Croatia will take this game against Austria as the chance to continue good run made with three wins in Uefa Nations League. Croatia won over Denmark 1-0 in Copenhagen, then 1-0 over France on the road and most recently, few days ago they won over Denmark 2-1 at home. This brilliant run put them on the top of the group 1 with point more then Denmark. Surely that this competition isn't that attractive for players that are preoccupied with matches in their respective clubs, especially those on the highest level, but Croatian national pride and national compactness is present and active in the Croatian national team. On the other hand, Austria doesn't seem capable of doing anything big in this group and will most likely relegate to level 2. They lost 3 out of the last 4 matches and failed to win in this period. They indeed surprised Croatia in the first match back in June, 3-0 in Croatia was too much, and now Croatia will look for revenge.

克罗地亚将把这场对阵奥地利的比赛作为继续在欧国联三场胜利中取得好成绩的机会。克罗地亚在哥本哈根以 1-0 战胜丹麦，然后在客场以 1-0 战胜法国，最近几天前，他们在主场以 2-1 战胜丹麦。这场精彩的比赛让他们在小组 1 中排名第一，得分超过丹麦。当然，对于那些专注于各自俱乐部比赛的球员来说，这场比赛并不是那么有吸引力，尤其是那些在最高级别的球员，但是克罗地亚国家队中存在并活跃着克罗地亚的民族自豪感和民族凝聚力。另一方面，奥地利在这个小组中似乎没什么目标了，并且很可能会降级到B级。他们在过去的4场比赛中输了3场，并且在此期间未能获胜。他们确实在6月份的第一场比赛中让克罗地亚感到惊讶，在克罗地亚以3-0取胜太过分了，现在克罗地亚将寻求复仇。