Overview

• Footage showed Rangnick cycling onto the turf for a pre-match TV interview and again at half-time at Stadion Bilino Polje in Zenica.
• The Austria coach is limiting steps following emergency ankle surgery that led to an infection and a brief hospital readmission over the summer.
• Rangnick joked that the walk would have been too far, while the Austrian FA said he is doing well and that there is no cause for concern.
• Austria beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1, with Marcel Sabitzer opening the scoring, Edin Dzeko equalising, and Konrad Laimer netting the winner.
• The result preserved Austria’s perfect start to qualifying at four wins from four, leaving them on 12 points with a game in hand.