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"Go Get Them, Boys!": Van der Bellen Wished the ÖFB Team Luck Before the Football World Cup Qualifiers

Bundespräsident Van der Bellen und ÖFB-Präsident Pröll.
Bundespräsident Van der Bellen und ÖFB-Präsident Pröll. ©APA/GEORG HOCHMUTH
Before the crucial match in the World Cup qualification against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal President Van der Bellen visited the ÖFB team and wished the team good luck. He expressed confidence that Austria will achieve its first World Cup participation since 1998.

"I was very pleased to be allowed in the locker room. That is usually a taboo zone, it was a nice gesture towards me," said Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and also reported: "In conclusion, I told them: 'Let's go, boys!'".

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His impression of the team was extremely positive. "They are there for each other and with each other - the finest red-white-red teamwork." His encouragement was actually not necessary, emphasized Van der Bellen. "They don't need me, but we need them." For the first time in this training camp, all 26 squad players were on the field during the final training. The recently absent David Alaba at least participated in the warm-up program. Whether the captain can be deployed against the Bosnians is uncertain.

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