National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Robin Steckamp made the kick off which started today's match. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 柯正轩, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Austria's goalkeeper Hans-Jürgen Pötscher, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 10 minutes Austria's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 鲁朋旭 who took care of the corner kick. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Xu Yong Feng advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-1 in the 10th minute. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 朱傲义 in the 13th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, China's 朱傲义 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hans-Jürgen Pötscher narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 18 minutes into the match, Michael-Jan Schönberg notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of China's 魏亮宇. 魏亮宇 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 朱傲义's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 朱傲义 in the 30th minute of play. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Austria's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 鲁朋旭 was slow to take the kick. During this time China's players had a chance to rest. Long Xiang Yuan made a great header on China's corner, it was just that Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher managed to reach the ball for a save. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 朱傲义, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 魏亮宇 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Tschida in the 39th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, China's 朱傲义 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hans-Jürgen Pötscher narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 42 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when 朱傲义 came free, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute, 柯正轩 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The China fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. The supporters of China booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. A.J. Schadenfroh didn't get a good kick on the ball. China made a substitution. Dé 孙坚 replaced 鲁朋旭. 50 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when 朱傲义 came free, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Austria players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. China were winning 1-2.
The wind increased when 朱傲义 made the kick off in the second half. 朱傲义 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hans-Jürgen Pötscher having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by 朱傲义 in the 57th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Hans-Jürgen Pötscher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 朱傲义 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a huge save. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind Austria's goalkeeper Hans-Jürgen Pötscher, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 魏亮宇 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Tschida went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. China made a substitution. Zhu Cheng Guo replaced 严常耀. 魏亮宇 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adrian Meinhardt, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but 朱傲义 showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-4 in the 73 minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, China's goal looked a bit too open when Robin Steckamp came free, but 魏亮宇 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute, 朱傲义 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The China fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. 82 minutes into the match, China's 朱傲义 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hans-Jürgen Pötscher narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 91st minute, Austria's Adib Ovi fired away a free kick that almost went in the goal. 魏亮宇 was prepared for the shot, but didn't have to make a play as the shot flew over the goal. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when 柯正轩 sent off a good shot on target. The China supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing China would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.
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