The clean-up work had long since begun on the Olympic site when hundreds of Austrians were jumping up and down in front of the stadium. “Group winners, group winners, heh, heh,” they shouted. The sound quality will hardly be remembered, unlike the collective interpretation of the 40,000 who sang “I am from Austria” with the team after the 3:2 win against the Netherlands, already one of the moments of this European Championship. There was nothing to complain about the jumping of beer-fueled fans, Austria is first in Group D, ahead of France, the Netherlands and Poland. Who would have thought?
