Challenge

BAKU-CITY
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alberto de Souza started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Rafael Riedl hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the game, one of Austria:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Austria's Fabio Auer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdulhäşim Äläkbärov in the 10th minute of play. Häsrät Azamämmädov scored 1-0 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabio Auer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Austria's Nico Waismann got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Austria booed when --FIRELAND-- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zeynal Malişov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Austria defense, Alberto de Souza 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. 43 minutes into the game, --FIRELAND--'s Lucho Valdez nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fabio Auer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sandro Galishoff stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Alberto de Souza notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Austria's Fabio Auer. Fabio Auer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 56 minutes, Häsrät Azamämmädov made it 6-0 with a short kick to the right side. Austria's Fabio Auer tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Äkbär Albändayev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Auer having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Häsrät Azamämmädov managed to get in a good position for a shot. --FIRELAND--'s supporters rose to their feet, but Häsrät Azamämmädov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabio Auer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match clock showed 73 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Alberto de Souza sped through Austria's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fabio Auer. Älağa Talıblı received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 79th minute Lucho Valdez 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. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucho Valdez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the game, Älağa Talıblı was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. --FIRELAND--'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Austria the free kick. The supporters of Austria booed when --FIRELAND-- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Älağa Talıblı didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lucho Valdez scored 9-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabio Auer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 94 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto de Souza came free, but Fabio Auer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Austria booed when --FIRELAND-- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zeynal Malişov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Häsrät Azamämmädov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 97th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.