Challenge

SAN SIRO
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Reynaldo Pinos made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Austria booed when Ac Milan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tedi Lulo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute, Ilmi Duka ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabio Auer was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Reynaldo Pinos put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's Fabio Auer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reynaldo Pinos in the 16th minute of play. When Tedi Lulo came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Ac Milan 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 Tedi Lulo couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Reynaldo Pinos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabio Auer was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reynaldo Pinos in the 24th minute of play. After 27 minutes, Eljon Lufi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ac Milan and the Austria players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 27 played minutes Ac Milan got a freekick which was hit by Eljon Lufi. After a defensive mix-up in Ac Milan's zone, Sandro Galishoff stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dong Zhi Hong came out of the goal and Sandro Galishoff tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fabio Schneider struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Dong Zhi Hong didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Austria. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Erzen Shala during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 32nd minute, one of Ac Milan:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ac Milan. Ac Milan:s Dong Zhi Hong showed great skill when he stopped Sandro Galishoff:s penalty. Fabio Auer stood somewhat misplaced when Ilmi Duka came free in front of goal and shot 4-0 to the left of him in the 36 minute. In the 40th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Wallner to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sandro Galishoff to make the kick off. Ilmi Duka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Ac Milan's Tedi Lulo got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute Reynaldo Pinos 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. In the 60th minute, Tedi Lulo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reynaldo Pinos in the 64th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Ac Milan fans' excitement grew in the 64th match minute when Ac Milan's Reynaldo Pinos 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 7-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 68 minutes, Tiburcio Polentzi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ac Milan and the Austria players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Ac Milan getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Tiburcio Polentzi hit a great ball. Reynaldo Pinos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 81st match minute, Ac Milan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eljon Lufi to maneuver through the defense. Dong Zhi Hong acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 81st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Sandro Galishoff. Tiburcio Polentzi struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Fabio Auer didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ac Milan. After 93 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Leonhard Maier. 97 minutes into the match, Reynaldo Pinos 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 Reynaldo Pinos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Ac Milan fully deserved thier win.