Austria hit by injury crisis ahead of WC qualifier

Austria will miss five regular starters because of injuries for next month’s 2010 World Cup qualifying games against Lithuania and France. Defenders Emanuel Pogatetz, Martin Stranzl and Sebastian Proedl, along with strikers Rubin Okotie and Marko Arnautovic were all missing from the 22-man squad announced Tuesday by Austria coach Dietmar Constantini. Defender Gyoergy Garics and former captain Andreas Ivanschitz, who was expected to return to the team for the first time under Constantini, wer

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