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Christoph Baumgartner: "We have an account with Israel, we will close it on Friday"

The Austrian midfielder / striker is ready for the upcoming pair of games, which will be his team's last official before the playoffs in March: "We have quality"

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Tuesday, 09 November 2021, 19:38 Updated: 19:44

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The 2: 5 summary of the Israeli team over Austria in the World Cup qualifiers (Sport 1)

The Austrian team, which will host Israel on Friday, will play in the World Cup qualifiers, unless something unexpected happens. This is because the Austrians finished in first place at home in the League of Nations and are currently ranked sixth among those who finished first there. The first two get their ticket to the playoffs, unless they have secured their automatic place through first place at home or in the qualifiers through second place. The teams that are ahead of Austria are France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Wales with the top four likely to finish in first or second place at home in the qualifiers, which will arrange for Franco Fuda a ticket to the playoffs.

"Things can change very quickly in football, here or there, and the responsibility for that lies with us," said Christoph Baumgartner of Hoffenheim and the Austrian national team. "We have to do everything to perform properly. We want to lift the mood in the country and the national team."

When Baumgartner was asked about the fact that his team would be an underdog in the playoffs, he said: "The important thing is to be there on a given day. If we can do that, I am convinced we can win a lot of teams in Europe."

According to Baumgartner the players want to reach their peak in March and said: "Everyone wants to prove themselves to get to the games in March."

Baumgartner missed the October games due to injury and Corona and this time he is fit and expected to play.

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Baumgartner vs. Tibi (Photo: Bernie Ardov)

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Brakeman Alexander Dragovic also caught on to Corona and lost his sense of taste and smell and said he is now in good shape.

The veteran brakeman made 96 appearances for the Austrian national team and is in second place at all times after Andreas Herzog (103).

The 30-year-old Dragovic has scored two goals so far in the Austrian uniform and has three in the Red Star Belgrade uniform this season: "I'm not doing badly there so far."

Speaking ahead of the game against Israel, Dragovic said: "We need a sense of accomplishment in two or three games. We absorb goals that are too easy and need too many situations to score, we lack the ease. But not everything is bad. We can not rule everything out, we need to stay calm "I know there is a lot of potential in this team."

He also contributed to the loss in Israel.

Dragovic with Alaba (Photo: Reuters)

Dragovic commented on the status of coach Franco Fuda: "I am aware that football is a business of results and that a coach needs to deliver them. But we are the key players on the pitch. We have faltered in recent games. We know we need to make up for it."

A news item in Kicker states that the goal is to stop the two stars of Israel, Eran Zehavi and Mons Dabour, after the former scored six goals in the last three games against Israel.

"I also contributed to this with my mistake in Israel," Dragovich admitted, "We need to see how we reduce the mistakes."

Baumgartner, who is collaborating with Mons Dabour at Hoffenheim, said: "I think we have great quality in the team," and spoke of the pain of the 5-2 loss in Israel: "We still have an account with them, we will close it on Friday."

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