Eat Austria like a "Viennese schnitzel" ("Auf Wiener Schnitzel", in German).
This is the message dragged by a tourist plane that flew over the training of the Netherlands team on Wednesday.
The Netherlands face Austria on Thursday at 9:00 p.m. at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.
Opnieuw vliegtuigje bij training Oranje: Auf Wiener Schnitzel!
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Already on Saturday, a first plane had broadcast a message to the attention of trainer Frank de Boer. “Frank, in 4-3-3” could we read. The latter had nevertheless decided to play with his tactical scheme in 5-3-2 despite the strong criticism of which he is the subject. Finally, the match against Ukraine ended in a 3-2 victory for the Oranje with a goal from Gini Wijnaldum, new signing of Paris-Saint-Germain. Besides, he had also reacted in a press conference before this match by declaring "Thank you for the idea, but, we will play in 5-3-2".
Austria's last victory against the Netherlands dates back to a friendly match in Vienna on May 30, 1990. Note that this will only be the second match between these two teams in a final phase.
In 1978, the Netherlands won 5-1 in the second group stage of the World Cup.
Former Saint-Etienne striker Johnny Rep scored twice.
Note that Austria will have to do without their striker Marko Arnautovic suspended for celebrating a goal in a more than suspicious way against North Macedonia.
UEFA considered that there was an insult to an opponent.