Challenge

EL GIGANTE DEL NORTE
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Sandro Galishoff made the kick off and thus started the match. Jonas Nalder's late challenge caught a ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonas Nalder helped the player get up and apologised. Jonas Nalder hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Narciso Xabat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Jonathan Quin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonas Nalder sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A hard shot 33 in the game by Narciso Xabat from a close distance when the talented Fabio Auer managed to make a qualified save. Austria's players were relieved. Narciso Xabat did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Fabio Auer 33 minutes into the match. Augusto Austin kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. After 43 minutes of play, ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Dan Dalman made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabio Auer was left in no man's land by his defense there!

Augusto Austin kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Sandro Galishoff hit a great ball. Narciso Xabat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Özcan Refah in the 77th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 85 minutes, Marvin Harrer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Austria and the ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Narciso Xabat, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dan Dalman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, Emil Seidler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Arnaldo Cresconio in action when he in the 97th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance!