Turkey punishes Austria 4-2

Karel Brückner’s Austrian squad lost 4-2 to Turkey at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna on a match bathed in pathetic defending and will surely cause a series of tactical changes. Austria took the lead two minutes before the half hour mark with Andreas Hölzl’s (SK Sturm Graz) header. Mehmet Aurélio (Real Betis) leveled the match ten minutes later with Tuncay Şanlı (Middlesbrough) giving them the lead four minutes before the break. Tuncay Şanlı scored two minutes after the break on a defensive miscue by Paul Scharner (Wigan) to double the margin before Andreas Hölzl brought the home side within one at the fifty third minute. However another poor defensive blunder left the ‘Boro man in a perfect position to make it 4-2.

Austria
Michael Gspurning – György Garics (46., Marko Arnautovic), Paul Scharner (86., Sebastian Prödl), Martin Stranzl, Andeas Ibertsberger (46., Joachim Standfest) – Andreas Hölzl , Christoph Leitgeb (70., Marko Stankovic), Andreas Ivanschitz, Jürgen Säumel (64., Rene Aufhauser), Christian Fuchs – Rubin Okotie (46., Erwin Hoffer)