Austria - Denmark

For the 2nd match of the 1st group of the first division of the Nations League, Austria welcomes Denmark at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna. The group is completed by France and Croatia, the first of each group advances to the Final 4 of the tournament while the latter is relegated to the B category.

Impressive Austria in the premiere of the group and the coach Rangink on its bench, prevailed over Croatia away from home with 3-0. However, the match did not start well as in the first half hour of the match she received a lot of pressure from the hosts and thanks to her goalkeeper, her home was not violated. Against the flow of the match, the score opened at 41 ΄ and this gave impetus to the replay where they entered dynamically and with two quick goals reached the emphatic 3-0.
Thus, Austria started its obligations in a difficult group with a victory, aiming to avoid the last position that leads to the relegation to the B category of the Nation League.

Denmark could not have imagined a better start in the group. Casper Hillmand's team prevailed in Paris, France 2-1, team that had won the previous Nations League. In the first part, she focused on the defensive part and managed the pressure of the French properly, while she was looking for the damage to the hosts with counterattacks. At the beginning of the replay she was left behind in the score but made the upset with two goals in 68΄ and 88΄ to get one of the biggest victories in its history.
A victory of confidence and psychology for Denmark and in view of the continuation of the group but also for the upcoming World Cup in November in Qatar.

Interesting match between two teams that started the group impressively. They both want to continue at the same levels, they have tremendous quality and ease in scoring so we reasonably expect something similar in the match between them.