Former West Ham star Marko Arnautovic refuses to rejoice objective as Austria win first ever European Championship match towards North Macedonia

Marko Arnautovic got here off the bench to attain as Austria beat North Macedonia 3-1 of their Euro 2020 opening match.

Stefan Lainer opened the scoring for Austria within the 18th minute and paid tribute to Christian Eriksen, who’s now in a steady situation after collapsing in Denmark’s match towards Finland on Saturday.

Lainer lifted up a shirt which learn ‘Christian, keep robust’.

Austria’s lead lasted simply 10 minutes as Goran Pandev netted North Macedonia’s first ever objective at a serious event.

The veteran striker capitalised on an error from Austria goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann and tapped into an empty internet.

Aged 37 years and 321 days previous, Pandev additionally turned the second-oldest participant to attain at a European Championship with the document held by Austria’s Ivica Vastic (38 years 257 days previous).

Pandev was clearly emotional earlier than kick-off when he was seen wiping away tears seconds after North Macedonia completed singing their nationwide anthem.

His equaliser was in useless, although, as Michael Gregoritsch got here off the bench to show in a David Alaba cross within the 78th minute.

Gregoritsch adopted Lainer’s lead by lifting up a shirt with the identical message for Eriksen.

Former West Ham star Arnautovic made positive of Austria’s first ever European Championship win with a tidy end with one minute to play.

Oddly, although, Arnautovic, who now plies his commerce for Shanghai Port in China, didn’t rejoice his objective… which might have been as a result of he began the match on the bench.