Italy will lose again - Austria coach Foda and Alaba
Real Madrid new signing David Alaba and Franco Foda warn the Azzurri about Austria: ‘Perhaps there will come a time when they lose again.’
will go against
Austriain the round of 16 for Euro 2020 on Saturday. The Azzurri sat top of their group, having secured three victories from three matches, whereas Austria ended the group stage sitting second with the Netherlands above them.
Italy have managed to go 30 games without a defeat, but Austria coach
Franco Foda
believes their run of unbeaten games will end next weekend.
“
In this phase of the tournament, there are no easy opponents. We know that. Italy haven’t lost for an eternity, but perhaps there will come a time when they lose again,”
the German tactician told
Euro2020.com
.
“It will be important for us to prepare with focus and recover, then we will do everything we can to win in London. It will be tough, but the team is eager and ready.”
Austria International
David Alaba
believes the same as Foda and says ‘anything is possible in football.
“
This feels very good. We are really happy that we got it done today. That was our main goal and we are delighted to have achieved that,”
he told
ARD
.
“We’ve all seen how Italy played in the group stages. But we are here to dream and I believe anything is possible in football.”
Austria have not defeated Italy since 1960, having lost ten of their last 13 games with the Azzurri.
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