Women's team impresses

Rangnick also liked the successful premiere

Huge cheers for gold goal scorer Lilli Purtscheller and captain Sarah Puntigam.(Bild: APA/EXPA / APA / picturedesk.com)

Team boss Alexander Schriebl's debut was a pleasing one. Austria's women defeated Scotland 1:0 in Ried thanks to Purtscheller's goal and can look ahead positively. The Nations League continues on Tuesday with a thrilling clash against Germany in Nuremberg. 

Beaming faces, great relief! Austria's women's footballers gave their new team boss Alexander Schriebl an ideal debut with a 1:0 win against Scotland in their Nations League opener. Men's team boss Ralf Rangnick was also watching from the stands and had words of praise: "The girls did well, took the lead after a nervous start and deserved to win." In general, the soccer professor has a lot of love for the "female kick": "I'll see what I can do, I've already done it under Irene Fuhrmann," he alluded to Schriebl's predecessor, whose time was up after missing out on Euro 2025. Nevertheless: "Women's soccer has developed very positively."