Lazaro misses out for Austria
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
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Salzburg midfielder Valentino Lazaro, 20, was the unlucky one to miss out when Austria coach Marcel Koller cut his 24-man provisional squad to a final 23 on Tuesday.
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Austria squad for UEFA EURO 2016
Goalkeepers: Robert Almer (Austria Wien), Heinz Lindner (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ramazan Özcan (Ingolstadt).
Defenders: Aleksandar Dragovic (Dinamo Kyiv), Christian Fuchs (Leicester City), György Garics (Darmstadt), Martin Hinteregger (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Florian Klein (Stuttgart), Sebastian Prödl (Watford), Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt), Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham Hotspur).
Midfielders: David Alaba (Bayern München), Marko Arnautović (Stoke City), Julian Baumgartlinger (Mainz), Martin Harnik (Stuttgart), Stefan Ilsanker (Leipzig), Jakob Jantscher (Luzern), Zlatko Junuzović (Werder Bremen), Marcel Sabitzer (Leipzig), Alessandro Schöpf (Schalke).
Forwards: Lukas Hinterseer (Ingolstadt), Rubin Okotie (1860 München), Marc Janko (Basel).
Midfielder Valentino Lazaro, 20, was the unlucky one to miss out when Marcel Koller named his 23-man party to go to UEFA EURO 2016.
Salzburg's Lazaro, who has four senior caps to his name, was one of 24 players at Austria's recent training camp. He is the only one not to be heading to France for the finals, though Koller nevertheless expects him to have a bright international future.
Austria's Group F fixtures
14/06: Austria v Hungary (Bordeaux)
18/06: Portugal v Austria (Paris)
22/06: Iceland v Austria (Saint-Denis)