Challenge

Austria Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Walter Bou got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, LEBRON's Cecilio Louis got a free kick in the 5th minute. Agustin Marchesan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabio Schneider, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Maore in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonhard Maier to maneuver through the defense. 17 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Walter Bou came free, but Fabio Auer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, LEBRON's goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Schneider came free, but Agustin Marchesan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santo Urtzi kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Sandro Galishoff could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Agustin Marchesan made a huge save. In the 26th match minute, LEBRON was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Honorio Arano to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Marc Kronecker hit a great ball. LEBRON's Candido Eztebe got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 36th minute, Walter Bou left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LEBRON fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Maore in the 39th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute, Paulo Maore 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 1-2. After 42 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Leonhard Maier. In the 44th minute, Paulo Maore left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LEBRON fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sandro Galishoff made a kick off. Fabio Auer came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by LEBRON's Walter Bou. But to his dismay, Walter Bou quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Elpidio Matai charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elpidio Matai the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Elpidio Matai hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute, Walter Bou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 67th match minute, LEBRON was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Candido Eztebe to maneuver through the defense. 72 minutes into the match, LEBRON's goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Schneider came free, but Agustin Marchesan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Walter Bou could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Fabio Auer made a huge save. When Jonas Nalder came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Austria 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 Jonas Nalder couldn't finish the play. Rafael Riedl's late challenge caught a LEBRON's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rafael Riedl helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Austria's Rafael Riedl got a free kick in the 85th minute. Fabio Auer made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Walter Bou sent off a good shot on target. In the 94th minute Fabio Schneider shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agustin Marchesan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Austria's Fabio Auer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. LEBRON walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.