A football match between the teams of the Faroe Islands and Austria took place on September 12, 1990 in the Swedish city of Landskrona . The match was held as part of the first round of the 1992 European Championship qualifier and was the first official match of the Faroe Islands team in history. The game was played in a neutral field, as the Faroe Islands team did not have a suitable stadium. The team of islanders was the nominal mistress of the field. In the Faroe Islands, shortly before the start of the match, an energy accident occurred, as a result of which the whole country was left without electricity. The first 10 minutes of the match were never shown on Faroese television [1] .
| Football match Faroe Islands - Austria | |||||||
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| Fußballländerspiel Färöer - Österreich | |||||||
| Tournament | European Championship 1992 (qualifying tournament) | ||||||
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| date of | September 12, 1990 19:00 ( CET ) | ||||||
| Stadium | “Landskrona IP”, Landskrona | ||||||
| Arbitrator |  Egil Norwick | ||||||
| Attendance | 1265 | ||||||
The meeting ended with a sensational victory for the Faroe Islands national team : striker Torkil Nielsen held the only goal in the 62nd minute. This victory of the modest Faroese team is still considered its best result (in the list of opponents defeated by the Faroese, Austria took the highest place in the FIFA rating). For the Austrians, it was worth a trip to the 1992 European Championship . On September 14, 1990 , Austrian coach Josef Hickersberger , who could not explain the reasons for this result, resigned.
Content
- 1 Before the game
- 2 game progress
- 3 Summary
- 4 Celebrating the victory in the Faroe Islands
- 5 notes
- 6 References
- 7 Literature
Before the game
Since 1988, the Faroe Islands have been a member of FIFA , and in 1990 they were accepted at UEFA . The match against Austria in the framework of the selection for the European Championship in 1992 was to be the first official game of the islanders (excluding friendly matches). According to the current president of the Faroe Islands Football Federation Torleif Sigurdsson, the Faroese teams initially did not express a desire to participate due to sports and financial problems. However, international experts persuaded the Federation to apply for participation, because in those years in Europe there was a rather unstable political situation that contributed to the emergence of new European teams, and the participation of the Faroe Islands would be a precedent for this. In addition, the players themselves wanted to take part in the tournament. Financial issues were resolved with the help of sponsors, and during the period of the strong economic crisis in the Faroe Islands, this was necessary. Coach Paulle Goodluisson said: "If we do not take this opportunity, then this may not happen again ... If a person stands on the road and votes, they will almost never stop in front of him." President Sigurdsson proposed, on the initiative of organizing the Hamburg Danes Altonskaya Svoboda, to hold a match in the Altona region of Hamburg at the Volksparkstadion stadium or Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn [2] [3] , but the match was decided to be held at the Landskrona Swedish stadium. In the Faroe Islands at that time there were only artificial turf fields.
As for the outcome of the meeting, almost all the experts believed in the unconditional victory of the Austrians: Tony Polster assured before the game that the Faroese would lose with a score of 0:10. Goalkeeper Jens Knudsen believed that losing less than 0-0 would be a successful result. Austrian coach Joseph Hickersberger sarcastically said: “Faroes? Where is it? Not by chance on the moon? ” The day before the match, the Austrian national team in full force skipped the training [4] . However, the Faroese coach, Paulle Goodluisson, believed that his team would be able to show a decent result, and gave the national team players the following setting: “Think about the Faroese flag. About your flag. Take it with you to the field. Throw yourself against the arrogant Austrians with one mission - to win the match for the sake of your nation. Today you pay your home. You have the opportunity to make history now, and it will be a crushing blow if you do not grab hold of it! ” [4] .
Gameplay
The Austrians started quietly, saving energy for future fights, while the Faroese players tried to organize a starting onslaught and break the resistance of the Austrian team. However, soon the teams began to play on equal terms, the Austrians began to have moments after moments, however they did not even try to implement them, hoping for the Faroese mistake. As a result, the first half ended in a goalless draw, and it could be characterized by a complete reluctance of the Austrians to play and a strong desire of the Faroese to defend at least a draw [5] .
In the second half, the Austrian national team started the game powerfully: on the faces of the players finally appeared some interest in what was happening. The first minutes after the break were very difficult for the Faroese, the Austrians abandoned the primitive flank game. However, the Faroese survived: Jens Knudsen repulsed all the blows, and ten players helped him keep the goal intact. The most real chance was the defender Kurt Russ, who in the 61st minute did not hit the empty net [1] . Kurt Russ's miss became fatal: a minute later, Torkil Nielsen alone beat two defenders of the Austrian national team, ran away from the third and sent the ball into the goal from 16 meters, throwing it through Michael Konzel who did not enter the game at the right time [1] . The Faroese team scored their first historic goal, which caused a special delight from a commentator from the Faroe Islands:
With the ball Torkil ... [further inaudible] AND HE FORGETS !!!!!!!!!!! TORKIL NILSEN KILLS GOAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FARARES LEAD 1-0 !!!!!!!!!!! FARARES LEAD 1-0 !!!!!!!!!!! TORKIL NILSEN FROM SANDAWAGUR !!!!!!!!! AYAYAYAYA !!!!!!
FARERY KILLED THE GOAL !!! TORKIL NILSEN, 1-0! Crazy celebration is here! Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely incredibly, he beat them all ... They tried unsuccessfully to knock him down and prevent him from delivering a professional blow ... TORKIL KILLS !!! Faroes lead 1-0. Faroes lead 1-0. It exceeds all expectations. Above, above, above, above all expectations. So, the Austrians panic and prepare several substitutions ... [6] .
Joseph Hickersberger made a double substitution after a goal conceded, but his counterpart Pall Guldaugsson did not allow the Austrians even to even the score. The Faroese fought for the ball at all corners of the field, and the Austrians could not even tune in. Moreover, at the end of the meeting, Nielsen had a second chance to score a goal, but Michael Konzel took this hit [1] . However, this was enough for the Faroese to win. The whistle of a referee from Norway Aegil Norvik recorded the historic victory of the Faroe Islands.
Summary
| September 12, 1990 |
| “Landskrona IP” ( Landskrona ) Spectators: 1265 Referee: Egil Norwick | ||||||
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Faroe islands | Austria |
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Faroe Victory Celebration
The victory of the national team was a real holiday. Residents of Torshavn , the administrative center of the Faroe Islands with a population of 15 thousand at that time, celebrated this victory [1] all week. September 12th was a national holiday for the Faroe Islands. The winners of the match were met by 20 thousand inhabitants of the Faroe Islands . Team goalkeeper Jens Knudsen said after the game that his team had not yet realized that they had entered the history of football. Three Faroese - Jan Allan Müller (one of the national team players who were not called up for that particular match), Jon Eystberg and Högni More - even recorded how they watched that match, and now this record is posted on the Internet [5] .
In honor of the national team, the musician Terje Rasmussen wrote the song “Hvít sum kavi, blátt sum havi” ( headlamp. White as snow, blue as sea ), which de facto became the anthem of fans and players of the Faroe Islands team [5] . The chorus of the song says:
White as snow, blue as sea, red as blood - it's us Original text (Faroese.) Hvít sum kavi, blátt sum havi, reytt sum blóðið, tað eru vit, |
In another song, “Reytt og blátt og hvítt” ( headlights. Red-blue-white ), which is also the anthem of the Faroe Islands team (authors Heri Nolso and Johann Olsen [7] ), the irony sounds at the beginning of the text: “The Faroes danced with Austria is such a waltz , which was heard from Vienna to Mikladalur . " The chorus is sung:
Red-blue-white flag Original text (Faroese.) Merkið reytt og blátt og hvítt, |
After the game, Thorkil Nielsen went to the hospital [8] , where his wife gave birth to a daughter the day before the game.
Photo of Torkil Nielsen from the match in 2007 became an exhibit at the exhibition of Faroese art in Vienna [9] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Report on the website Fannet.org
- ↑ Deutsche Volkszeitung ( March 22, 1990 )
- ↑ Flensborg Avis ( July 11, 1992 )
- ↑ 1 2 Faroe Islands team ceases to be a dwarf team - Championship
- ↑ 1 2 3 1990. Faroe Islands - Austria
- ↑ Torkil Nielson, Faroe Islands and the chess / football crossover
- ↑ Faroese National Football Team song 1990: “Reytt og Blátt og Hvítt” (Faroese )
- ↑ Faroe Islands - Austria 1: 0
- ↑ Leopold Museum zeigt zur Fußball WM 2008: Moderne Kunst der Färöer Inseln - BILD
Links
Literature
- Finnur Helmsdal: Reytt og blátt og hvítt - Føroyar og EM-kappingin. Tórshavn 1991.
- Finnur Helmsdal: Red, blue and white. The Faroes and the European championships, 1992
- Philipp Köster: Fussballwunder. Wenn Fussball unglaublich wird. Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-203-85603-4
- Fritz Neumann: Spiele, die Geschichte schrieben. egoth, Wien 2006, ISBN 3-902480-16-5