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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Austria's Adrian Meinhardt 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. Michael-Jan Schönberg hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Alain Berset could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a huge save. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alain Berset, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alain Berset in the 12th minute of the match. Kim-André van der Schans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robin Steckamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Diego Marthaler hit a great ball. Kim-André van der Schans 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. When Switzerland's Alain Berset in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Austria's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Alain Berset took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Hans-Jürgen Pötscher to make any attempt to save it. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alain Berset in the 29th minute of play. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Alain Berset sent off a good shot on target. Kim-André van der Schans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adib Ovi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alain Berset in the 37th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Hans-Jürgen Pötscher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Switzerland's Howard Archambault got a free kick in the 38th minute. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Alain Berset hit a great ball. When Alessandro Finotti fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Switzerland's protests and gave Alessandro Finotti a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Alessandro Finotti hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alain Berset in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hans-Jürgen Pötscher saved Austria from getting behind. In the 49th minute of the match Switzerland 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. Ingo Minder ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ingo Minder made a great header on Switzerland's corner, it was just that Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher managed to reach the ball for a save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

In the 54th minute, Alain Berset 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. 57 minutes into the game, Switzerland's Alain Berset nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. 62 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Alain Berset came free, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alain Berset, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. In the 68th minute Alain Berset 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 thought a goal was coming when Robin Steckamp got free with Kim-André van der Schans in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Diego Schenker kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Switzerland's Jonas Herz was substituted for Gutierre Lauri. Switzerland's Neron Veterini was substituted for Alain Berset. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Diego Schenker hit a great ball. Switzerland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Endrik Fuchs in the 83rd minute. Michael-Jan Schönberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Kim-André van der Schans made a huge save. Kim-André van der Schans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Steckamp in the 88th minute of play. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neron Veterini in the 91st minute of play. Switzerland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Endrik Fuchs in the 93rd minute. In the 95thth minute of the game Neron Veterini who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Neron Veterini's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. Switzerland's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.