Austria To Round Of 16, Ukraine Awaiting

JAKARTA - Austria entered the knockout stages of the European Cup for the first time after beating Ukraine 1-0 in their final Group C match on Monday night. David Alaba et al finished second under the Netherlands and will meet Italy in the round of 16.

As reported by Antara, the Netherlands, which ensured the winner of this group after beating North Macedonia 3-0 in the other match Group C, finished with a perfect nine points. While Austria collected six points from two wins.

Christoph Baumgartner, who was unsteady after colliding with Illia Zabarnyi a few minutes earlier, scored in the 21st minute.

The goal came from a corner when he beat the Ukrainian defender after receiving a ripe ball from Alaba.

The groggy-looking Austrian midfielder was then withdrawn 10 minutes later and his replacement Alessandro Schopf almost set up a second when he found Marko Arnautovic on the counter-attack.

However, his left foot kick deviated from the target.

Ukraine, who was reckless on the ball and rarely threatened in the final third, finished with three points.

Andriy Shevchenko's side will have to await a decision on whether they are one of the four best third-placed teams.