Parrott magic not enough as Austria fight back to draw with Ireland

[p]Having started brightly, the hosts appealed for a penalty with eight minutes on the clock when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manning-ryan/bcjICzbK/"]Ryan Manning[/a] went down inside the area, but the referee waved play on.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ireland/Gfyqk1aG/"]The Boys in Green[/a] were celebrating four minutes later, though, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/parrott-troy/K6H9Uptn/"]Troy Parrott[/a] controlled a pass upfield before nutmegging [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lienhart-philipp/Y11H2ibh/"]Philipp Lienhart[/a] and skipping past his centre-back partner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/affengruber-david/EFLxG99f/"]David Affengruber[/a]. He duly broke into the box and slotted coolly past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wiegele-florian/4S959aaD/"]Florian Wiegele[/a] to make it 1-0 in fine fashion.[/b][/p][embed guid="20760715-58ed-498c-a547-d13d64b55de7" url="https://x.com/IrelandFootball/status/2105737955994415292" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/austria/naHiWdnt/"]Austria[/a] grew into the game as the first half wore on, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/seiwald-nicolas/fivkoAh0/"]Nicolas Seiwald[/a]’s shot from inside the area, which went wide of the left post, the closest they came to finding the net.[/p][p][b]However, despite ending the first half in the ascendancy, Das Team found themselves two goals behind just before half-time, when Seiwald brought Manning down inside the area. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/czech-republic/6LHwBDGU/"]Ireland[/a]’s great new hope Parrott sent Wiegele the wrong way to double their advantage, with the spot kick making it six goal contributions in as many matches for club and country.[/b][/p][p]Ralf Rangnick’s side started their Nations League campaign with successive 3-1 victories over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/israel/rqK1ypob/"]Israel[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kosovo/v1DTPQwI/"]Kosovo[/a] at home, but they were struggling to rediscover their attacking fluency in Dublin. However, Das Team dramatically drew themselves level within the space of five minutes.[/p][p][b]First, substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/prass-alexander/0pNTmC8s/"]Alexander Prass[/a] rifled home from inside the area for his first international goal, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gregoritsch-michael/fNPBHb0p/"]Michael Gregoritsch[/a]’s free-kick from just outside the area went over the wall and beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kelleher-caoimhin/4S8JqWN0/"]Caomhin Kelleher[/a], who had stepped the wrong way.[/b][/p][embed guid="e8d5638d-03c7-4c42-afb1-31b6ea536f3d" url="https://x.com/oefb1904/status/2105756232124346521" social-type="twitter" /][p]All of the momentum was with Austria in the closing stages, as the Boys in Green could only muster a solitary shot in the second half and were forced into a defensive mindset to try and avoid defeat.[/p][p]Heimir Hallgrimsson’s men were able to prevent any further damage, but the Irish were left to ponder what might have been – they remain third in Group B3, while Austria stay top after preserving their unbeaten start in unlikely circumstances.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/parrott-troy/K6H9Uptn/"]Troy Parrott[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ireland/Gfyqk1aG/"]Republic of Ireland[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/austria-naHiWdnt/ireland-Gfyqk1aG/summary/stats/?mid=lUmO9MDt"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Momentum" id="fe803f99-30c2-4adc-a2fc-fd5b9799038f" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="6a3b663b-7d19-431a-8fdb-7ffa43e1d581" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]