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Head Coach Challenge: How you would line up against Spain

You voted: This is the Austria XI the LAOLA1 community would send onto the pitch in the World Cup Round of 16 against Spain.

Head Coach Challenge: How you would line up against Spain

Austria will face Spain in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In the duel with the reigning European champions, the Austria team is the clear underdog.

Kick-off in Los Angeles is at 9:00 PM (in the LIVE ticker >>> and already from 8:30 PM in the LIVE Watchparty >>>).

Who head coach Ralf Rangnick sends onto the pitch will be clear to the public about an hour before kick-off.

But you also chose your desired starting XI - and this is how you decided:

The Austria players with the most votes:

(As of July 2, 1:30 PM)

Rank

Player

Votes

1.

Konrad Laimer

4.892

2.

Marcel Sabitzer

4.870

3.

Nicolas Seiwald

4.328

4.

Alexander Schlager

4.118

5.

Kevin Danso

3.638

6.

Paul Wanner

3.358

7.

Xaver Schlager

3.313

8.

Sasa Kalajdzic

3.270

9.

Stefan Posch

3.172

10.

Carney Chukwuemeka

2.935

11.

David Alaba

2.899

12.

Romano Schmid

1.900

13.

Patrick Wimmer

1.800

Watch Austria vs. Spain in the LAOLA1 Watchparty:

You can find the original LAOLA1 article here.

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