While the third place in the group can secure a potentially easy opponent in the 1/16 finals, the coaches of both national teams are categorically in favor of losing money.
On Saturday, Austria and Algeria will meet in the final match of the final round of Group J. The offended teams suffer a disadvantage: before the starting whistle, they already know the residual appearance of the playoff bracket and the legacy of their finish in another or third place.
In spite of the fact that teams are offended, they have three points for their assets. They simultaneously defeated the group - the Argentine team, which defeated the Jordanian team, which had already left the tournament.
Austria is still meeting with the highest percentage of goals scored and conceded, so there is no way to chant both teams to reach the next stage.
Depending on the regulations and tournament bracket, the team that finishes the other in group J will compete with the winner of group H. Most likely, this rival will be the grizzly national team of Spain - the venerable champion of Europe. This team, now in third place, will go out to overcome Group B.
This means the prospect of playing against the national team of Switzerland, which on paper looks like it will be easier to test, but not against the Spaniards. When it comes to turning a handy opponent, the coaches of both teams sing that their teams will not bother with football checks.
Warning that they would like to achieve victory, the head coach of the Austrian team, Ralf Rangnick, was categorical:.
" As far as we know, we know the tournament layout, but it doesn’t affect our match. If we have nothing tomorrow, we can continue to compete in the tournament, but we can’t just go to the game and say: “We’ll lose for nothing.”.
The Austrians' senior Konrad Laimer also encouraged his coach's fighting spirit:.
" It doesn't matter who we play with"
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“Football has no “yakbi” or “ale”, we must always be amazed at the superniks, however, with strong goals we will act with great will until victory. It’s important that after the match, if we go further and realize our ambitions, we will definitely deserve it if we try to win the game.”.
The rivalry between these two teams inevitably recalls the memory of the 1982 World Championship. Then there was a match that went down in history as Ganba Xihon. Zbirna Zahidna Nymecchini (FRN) quickly scored a goal against Austria, after which the offended teams actually kicked the football, and even the 1:0 score guaranteed both European teams to leave the group, leaving them behind.
This scandal prompted FIFA to change the rules and ban the immediate start of matches for the rest of the round. Meanwhile, Ralph Rangnick of the reconciliations, so that under 44 years ago, the water flow in the current period will not be affected:.
" But I don’t think what is the value of any kind of influx on tomorrow’s group or on those that will be here at the stadium tomorrow.”.
Guess what, the final match of the group stage will be on the 28th of worms at 05:00.