Goals from Gernot Trauner, Christoph Baumgartner, and captain Marko Arnautovic ripped Poland apart as they sink to bottom of Group D, leaving them unable to reach the knockout stages. New Delhi: Poland and Austria, both were coming into the match after suffering defeats in their opening game of the tournament and were eager to right their wrongs from the last outing. The game took place in front of a packed crowd at the Olympiastadion Berlin as Austria emerged 3-1 winners over Poland.
Michał Probierz made three changes to the side that faced defeat against the Netherlands as Kacper Urbanski, Sebastian Szymanski, and the injured Bartosz Salamon, made way for Krzysztof Piatek, Jakub Piotrowski, and Pawel Dawidowicz. His counterpart, Austria manager Ralf Rangnick also made three changes to his side that narrowly lost to France as he replaced the centre-back pairing from the previous game with Kevin Danso and Maximillian Wober being swapped for Gernot Trauner and Phillip Lienhart. Captain Marko Arnautovich also made his return to the starting lineup in place of Michael Gregoritsch.
Austria made a quick start to the game as they started making forays into the opposition half right from the kickoff, putting immense pressure on the Polish defence from the beginning. Their early pressure paid off as Gernot Trauner rose highest to head home from a Phillip Mwene cross to give his side the lead. With the goal being scored by one of the players Rangnick brought in for this match, it was.