Challenge

AHL Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Galsino Barba kicked off to start the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Galsino Barba got free with Fabio Auer in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 14th minute, Joey Coello got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. León FC were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Austria's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Galsino Barba took the corner. After taking down the ball on León FC's corner Galsino Barba fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fabio Auer quite easily take care of the ball. Iñigo Pedrosa had several of the Austria's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 21 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Fabio Auer as he didn't even see the shot coming. Austria's Fabio Auer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. When Fabio Schneider fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Austria's protests and gave Fabio Schneider a yellow card for diving instead. Fabio Schneider kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. A hard shot by Joey Coello from long distance, 30 minutes into the match, got Fabio Auer's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iñigo Pedrosa in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandro Galishoff to maneuver through the defense. Fabio Auer was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Iñigo Pedrosa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Iñigo Pedrosa really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. In the 39thth minute of the game Iñigo Pedrosa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Austria's Fabio Auer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. León FC were awarded a corner in the 41th minute after Austria's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Galsino Barba took the corner. The corner led León FC's Galsino Barba to fire away a dangerous shot which Fabio Auer despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Fabio Auer had great luck who in the 43rdth minute grab hold of the ball when Iñigo Pedrosa from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Marc Kronecker's late challenge caught a León FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marc Kronecker helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Austria's Marc Kronecker got a free kick in the 45th minute. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 46th minute, when León FC's Clemencin Duran after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Fabio Auer in Austria's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sandro Galishoff was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Austria's zone, Galsino Barba stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabio Auer came out of the goal and Galsino Barba tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When León FC's Iñigo Pedrosa in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Austria's goalie prevented a goal. After 62 played minutes León FC got a freekick which was hit by Galsino Barba. León FC's Espiridion Manrique was substituted for Iñigo Pedrosa. Galsino Barba kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Espiridion Manrique had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Espiridion Manrique was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. After 70 minutes, Leonhard Maier mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Austria and the León FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of León FC booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonhard Maier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Galsino Barba took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 71st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fabio Auer. Austria's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Espiridion Manrique, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 74 minutes into the game, Marvin Harrer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Austria's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave León FC the free kick. Espiridion Manrique received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Espiridion Manrique in the 80th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the match, Galsino Barba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Galsino Barba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Espiridion Manrique, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Fabio Auer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Galsino Barba in the 89th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the match, Galsino Barba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Galsino Barba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. After 95 minutes Austria's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Galsino Barba who took care of the corner kick. The León FC fans' excitement grew in the 98th match minute when León FC's Espiridion Manrique looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 11-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. León FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.