One day before the match between Georgia and Austria, Marcel Koller, head coach of the guests, talked about the upcoming match. According to the 55-year-old specialist, Georgia has a good team and Austria must be concentrated to win the match.
According to Koller, his team’s main goal is to play at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The Swiss coach has not selected lineup yet.
On the qualifying round - We started meeting a week ago. Our goal is to play in Russia. As for tomorrow’s match, I cannot say whether we win or not. European Championship is past now and we are thinking only about the future.
On the Georgia national team - I do not have information about our opponent’s lineup but I will name two best players – Tornike Okriashvili and Vako Kazaishvili.
Composition - We are trying to have two-two players on each position. As for the composition, I have not decided yet.
On Kvilitaia’s comment - I cannot say who is favorite because it is not important. We always play for victory.
On the Georgia national team - They can play football well, especially in front of their fans, and will try to earn 3 points. They held some good matches in the previous qualifying round. The match against Spain showed their possibilities in defense. We analyzed the opponent’s game. We must be concentrated in defense and offence as well.
On David Alaba - I cannot say where he will play tomorrow. We are very happy to have such universal player who can play on different positions.
On the failed European Championship - I have talked about it many times. Now a new stage has started for us.
On Dinamo-Grasshopper match in 1977 - Many years have passed since then and I am sure Tbilisi has changed a lot. Then, of course, I could not imagine that I would arrive in Georgia as a head coach of the Austria national team.
Georgia-Austria match will be held on September 5, at 20:00.