Challenge

Austria Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pawel Modrzewski started the match with the kick off. Borys Kilar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Auer having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pawel Modrzewski in the 13th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute, Leonhard Maier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 23 played minutes Sith Lords got a freekick which was hit by Jacek Pleban. Jonas Nalder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slawomir Wawrukiewicz having to interfere. Slawomir Wawrukiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Nalder in the 34th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Sith Lords's Marek Balkiewicz got a free kick in the 39th minute. After 47 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Sandro Galishoff. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Robert Czerwinski, 48 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Jonas Nalder received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Slawomir Wawrukiewicz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabio Schneider's late challenge caught a Sith Lords's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabio Schneider helped the player get up and apologised. In the 64th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabio Schneider to maneuver through the defense. Tobiasz Kochanowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Auer having to interfere. With 67 minutes on the clock, Rafael Riedl commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 67 minutes into the game, one of Austria:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Fabio Schneider managed to get in a good position for a shot. Austria's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabio Schneider was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Slawomir Wawrukiewicz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tobiasz Kochanowski kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tobiasz Kochanowski in the 83rd minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Sith Lords's goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Schneider came free, but Slawomir Wawrukiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabio Auer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pawel Modrzewski in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute, Marek Balkiewicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd minute of the game Konrad Kondysar made a throw-in which Borys Kilar played forward. Austria were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.