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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adrian Meinhardt started the match with the kick off. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Goran Jeknić in the 6th minute of play. Serbia were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Austria's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rastko Santrač took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Rastko Santrač got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hans-Jürgen Pötscher quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a little luck, Serbia's Jeremije Mirković got control of the ball when Michael-Jan Schönberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rastko Santrač sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 17 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Voja Spajić came free, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute, Voja Spajić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Serbia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Austria's Daniel Tschida got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jeremije Mirković made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Adrian Meinhardt sent off a good shot on target. In the 26th minute Dušan Vlahovic 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. If Dušan Vlahovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dušan Vlahovic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Austria's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rastko Santrač was slow to take the kick. During this time Serbia's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Serbia's Kostadin Martinović to fire away a dangerous shot which Hans-Jürgen Pötscher despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Kostadin Martinović had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hans-Jürgen Pötscher. Austria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kostadin Martinović was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Jeremije Mirković showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Steckamp in the 36th minute of the match. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dušan Vlahovic in the 38th minute of play. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ugochukwutubelum Antetokounmpo in the 39th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rastko Santrač in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hans-Jürgen Pötscher saved Austria from getting behind. In the 43rd minute, Ugochukwutubelum Antetokounmpo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Serbia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dušan Vlahovic was the one to do the kick off. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dušan Vlahovic in the 52nd minute of play. Jeremije Mirković stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Robin Steckamp's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Jeremije Mirković stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Robin Steckamp's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Adrian Meinhardt's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jeremije Mirković read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dušan Vlahovic in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dušan Vlahovic in the 58th 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 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rastko Santrač in the 61st minute of the match. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Goran Jeknić hit a great ball. Austria's Michael-Jan Schönberg got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Austria's Adrian Meinhardt in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Serbia's goalie prevented a goal. Dušan Vlahovic's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Hans-Jürgen Pötscher skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 76 minutes into the game, one of Austria:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made an important save on a dangerous shot by Milija Ivanić in the 81st minute. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dušan Vlahovic in the 85th minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Voja Spajić came free, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Voja Spajić in the 87th minute of play. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dušan Vlahovic in the 88th minute of play. A collision led to Serbia getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Goran Jeknić hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Goran Jeknić got a free kick in the 91st minute. Jeremije Mirković made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Steckamp in the 92nd minute of play. Ugochukwutubelum Antetokounmpo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a huge save. Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dušan Vlahovic in the 96th minute of play. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dušan Vlahovic in the 96th minute of play. The Serbia players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.