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Koller: Tactical changes not to blame for Austria exit

Austria boss Marcel Koller blamed high expectations, rather than his own baffling tactics, for his side's early Euro 2016 exit.

Marcel Koller refused to blame his tactical tinkering for Austria's limp exit at Euro 2016.

The Austrians won nine of 10 qualifiers and arrived in France as many people's potential surprise packages but, having taken just one point from three games - including Wednesday's last-gasp 2-1 defeat to Iceland in Paris - Koller has some serious questions to answer, chiefly around his use of David Alaba.

The Bayern Munich man, deployed primarily as a left-back at the Allianz Arena, was used as a central attacker in an experimental 3-4-3 formation against Iceland before Koller reverted to a more conventional system in the second half.