- Full Time
- M. Arnautović (P)90 + 12'
- M. Arnautović Penalty awarded90 + 10'
- 89'Ali Azaizeh on for Odeh Fakhoury
- 88'Mohammad Al Daoud on for Mousa Al Tamari
- P. Wimmer on for R. Schmid83'
- 81'Mahmoud Al Mardi on for Ehsan Haddad
- 81'Saed Al Rosan on for Abdallah Nasib
- M. Sabitzer77'
- Yazan Al Arab (OG)76'
- 72'Saleem Obaid on for Mohammad Abu Al Nadi
- M. Arnautović Goal disallowed70'
- C. Chukwuemeka on for X. Schlager59'
- K. Danso on for D. Alaba59'
- P. Wanner on for P. Mwene59'
- 50'Ali Olwan
- M. Arnautović on for S. Kalajdžić46'
- Half Time
- R. Schmid21'
- Kick Off
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Ali Olwan1 - 2
Romano Schmid1 - 3Marko Arnautovic1
- 1Ali Olwan4
- 2Mousa Al Tamari4
- 3Stefan Posch2
- 1Nicolas Seiwald2
- 2Noor Al Rawabdeh2
- 3Stefan Posch1
- 1Xaver Schlager1
- 2Noor Al Rawabdeh1
- 1Noor Al Rawabdeh2
- 2Ehsan Haddad2
- 3Odeh Fakhoury2
- 1Philipp Lienhart79
- 2Nicolas Seiwald61
- 3David Alaba55
- 1Nizar Al Rashdan4
- 2Ali Olwan3
- 3Mousa Al Tamari3
- 1Abdallah Nasib5
- 2Yazan Al Arab4
- 3Stefan Posch3
Austria overcame Jordan 3-1 in Santa Clara to secure their first World Cup win in 36 years stretching back to 1990.
Ralf Rangnick’s side, who returned to the tournament for the first time since 1998, impressed throughout qualifying and jetted over to North America as many people’s dark horses.
Das Team headed into their opening match as the hot favourites to claim all three points but were made to work for the victory by debutants Jordan, who impressed in stages, but ultimately fell short.
Austria broke the deadlock in fine fashion when Romano Schmid scored a superb curler in the 21st minute. Jordan nearly responded immediately, hitting the bar, and would have been disappointed to go into the break a goal down.
However, the Arab nation bounced back five minutes after the restart through a lovely counter-attacking goal and finish from Ali Olwan, who made history by scoring his nation’s first ever World Cup goal.
But, instead of spurring them on, the Chivalrous Ones seemed to run out of steam as Austria went on to take the lead in the 76th minute through an unfortunate own-goal from Yazan Al Arab, who headed into the Jordan net from a corner.
Substitute Marko Arnautovic made sure of the points in the 12th minute of injury time when the veteran striker slotted home from the penalty spot to score his 48th goal for his country, extending his own record for Das Team, who will go on to play Argentina next, while Jordan face off against Algeria.
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