The
UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying brings on Tuesday the
Group A fixture between
Austria and
Kazakhstan. For Austria this game is their qualifying opener while Kazakhstan started already on last Friday with a 0:3 at home against Turkey.
Austria couldn´t qualify for a World Cup or EURO final round since the WC 1998 in France. At the EURO 2008 they were automatically qualified as home team. Now coach Didi Constantini will stop this negative series and qualify with his young team for the UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. In their opener against Kazakhstan coach Constantini will rely on a 4-4-2 system with the forwards Marc Janko (Twente Enschede) and Erwin Hoffer (1. FC Kaiserslautern).
Kazakhstan have never qualified for a World Cup or EURO final round. Also this time they are together with Azerbaijan the underdog in Group A. In previous World Cup 2010 qualifying Kazakhstan have lost eight of their ten matches, just in the two games against Andorra they celebrated two wins. The first matchday of the EURO 2012 qualifying brought on last Friday a 0:3 at home against Turkey.
Austria – Kazakhstan EURO 2012 qualifiers, Group A
Date: 7 September, 2010 - 20:30 CET
Stadium: Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
Austria: Keeper: Macho
Defenders: Dag, Prödl, Pogatetz, Fuchs
Midfielders: Jantscher, Schiemer, Baumgartlinger, Kavlak
Forwards: Hoffer, Janko
Coach: Dietmar Constantini
Injured: Junuzovic, Beichler, Hölzl, Kormaz
Booked:
Kazakhstan: Keeper: Sidelnikov
Defenders: Popov, Kislitsyn, Kirov, Abdulin
Midfielders: Zhumaskaliev, Schmidtgal, Nurgaliev, Karpovich
Forwards: Ostapenko, Khizhnichenko
Coach: Bernd Storck
Injured:
Booked:
For the first time since 14 years Austria plays an international match in Salzburg. From present nine games in Salzburg they have won eight (8-0-1). With the fans in the back the ninth victory should succeed. Referee is Marijo Strahonja from Croatia.
Last meeting: These teams have not previously met.
Wins Austria: 0
Wins Kazakhstan: 0
Draws: 0
Austria´s squad is stronger and they have the better individual players. So I guess that Austria wins their EURO opener against Kazakhstan. My tip:
Win Austria.
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