Austria revived its hopes of skipping the group stage with its deserved victory over Poland 3-1 today, Friday, at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, in the second round of the fourth group competitions in the European Football Cup finals in Germany.
Gernott Trauner, the Dutch defender of Feyenoord (9), Christoph Baumgartner, the German midfielder of Leipzig (66), and Marko Arnautovic, the Italian striker of Inter (78 from a penalty kick), scored the goals of Austria, and Krzysztof Piatek, the Turkish striker of Istanbul Basaksehir (30), scored the goal of Poland.
Before being eliminated after extra time (1-2) by Italy – which later won the title – Austria compensated for its loss to France 0-1 in the first round, and temporarily joined them to the lead.
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β½οΈπ₯ Arnautovic increases Austria’s lead from the penalty spot
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β½οΈπ₯ Pionatek equalizes the Polish team and ignites the match
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Gernot Trauner opens the scoring for the Austrian national team with a perfect header
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On the other hand, Poland was left out of the finals with its second loss in a row after the first to the Netherlands 1-2, knowing that it hoped to skip the first round for the second time in its fifth consecutive participation and in its history, after the first when it reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 edition in France and was eliminated on penalties on penalties. The hand of Portugal, which later won the title.
It is the second confrontation between the two teams in the Continental Cup after the first in their first participation in the tournament in 2008, which Austria hosted in partnership with Switzerland. It was also in the group stage and ended in a 1-1 draw.
Austria will meet the Netherlands in Berlin, and Poland will meet France in Dortmund in the final round next Tuesday.
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