Austria beat Germany to Group 2 spoils
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
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Beaten by Germany in last season's semi-finals, Austria gained revenge in impressive style with a 5-1 matchday three victory as both teams progressed.
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• Holders Germany and Austria both win first two qualifiers to reach elite round
• Timo Werner scores hat-trick in 6-0 defeat of Kazakhstan
• VfB Stuttgart forward also on target in 3-0 victory against Latvia
• Austria edge out Latvia 1-0 despite Daniel Ripic's missed penalty
• Hermann Stadler's side beat Kazakhstan by same 1-0 scoreline
• Austria demolish Germany with 5-1 matchday three victory, Ripic and Marko Kvasina both scoring twice
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Hermann Stadler, Austria coach
It was a real help that we'd already qualified after two games. We had enough time to analyse Germany's play and we had an idea how we could beat them. Tactically, the players did great work. Germany were the favourites for our game and for the whole mini-tournament but after the first half we showed that we deserved to be winners and to take first place in the group.
Elite round draw: 3 December