Nicole Billa knows what it’s like to send a football nation into ecstasy. European Championship 2022, group stage, third and final matchday. A draw against Norway would have been enough for Austria to reach the quarter-finals, but Billa didn’t feel like shaking. Magnificent cross from Verena Hanshaw, right onto the head of Billa, who nodded off. The ÖFB team won 1-0. “It’s crazy, I still can’t quite believe it,” said the winning goalscorer after the game. “Our team spirit stands above everything, we proved that again today.”
