Austria national football team has achieved an important victory against Jordan in the FIFA World Cup 2026. The team of Ralf Rangnick won 3-1 and thus celebrated the first World Cup win in 36 years. The ÖFB-Elf had to fight hard for the win against Jordan. An own goal saved Ralf Rangnick's team after several setbacks. Austria did not show its best form in the World Cup on Tuesday evening in Santa Clara, but still managed to win 3-1 against Jordan after 90 minutes. When the game seemed to be slipping out of the ÖFB team's hands, ÖFB team coach Ralf Rangnick was able to turn the momentum in Austria's favor with a triple substitution. In the first World Cup match in 28 years, ÖFB team coach Ralf Rangnick relied on many players who had also played many minutes in the World Cup qualifiers. In goal, Alexander Schlager started, in front of him Stefan Posch, Philipp Lienhart, captain David Alaba and Philipp Mwene formed the back four. In central midfield, the regulars Nicolas Seiwald and Xaver Schlager started. Konrad Laimer, who was ordered forward by the coach, Romano Schmid and Marcel Sabitzer were supposed to create chances in the offense. It was no surprise that Sasa Kalajdzic was preferred to the experienced Marko Arnautovic and Michael Gregoritsch in the attack. The LASK champion striker had excelled in training since his arrival in the USA and had earned his starting place. The two new Austrians Paul Wanner and Carney Chukwuemeka had to take a seat on the bench for the time being. In front of around 65,000 spectators in the not quite sold-out Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Austria quickly realized that the first World Cup match since 1998 would not be a walk in the park. Jordan had the first shot on goal in the second minute, and after a quarter of an hour, it became really dangerous for the first time. However, ÖFB goalkeeper Alexander Schlager was able to deflect a deflected long shot over the goal. Austria tried to take control of the game and took the lead with its first successful offensive action. After a pass from Xaver Schlager, Bremen's Romano Schmid curled the ball from around 20 meters exactly into the top corner - a dream goal. However, the lead did not bring any rest, as just two minutes after the goal, a header from Ali Olwan landed on the crossbar. The ÖFB-Elf also had problems with the quick and technically skilled Jordanians after the break. And the number 63 in the FIFA world rankings would have deserved a goal, but in the 34th minute, goalkeeper Schlager was again on the spot and saved the narrow lead into the break. For the ineffective Kalajdzic, Rangnick brought on Arnautovic for the second half. The ÖFB record scorer was only on the field for a few minutes when Jordan equalized. After a slight loss of the ball by Xaver Schlager, it went quickly in the other direction. Olwan made the ÖFB defense look bad and hammered the ball into the net from around 16 meters via the inside post. At this point, one had to worry about the ÖFB-Elf. The Jordanians completely took the momentum on their side. The outsider looked fresher, more confident and simply better. Rangnick recognized this and tried to turn the game around with a triple substitution.