Austria, Netherlands each make three changes for Group D clash

BERLIN :Austria defender Gernot Trauner had been ruled out of Tuesday’s European Championship Group D clash against the Netherlands because of a thigh injury and is replaced by Maximilian Wober.

That was one of three changes Austria coach Ralf Rangnick has made for the match in which a point would see them through to the last 16.

Also in defence, Alexander Prass comes in for Phillipp Mwene while Patrick Wimmer replaces Christoph Baumgartner on the right side of midfield.

The Netherlands, assured of a place in the knockout stages, brought in Lutsharel Geertruida for Denzel Dumfries on the right side of defence, midfielder Joey Veerman in place of Xavi Simons and Donyell Malen for Jeremie Frimpong in attack.

Teams:

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen; Lutsharel Geertruida, Virgil van Dijk (c), Stefan de Vrij, Nathan Ake; Tijjani Reijnders, Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman; Donyell Malen, Memphis Depay, Cody Gakpo

Austria: Patrick Pentz; Stefan Posch, Maximillian Wober, Philipp Lienhart, Patrick Wimmer; Niclas Seiwald, Alexander Prass; Marcel Sabitzer, Romano Schmid, Florian Grillitsch; Marko Arnautovic (c)