Austria and Bosnia won the duels with Cyprus and San Marino and broke into the standings »as the situation in the Romanian group looks like

• In the other match in Group H that played on Saturday night, Bosnia made a “white set” in San Marino, score 6-0. veteran Edin Dzeko He managed a “double”.

Austria, without a shot on the gate with Cyprus in the first 45 minutes!

The first big chance of the match came in the 23rd minute and belonged to the Cypriors. After a fixed phase executed from the right flank, Ralf Ragnick's defense failed to remove the danger, and the ball came into the possession of Ioannis Pittas, who resumed in the bar inside the box.

The Austrians' reply came three minutes later. Konrad Laimer was launched excellently in the opponent's box, but Bayern's footballer's execution was a faulty one, which passed long near Freitas's gate.

Until the break, the Austrians dominated territorially, but failed to create important occasions. Moreover, the hosts did not manage to send even a shot on the space of the Cypriots in the first half.

Thus, the two teams entered the cabins, score 0-0.

Sabitzer brought Austria's victory from a controversial penalty

At the beginning of the second act, Ragnick's students benefited from 11 meters, after which Marcel Sabitzer, footballer Borussiei Dortmund, brought the Austrians to the advantage.

Christoph Baumgartner was the one who obtained the penalty, after a duel with Christ Sielis, who stepped on RB Leipzig's footballer.

The decision of the central Jakob Kehlet, which was taken after the Danes reviewed the phase at the Var Monitor, was vehemently challenged by Cypriots, because the contact between Sielis and Baumgartner has involuntarily produced, Panetoikos's defender no possibility of avoiding contact.

Subsequently, the guests missed two high chances of restoring equality. First, Pittas targeted Alexander Schlager (60 '), and then Sielis's header was rejected from the gate line (69').

At the end of the match, Akis Mantzios's students tried to keep the pressure, hoping to mark the equalizing void, but they could not maintain the same accelerated rate.

Austria approached the tactic of the counterattack, but neither Ragnick's men managed to score, and thus, the final score of the party remained the one Marcel Sabitzer set in the 54th minute.

Following the results recorded today, Bosnia has accumulated 12 points, while the Austrians reached the terminal with the number 9, distinguishing such the national of Romania, which has 6 points at this time.

Final »Austria – Cyprus 1-0

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• Scored: M. Sabitzer (54 ' – P)
• Minute 78: The match was interrupted for a few minutes, due to a lawn hole, which occurred around the Austrians's gate;
• Minute 53: Central Jakob Kehlet granted the Austrian penalty, after Baumgartner was made in the opponent by Sielis;
• Minute 23: The Cypriots hit the bar of Alexander Schlager through Ioannis Pittas;

Austria – Cyprus »Start teams:

Austria (4-2-3-1): A. Schlager – Laimer, Alaba, Lienhart, Mwene – X. Schlager, Seiwald – Baumgartner, Sabitzer, Wimmer – Arnautovic
reserves: Lawal, Pentz – Danso, Florucz, Gregoritsch, Grillitsch, Posch, Prass, Querfeld, Schmid, Schopf, Weimann
coach: RALF RANGNICK

Cyprus (4-5-1): Freitas – Loizou, Sielis, Pileas, Shikkis – Tzionis, Arthymatas, Kastanos, Laifis, Charalampous – Pittas
reserves: Mall, Michail – Foti, Kakoullis, Kosti, Kousoulos, Kyprianou, Kyriakou, Malekkidis, Panagiotou, Satsias, Sotiriou
coach: Akis Mantzios

Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena (Linz)
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Final »San Marino – Bosnia 0-6

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• They scored: B. Tahirovic (21 '), E. Dzeko (70', 72 '), S. Bazdar (81'), K. Alajbegovic (85 '), N. Mujakic (90');
• Minute 17: The captain of the hosts, Alessandro Golinucci, was eliminated after a foul committed as the last defender.