Challenge

Austria Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, Emiliano Piola left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pra Mezzan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sandro Galishoff during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Pra Mezzan booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sandro Galishoff didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Emiliano Piola's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabio Auer was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. The supporters of Pra Mezzan booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonhard Maier didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Austria's Sandro Galishoff got a free kick in the 11th minute. 12 minutes in the game, Emiliano Piola dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Fabio Auer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emiliano Piola went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dennis Formica in the 20th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emiliano Piola in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fabio Auer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The Pra Mezzan fans' excitement grew in the 24th match minute when Pra Mezzan's Emiliano Piola 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 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Bruno Di Cristofaro came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Austria's Fabio Schneider. But to his dismay, Fabio Schneider quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Emiliano Piola scored 1-4 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabio Auer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emiliano Piola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bruno Di Cristofaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Schneider in the 39th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Austria defense, Dennis Formica 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. Fabio Schneider kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Emiliano Piola made a kick off. Austria's Fabio Auer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. After 53 minutes Austria's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Emiliano Piola who took care of the corner kick. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alessandro Melis, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. 58 minutes into the game, Christian Wallner was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Austria's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pra Mezzan the free kick. Christian Wallner hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Emiliano Piola could shoot a difficult shot in the 60th minute, which Fabio Auer however easily saved by the left post. Jonas Nalder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Di Cristofaro having to interfere. Fabio Auer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dennis Formica in the 63rd minute. After some careless play in the Austria defense, Dennis Formica 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. Fabio Auer stood somewhat misplaced when Emiliano Piola came free in front of goal and shot 1-7 to the left of him in the 71 minute. 75 minutes into the match, Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dennis Formica. After 77 minutes of play, Pra Mezzan's Emiliano Piola made it 1-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabio Auer was left in no man's land by his defense there! Leonhard Maier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Di Cristofaro having to interfere. After 85 played minutes Pra Mezzan got a freekick which was hit by Amedeo Battista. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessandro Melis in the 87th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the game, Emanuele Mandelli was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pra Mezzan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Austria the free kick. 94 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Emiliano Piola came free, but Fabio Auer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Austria's Fabio Auer got control of the ball when Emiliano Piola tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pra Mezzan's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.