Challenge

Austria Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sandro Galishoff took the kick off in the first half of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Binali Kutbay notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Austria's Fabio Auer. Fabio Auer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 9th match minute, Batman was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hıdır Sufi to maneuver through the defense. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Görkem İlsev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Austria defense, Mehmet Edip Kemalettin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabio Auer. The Austria fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabio Auer should have stopped the shot. Binali Kutbay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Batman's zone, Sandro Galishoff stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tayfur Kiner 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. 30 minutes into the match, Batman's goalkeeper Tayfur Kiner had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sandro Galishoff. Austria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sandro Galishoff in the 31st minute. In the 32nd play minute Sandro Galishoff came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Tayfur Kiner. 1-2. If Mehmet Edip Kemalettin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Görkem İlsev hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. If Fabio Schneider had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Austria's Marvin Harrer got a free kick in the 46th minute.

Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehmet Edip Kemalettin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marvin Harrer hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Jonas Nalder hit a great ball. Marc Kronecker hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Korcan Özveri made in the 65th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dion Brando immediately put the ball in play. In the 65th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marvin Harrer to maneuver through the defense. Binali Kutbay blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fabio Auer having to make a save. Fabio Auer made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Zaid Toktahan sent off a good shot on target. Leonhard Maier charged in rather forcefully in the 70th 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. After 70 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Leonhard Maier. 71 minutes into the match, Binali Kutbay dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fabio Auer, 1-3. In the 78th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandro Galishoff to maneuver through the defense. 85 minutes into the match, Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Görkem İlsev. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jonas Nalder during the 86th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandro Galishoff in the 90th minute of play forced Batman's goalkeeper Tayfur Kiner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Binali Kutbay came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Batman 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 Binali Kutbay couldn't finish the play. In the 96th minute of the match, Mehmet Edip Kemalettin tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Fabio Auer saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Batman played a much better game than Austria and deserved their victory. The Austria players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.