Challenge

Maracana
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sandro Galishoff got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Austria's Fabio Schneider nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Erik Ramalho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 8th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marvin Harrer to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Schneider in the 10th minute of play forced Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Erik Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabio Schneider received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Erik Ramalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wilson de Toledo kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandro Galishoff in the 26th minute of play forced Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Erik Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 28 minutes, Jonas Nalder managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Austria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonas Nalder was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Schneider in the 33rd minute of play forced Fluminense di Parma's goalkeeper Erik Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sandro Galishoff kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. The supporters of Austria booed when Fluminense di Parma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Germano Cano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Erik Ramalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Schneider in the 39th minute of the match. Leonhard Maier charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leonhard Maier the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Leonhard Maier hit a great ball. Germano Cano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Germano Cano made a kick off. When Fluminense di Parma's Ricardo Sousa in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Austria's goalie prevented a goal. Germano Cano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Fabio Schneider hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Sandro Galishoff had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ricardo Sousa kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Sandro Galishoff was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 73rd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Fabio Auer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Celso Pena went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Fabio Schneider kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. In the 88th minute Marvin Harrer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Ramalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leandro Donatello recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 93 minutes of play, Austria's Marvin Harrer made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erik Ramalho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Austria's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.