Friendly League

SK Fenerbahce Wien
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexandros Matsinopoulos got the match started through his kick off. Andriy Lunin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexandros Matsinopoulos in the 5th minute. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thodoris Charalambakis was slow to take the kick. During this time SK Fenerbahce Wien's players had a chance to rest. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When SK Fenerbahce Wien's Alexandros Matsinopoulos in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s goalie prevented a goal. SK Fenerbahce Wien's Xie Sheng Qi quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Nemanja Vidić, made in the 15th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in SK Fenerbahce Wien's zone, Ödön Szily stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Chris Draxl came out of the goal and Ödön Szily tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alexandros Matsinopoulos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Andriy Lunin came out and tried to block the shot, but Alexandros Matsinopoulos slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 26th minute. SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s Chen Zhen was substituted for Steffen Michalsky. Chris Draxl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Elodio in the 39th minute of the match. Chris Draxl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Elodio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 48 minutes into the game, Hernan Melber was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SK Fenerbahce Wien the free kick. After 47 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.! When the match had been going on for 50 minutes, SK Fenerbahce Wien's Alexandros Matsinopoulos got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Andriy Lunin. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Alexandros Matsinopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andriy Lunin having to interfere. Andriy Lunin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandros Matsinopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Robin Ivanschitz hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 63rd minute of the match Toralf Hell shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Chris Draxl showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 67th match minute, SC Freiburg 1904 e.V. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Toralf Hell to maneuver through the defense. 74 minutes into the match, SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s Niculae Ungureanu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Chris Draxl narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Alexandros Matsinopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the SK Fenerbahce Wien fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alexandros Matsinopoulos couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niculae Ungureanu in the 78th minute of play forced SK Fenerbahce Wien's goalkeeper Chris Draxl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SK Fenerbahce Wien's Chris Draxl proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save SK Fenerbahce Wien from getting a goal against them. If Niculae Ungureanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. David Elodio's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Chris Draxl firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a rather tough play, SK Fenerbahce Wien's Robin Ivanschitz got a free kick in the 97th minute. Robin Ivanschitz hit a great freekick 98 minutes into the match. The SK Fenerbahce Wien support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.