Austria enjoy success away from home

You could call this a breakthrough season for Austrian football, but it is a breakthrough with a catch, writes David Shonfield.

After the disappointment of Euro 2016, highlighted by an unthinkable defeat against Hungary, their leading club has enjoyed an unprecedented league success, while a young Austrian team have also won a European title at the first attempt.

The catch is that unique league success came in Germany, not Austria, and the European title was the Uefa youth league — the equivalent of the Champions League for academy sides.