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Soccer-Janko's acrobatics give Austria victory in Moscow

By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy

MOSCOW, June 14 (Reuters) - A spectacular overhead kick from Marc Janko gave Austria an impressive 1-0 win in Russia on Sunday to put them in control of Euro 2016 qualifying Group G.

Janko's acrobatic strike stunned the Moscow crowd and Austria helf firm to move to 16 points from six matches, eight ahead of third-placed Russia and seven ahead of Sweden who have played one game fewer.

Russia coach Fabio Capello handed competitive international debuts to Ivan Novoseltsev and Oleg Ivanov while an injury to captain Vasili Berezutski meant a debut for 19-year-old Nikita Chernov despite him never having played appeared in the Russian Premier League for his club side CSKA Moscow.