Austria
The mood in Austria is carefully optimistic given our group. The Netherlands are far from playing their best football, and both North Macedonia and Ukraine are on a par with Austria. It all comes down to our opening game – a win against North Macedonia would significantly boost a team that have performed well over the last decade but lacked the killer instinct in crucial games.
Unfortunately, Franco Foda has not been able to eliminate this problem since taking over from Marcel Koller as manager in January 2018. Keep an eye on Sasa Kalajdzic, a 6ft 7in striker who is like Peter Crouch with a better first touch. Advancing to
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