Austria combined its return to the World Cup after 28 years with a victory, narrowly defeating Jordan 3-1 in a match for the 10th group of the competition.

The Austrians took the lead in the 20th minute with a stunning shot from Romano Schmidt, but Jordan leveled the match five minutes into the second half when Ali Olwan found space in the area and beat the opposing goalkeeper with a powerful shot.

Ralf Rangnick’s team believed they had regained the lead in the 69th minute through Marko Arnautovic, but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review for Stefan Posh’s handball in the preceding phase.

Austria finally got their chance in the 76th minute when Yazan Al-Arab inadvertently headed the ball into his own net from a corner kick by Marcel Sabitzer. Arnautovic made it 3-1 in stoppage time with a penalty kick after Salim Obeid’s handball in the area.

 
    Referee: Dahan Beida (Mauritania)
    Yellows: Sabitzer
    Reds:

    Line-ups:
    AUSTRIA (Rangnick): Schlager, Pos, Lienhart, Alaba (59′ Danso), Mwene (59′ Wanner), Laimer, Seiwald, Schlager (59′ Chukwuemeka), Schmidt (83′ Wimer), Sabitzer, Kalajdić (46′ Arnautović)
  JORDAN (Selami): Abulaila, Haddad (82′ Al Mardi), Abulnadi (72′ Obeid), Al Arab, Nassib (81′ Al Roshan), Abu Taha, Al-Tamari (88′ Al Daoud), Al Rashdan, Al-Rawabde, Al-Fakouri (88′ Ali Azaizeh), Olwan