The France team will begin its Euro 2024 on June 17 in Germany, against an Austrian selection which lost David Alaba a few days ago. The Real Madrid defender is by far the best active Austrian player.
Author of a good run in the Euro 2024 qualifiers, with six victories in eight matches to finish just one point behind Belgium, Austria had no luck in the draw. The formation of strategist Ralf Rangnick drew the French team as the first opponent in group D of the European Championship organized in Germany, before challenging the winner of the play-off A (which could be Wales or Poland) then the Netherlands.
However, the Austrians lost their captain David Alaba last Sunday. The Real Madrid defender suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament in his left knee which will cause him to miss the rest of the Merengues season and then the Euro. The former Bayern player will probably not be satisfied with the tenth title of Austrian Footballer of the Year which he obtained on Friday…
Konrad Laimer second
The results of the votes and the statements of the coaches of the Austrian D1, who act as jurors, clearly demonstrate Alaba’s giant place in the selection. For Gerhard Struber (Red Bull Salzburg), David Alaba is the “ absolute leader » of the national team. It is also described as “ the greatest figurehead of Austrian football » (Peter Pacult from Klagenfurt) and “ model player » (Gerald Scheiblehner from Blau-Weiß Linz).
With few points, we then find Konrad Laimer, currently holding the right-back position at Bayern, and Leipzig midfielders Christoph Baumgartner (a playmaker who is not very decisive this season) and Nicolas Seiwald (a number 6 who is not holder). Marcel Sabitzer, who arrived in Dortmund last summer, is 4th in the Austrian Footballer of the Year rankings. So many players who will be the Burschen executives at the Euro.
