of France. “If you had bet on our victory and on a defeat for France, you would be a very rich man or woman…”smiled the coach of Austria, who finished first in the group after their victory (3-2) against the Netherlands and the draw (1-1) of France against Poland.
“Our team is better than we thought”
“But that’s the good thing about football and we were rewarded with a fantastic performance from my players, he added. We started the tournament with a 1-0 defeat with an own goal against France, and if you know the pressure we had against Poland (3-1 victory) when we knew we had to win to have a realistic chance of qualifying, so to top the group is incredible”insisted Rangnick at a press conference.
“We now have a week to prepare, we won’t have to travel a lot, we won’t have to take a plane…”said the coach. “Apart from the victory, the bench depth of our team is better than we thought, because the players who played today were perfect”he said.
“We all dreamed of it when we were kids”
For Romano Schmid, author of the second Austrian goal, “It was an incredible match. I think the intensity we created with the fresh legs we had in the starting team was incredible. I am incredibly proud of this performance”. “My teammates at Werder Bremen always made fun of me when I told them we could finish top of our group. Now that it’s happened, it’s incredible”he added.
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“We all dreamed of knockout matches when we were kids. There’s only one match, we win it and we move on.”said the middle.
