"He is already ready to start. I don't think it makes sense to let him play for more than an hour or 70 minutes," the head coach says.
Weinhandl "already very advanced"
It will be intriguing to see whether the two youngsters Luca Weinhandl and Yanik Spalt will be given a chance to show what they can do.
Rangnick says of Weinhandl: "He showed everything in training that we've already seen from him at club level recently. For a 17-year-old, he is already very advanced and mature."
Stuttgart shooting star Spalt was called up as a late replacement and only traveled by train from Windischgarsten to Vienna on Thursday.
Spalt "as a six or eight"
"I've known him for three years; he was at the development camp in Lindabrunn back when he was 15, and we've closely followed his progress ever since. He has done a very good job at VfB Stuttgart. If push came to shove, it was important to have a player who can operate as a number six or an eight," Rangnick stated.
With a home win against Ireland, the ÖFB team could wrap up the group win and secure promotion to League A ahead of their final clash with Israel in Debrecen, Hungary.
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