First victory for the Austrians within the European Championship qualification – Digital Samachaar
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After the bitter defeat towards the Germans, Irene Fuhrmann’s group received 3-1 in Poland.
Austria’s ladies’s nationwide group is on its second try the primary factors within the European Championship qualification retracted. The ÖFB choice opposed on Tuesday in Gdynia Poland due to objectives from Sarah Puntigam (fifteenth), Lilli Purtscheller (66th) and Eileen Campbell (92.) with 3:1 by means of and lived as much as the position of favourite. In Group A4, the Austrians are actually tied on factors forward of Iceland in second place. Germany remains to be with out shedding a degree after a 3-1 win towards Iceland.
ÖFB group boss Irene Fuhrmann Their beginning eleven didn’t change in comparison with the two:3 residence defeat in Linz towards the DFB group, and Katharina Schiechtl, who was not too long ago injured, was additionally there as a right-back. In distinction to Friday, this time the Austrians discovered it tough to get into the sport as favorites. The Poles have been extra aggressive within the duels from the beginning and have been at all times harmful, at the least at first.
The primary aim nonetheless got here from the opposite facet and, so to talk, out of nowhere. As soon as Purtscheller and Celina Degen mixed properly within the penalty space and Puntigam hit the far nook powerfully along with her robust left foot. For the US legionnaire it was that twentieth aim in 144th worldwide match. It was additionally Puntigam who virtually scored a brace with a header (45’+2) shortly earlier than the break. Shortly earlier than, Manuela Zinsberger had needed to save the one Polish probability within the first half from a shot by Natalia Padilla (41′).
As in Linz, the friends overslept the restart and have been punished for it. Ewelina Kamczyk (55) Was not attacked in any respect, shot from virtually 20 meters and equalized by way of the underside of the crossbar. However that was solely a short shock, after a couple of minutes there was just a little extra stability within the ÖFB sport. Up entrance, Schiechtl (59th) and Marie-Therese Höbinger (63rd) missed probabilities earlier than Purtscheller was in a position to rejoice her debut aim within the ÖFB uniform in her tenth look.
The 20-year-old offensive participant from SGS Essen directed one Dunst-The cross went into the aim, and substitute Pole Kayla Adamek was solely in a position to clear the ball behind the road. Purtscheller rewarded himself for a robust efficiency on the correct wing, as he did towards Germany. Dunst may have closed the bag, however he aimed previous the far nook (78′). This meant that it remained thrilling, however the high Polish striker Ewa Pajor, who confirmed her class in some actions, and Co. have been unable to defeat Zinsberger once more in entrance of greater than 4,000 spectators. In stoppage time, Campbell scored into the close to nook after a foul go from Kamczyk. For the Vorarlberg native it was aim quantity seven within the fifteenth worldwide match; she scored twice early on towards Germany. Then left Viktoria Pinther (94th) one other seater. At that time, Nicole Billa was already on the sector, making her one centesimal worldwide match within the 73rd minute.
Austria survived that too fourth sport towards Poland in a row unbeaten, as in the newest duel within the Cyprus Cup remaining in 2016, there was an entire success. The qualification continues on Might thirty first (6 p.m.) with a house sport towards Iceland within the Rieder Innviertel Area.