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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Robin Steckamp got the match started through his kick off. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marko Ruskov in the 3rd minute of play. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marko Ruskov in the 11th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Marko Ruskov came free, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Bulgaria's Marko Ruskov in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Austria's goalie prevented a goal. With a little luck, Bulgaria's Vitomir Starokin got control of the ball when Alexander Setzinger tried to sneak it across the goal line. Matthias Zahn scored 1-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vitomir Starokin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marko Ruskov in the 16th minute of play. Bulgaria's Vitomir Starokin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robin Steckamp in the 18th minute of play. Alexander Setzinger could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Vitomir Starokin made a huge save. Vitomir Starokin made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Robin Steckamp sent off a good shot on target. Vitomir Starokin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robin Steckamp in the 23rd minute. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marko Ruskov, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After 29 minutes Bulgaria's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Michael-Jan Schönberg who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Michael-Jan Schönberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vitomir Starokin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marko Ruskov in the 32nd minute of the match. Vitomir Starokin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Setzinger in the 34th minute of play. Alexander Setzinger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Vitomir Starokin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marko Ruskov to make the kick off. If Marko Ruskov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marko Ruskov in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexander Setzinger in the 55th minute of play forced Bulgaria's goalkeeper Vitomir Starokin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Austria's Matthias Zahn in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bulgaria's goalie prevented a goal. 59 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Robin Steckamp came free, but Vitomir Starokin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vitomir Starokin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Steckamp in the 62nd minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Matthias Zahn came free, but Vitomir Starokin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ignat Nozharov hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Austria made a substitution. Daniel Tschida replaced Robin Steckamp. A nice corner shot did that Michael-Jan Schönberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vitomir Starokin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Tschida in the 76th minute of play forced Bulgaria's goalkeeper Vitomir Starokin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bulgaria made a substitution. Denimir Tzonkov replaced Marko Ruskov. In the 79th minute, Adrian Meinhardt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vitomir Starokin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael-Jan Schönberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Vitomir Starokin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrian Meinhardt in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denimir Tzonkov in the 94th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Hans-Jürgen Pötscher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bulgaria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rafail Klenov in the 95th minute. Austria's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.