🙈 Austria among them too: two World Cup sides were woefully blunt! | OneFootball

The Austrian national team achieved its minimum goal by reaching the knockout stage at this World Cup – but not much more than that.

In the round of 16, the ÖFB side were swept aside 0-3 by a strong Spain team and were pretty much without a chance. Against the 2024 European champions, the men from the Alpine republic failed to produce a single shot on target.

At least one thing: Austria shared that fate with Ghana just a few days later. The Black Stars also managed the dubious feat of not getting a single shot on the opponent’s goal in their 0-1 defeat to Colombia.

This negative double is even historic. Since 1966, only three World Cup knockout matches had seen a team look so toothless in attack. Austria and Ghana have now almost doubled that number within just a few days.

One small consolation: both teams were united in their lack of chances.

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