Challenge

Red Arena
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sandro Galishoff got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Austria booed when Red Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rostam Mansourian didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute, Leonhard Maier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nils Elmhuus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Schneider in the 8th minute of the match. Fabio Auer made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Ali Karimi sent off a good shot on target. In the 11th minute, Leonhard Maier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute, Ali Karimi made a precise shot to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. With an all-out effort, Red Army's Fabio Auer threw himself towards the right post 16 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ali Karimi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Red Army getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Ali Karimi hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Austria's Leonhard Maier got a free kick in the 20th minute. Ali Karimis short, quick shot in the 21stth minute got Fabio Auer to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Austria's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ali Reza Abdi was slow to take the kick. During this time Red Army's players had a chance to rest. With 26 minutes on the clock, Ali Reza Abdi commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 25 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Red Army! Ali Karimi's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fabio Auer firmly grabbed it by the left post. The nice shot from Roozbeh Nakisa in the 35thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Fabio Auer had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Karimi, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Roozbeh Nakisa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fabio Auer. That made the score 4-0 in the 40 minute of play. Roozbeh Nakisa succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 5-0 in the 43rd playminute. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Karimi, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Red Army's Roozbeh Nakisa got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Austria defense, Ali Karimi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabio Auer. The Austria fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabio Auer should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Austria's zone, Soheil Mahdavikia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabio Auer came out of the goal and Soheil Mahdavikia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ali Karimi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Auer having to interfere. Austria's Fabio Auer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Karimi in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute Red Army were awarded a corner. Kiumars Daneshjou went to the cornerflag to take it. Red Army's Mahbod Nikbakht-Vahedi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fabio Auer in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a rather tough play, Austria's Nico Waismann got a free kick in the 80th minute. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 11-0 when Soheil Mahdavikia sped through Austria's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fabio Auer. In the 84th minute Soheil Mahdavikia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabio Auer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Red Army booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marvin Harrer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roozbeh Nakisa, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 12-0 when Soheil Mahdavikia sped through Austria's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fabio Auer. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Red Army had played much better football throughout.