National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10307 (Terracing: 7731, Seating: 2370, VIP seats: 206) The audience was convinced that Nami Rech's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Egon Šijanski was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Andreas Seiler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Želimir Sulić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 14 played minutes U21 Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Ratko Kisin. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when U21 Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tim Kulovitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to U21 Austria getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Kim Rühmann hit a great ball. Kemo Tush could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Egon Šijanski made a huge save. Andreas Seiler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ratko Kisin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, U21 Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Nami Rech came free, but Egon Šijanski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nami Rech got free with Egon Šijanski in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Andreas Seiler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Želimir Sulić in the 31st minute of play. Andreas Seiler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Želimir Sulić in the 33rd minute of the match. Ozren Lenković charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ozren Lenković the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 34th minute, Ozren Lenković hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U21 Austria's Andreas Seiler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andro Mitrović in the 36th minute of play. Andreas Seiler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andro Mitrović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Želimir Sulić blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Andreas Seiler having to make a save. U21 Austria's Andreas Seiler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Želimir Sulić in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes into the game, Kemo Tush cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Egon Šijanski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 2-0 became the score in the 44th minute when Nami Rech elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.

U21 Austria made a substitution. Joachim Kromp replaced Matthias Engbertz. U21 Croatia's Egon Šijanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Phillip Dospel in the 61st minute of play. With a little luck, U21 Austria's Andreas Seiler got control of the ball when Ratko Kisin tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 64th minute Ratko Kisin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andreas Seiler saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andreas Seiler made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Želimir Sulić sent off a good shot on target. Egon Šijanski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kemo Tush in the 71st minute of the match. Egon Šijanski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kemo Tush in the 71st minute of play. In the 73rd match minute, U21 Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tim Kulovitz to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to U21 Austria getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Tim Kulovitz hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 85 minutes, Andreas Seiler successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 89 played minutes U21 Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Mihovil Jukić. After 90 played minutes, U21 Austria's Phillip Dospel shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Egon Šijanski came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in U21 Austria reached it. U21 Austria's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.