Viktoria Schnaderbeck continues to cause knee problems
Austria's national women's soccer team will also have to do without captain Viktoria Schnaderbeck in the international test match against Italy next Monday (4.30 p.m.) in Wiener Neustadt. The Arsenal legionnaire underwent an arthroscopy that went well one and a half weeks ago due to persistent knee problems and is absent for the sixth game in a row. In addition, two other defenders, Virginia Kirchberger and Katharina Schiechtl, are out.
“We have had to struggle with failures over and over again in the past year, this time mainly in the defensive area. But that also gives us the opportunity to test alternatives for emergencies,” said ÖFB team boss Irene Fuhrmann. The preparation for the international match started on (today) Monday with a team camp in Bad Tatzmannsdorf. It is also the last course before the World Cup qualification, which begins in autumn. Around 1,000 cards are issued for the duel with Italy.
