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Euro 2024 director Philipp Lahm can well imagine a surprise team in the last four of the tournament, with outsiders Austria possible contenders. “I’d still like to see a surprise team that might even make it to the semi-finals, where nobody expected them to,” Lahm told reporters in Leipzig on Monday. “I’m confident that Austria will progress, they have a good team, maybe Austria will be the surprise team.” Austria sit third in Group D but a win over the Netherlands in their final group match on Tuesday could catapult them into a better draw for the last 16. The 2014 world champion is also coun…