Rangnick explains:
That’s why the round of 16 venue is an advantage
Austria will meet the runners-up from Group F in the round of 16 as Group D winners. The venue is the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig. Ralf Rangnick explained on ServusTV why this is an advantage.
With a journey time of just one and a half hours between Berlin and Leipzig, Red-White-Red do not have to book flight tickets and can travel comfortably by bus. The fact that the Austrian squad will have a week to prepare for the match will probably also benefit the players.
A comfortable journey
"Now it's just getting started," says Rangnick, looking ahead despite all the euphoria. "We need to recover well, we don't play for another week." The team boss is particularly pleased about three things: "Firstly, that we have a proper normal training week - also to get one or two injured players fit again. Secondly, we won the group," said the 66-year-old, who will be 66 on Saturday. "And thirdly, we're playing in Leipzig. Not so much because it was my old home - I'm looking forward to it too, of course - but because we have a very short journey." So there will hardly be any stressful travel.
Who Red-White-Red will face next Tuesday will be decided on Wednesday evening. Turkey, the Czech Republic and Georgia will battle it out for second place behind the Portuguese, who have already secured their place in the group.
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