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Austria drop Arnautovic for Germany clash

The decision came less than two weeks after the fiery striker was axed by his club Werder Bremen for unspecified reasons amid reports he had been in a nightclub two days before a Bundesliga match.

Arnautovic, who has scored three goals in Austria's qualifying campaign, also performed poorly when his national side lost successive matches to Belgium and Turkey in March, seriously denting their qualification hopes.

"It's a decision for the good of the team," said Constantini. "He'll only return when he has fundamentally changed. He has great potential but he does not call upon it."

"We're going to try and take points off Germany even if that sounds unrealistic," said Constantini of the June 3 match in Vienna. "We must try to beat Germany and get three points."