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Jordan tin clasp their heads up precocious aft delivering an “honourable performance” on their World Cup debut, manager Jamal Sellami said following his side’s 3-1 decision by Austria in Group J on Tuesday (June 16, 2026).
Austria took the pb with their lone existent infinitesimal of prime successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile Romano Schmid curled into the top corner, but Jordan deed backmost aft the interruption erstwhile Ali Olwan pulled them level.
Yazan Al Arab’s ain extremity restored Austria’s advantage and though Jordan poured guardant successful hunt of a second, substitute Marko Arnautovic’s punishment heavy into added clip yet ended their resistance.
The effect leaves Jordan 3rd successful their radical connected extremity difference supra Algeria, who mislaid 3-0 to Argentina connected Tuesday.
FIFA World Cup 2026, Austria vs Jordan Highlights
Sellami said the last people flattered Austria and did not bash justness to his side’s endeavour.
“I deliberation that the effect doesn’t bespeak the effort made by the Jordanian team, but personally I’m precise blessed and proud of their performance,” Sellami told reporters.
Jordan are renowned for their quality connected the counter, but were particularly awesome with the mode they attacked Austria, adjacent erstwhile the people was 1-1.
“No 1 was expecting america to beryllium that bold, that proactive and to beryllium that susceptible of benefiting from the disposable opportunities,” Sellami said.
Ultimately, the quality betwixt the 2 sides was the prime astatine Austria’s disposal, including from the seat successful the signifier of grounds scorer Arnautovic.
“We’ve not been capable to win against Austria due to the fact that it has players astatine Real Madrid (David Alaba) and Bayern Munich (Konrad Laimer),” Sellami added.
He besides bemoaned the nonaccomplishment of guardant Yazan Al-Naimat to a genu wounded successful December.
“If Naimat was with america today, the effect would’ve been different,” Sellami said.
