Domination for large stretches of the match, lots of scoring opportunities, but in the end the result was only 1-1 for Austria, who were caught by Slovenia in the 85th minute and lost the lead in the group, which was left to Norway of the unleashed Haaland (hat-trick tonight against Kazakhstan).
“It feels like a defeat,” summed up the team captain Marko Arnautovic. “We should have closed the match” – continued the Inter striker – “For me it seemed like there was only one team on the pitch.
Then again: “We completely dominated the match. Football is like that. It’s bitter, we have nothing to blame ourselves for, we did everything well. For me it was one of the best matches since I became captain of the team. We couldn’t have played better in the first 70 minutes. The only thing that wasn’t right was the result. When I look at our energy and aggression, I have no fear for the future.”