Krankl focuses on youth
Friday, May 10, 2002
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Hans Krankl has named an inexperienced squad for Austria's friendly against Germany.
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Austria coach Hans Krankl has named a relatively inexperienced squad for the friendly international against Germany in Leverkusen on 18 May.
Four new boys
There are four uncapped players in the squad and another eleven with six caps or less. Krankl has picked two uncapped goalkeepers in FC Kärnten's Roland Goriupp and SK Rapid Wien's Helge Payer, while Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 19-year-old defender Emanuel Pogatetz and SC Fortuna Sittard's 26-year-old midfield player Rolf Landerl may also earn their first caps.
Austria squad
Goriupp, Payer, Baur, Feldhofer, Dospel, Pogatetz, Scharner, Herzog, Aufhauser, Panis, Weissenberger, Mählich, Kitzbichler, Landerl, Cerny, Brunmayr, Wallner, Vastic.
