National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Albania's Januz Oparaku started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Januz Oparaku got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ilmi Duka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hans-Jürgen Pötscher having to interfere. Austria's Adrian Meinhardt came free and shot a quick shot against goal 10 minutes in the game, fortunately Marjus Laçka had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Januz Oparaku in the 13th minute of play. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Adib Ovi hit a great ball. Nderim Pepo might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hans-Jürgen Pötscher. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nderim Pepo ran back to his position shaking his head. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nderim Pepo, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, Austria's Michael-Jan Schönberg got a free kick in the 17th minute. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ilmi Duka, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Robin Steckamp could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Marjus Laçka made a huge save. In the 23rd minute Robin Steckamp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marjus Laçka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marjus Laçka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Steckamp in the 23rd minute of the match. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Januz Oparaku's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. In the 31st match minute, Albania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fatbardh Malko to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute Nexhat Shaho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Januz Oparaku's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Albania's Nertil Maldini got a free kick in the 36th minute. Marjus Laçka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michael-Jan Schönberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A well-hit corner resulted in Nexhat Shaho heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Marjus Laçka was a little too slow when Robin Steckamp got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 42nd minute. The score was now 1-0. Marjus Laçka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Steckamp in the 46th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robin Steckamp in the 46th minute of play forced Albania's goalkeeper Marjus Laçka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Adrian Meinhardt made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Robin Steckamp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marjus Laçka was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. In the 54thth minute of the game Robin Steckamp who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Albania's Marjus Laçka was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 56th minute Robin Steckamp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marjus Laçka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58th minute Robin Steckamp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marjus Laçka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Përparim Bajraktari in the 61st minute of the match. Marjus Laçka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michael-Jan Schönberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Përparim Bajraktari in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Albania's goal looked a bit too open when Robin Steckamp came free, but Marjus Laçka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute of the match, Marjus Dragoti got a very nice opportunity to score, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 70 minutes into the match, Albania's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Tschida came free, but Marjus Laçka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, Austria's goalkeeper Hans-Jürgen Pötscher had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nderim Pepo. Albania's Mitat Shaho was substituted for Fatbardh Malko. In the 74th minute of the match Albania got a corner. Austria's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Isa Koliqi ran over to the corner to take the kick. Albania's Marjus Laçka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Meinhardt in the 76th minute of play. Përparim Bajraktari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Tschida in the 78th minute of play forced Albania's goalkeeper Marjus Laçka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had been going on for 81 minutes Michael-Jan Schönberg shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Marjus Laçka when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. Austria were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after Albania's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Michael-Jan Schönberg took the corner. After taking down the ball on Austria's corner Michael-Jan Schönberg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marjus Laçka quite easily take care of the ball. Përparim Bajraktari received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher came out and tried to block the shot, but Përparim Bajraktari slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nderim Pepo in the 87th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Hans-Jürgen Pötscher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marjus Dragoti in the 95th minute. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.
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