Andi Weimann earned his first Austria call-up for seven years undoubtedly because of his career-best year for Bristol City, but there may also be an element of superstition behind Franco Foda’s selection given the 30-year-old previous with the city of Cardiff.
International football may have felt increasingly further away as Weimann moved towards his 30s but his return to the national set-up will feel deeply close to home should he be involved in tonight’s World Cup qualifying play-off against Wales.
The Weimann family will only have to travel 50 miles down the road to the Cardiff City Stadium from Bristol, seven months after the striker’s brace in the Severnside Derby at the very same ground for the Robins in a 2-1 victory.
