Challenge

Wöllersdorf Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Herbert Vester started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Robin Steckamp had to leave the field with a concussion. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bora Han Akbel during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, FC Wöllersdorf's Bora Han Akbel got a free kick in the 7th minute. After some careless play in the FC Wöllersdorf defense, Daniel Tschida kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Moench. The FC Wöllersdorf fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Moench should have stopped the shot. FC Wöllersdorf's Herbert Vester suffered a sore thigh after 13 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adib Ovi during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of FC Wöllersdorf booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adib Ovi didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Austria's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher got control of the ball when Víktor Lara tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pablo Guerau came free with the goalkeeper in the 24th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Hans-Jürgen Pötscher could save by the left post. In the 32ndth minute of the game Adrian Meinhardt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Wöllersdorf's Marco Moench was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Tschida in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Moench saved FC Wöllersdorf from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Austria's Matt Wegener got a free kick in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gavino Santo 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, FC Wöllersdorf's Bircan Onay got a free kick in the 39th minute. After some careless play in the FC Wöllersdorf defense, Adrian Meinhardt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Moench. The FC Wöllersdorf fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Moench should have stopped the shot. After having played for 45 minutes, Michael-Jan Schönberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Austria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Michael-Jan Schönberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Víktor Lara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

In the 55thth minute of the game Adrian Meinhardt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Wöllersdorf's Marco Moench was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Meinhardt in the 62nd minute of play forced FC Wöllersdorf's goalkeeper Marco Moench to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Víktor Lara in the 63rd minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Hans-Jürgen Pötscher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adrian Meinhardt's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marco Moench firmly grabbed it by the left post. Víktor Lara'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 69th minute of play. Michael-Jan Schönberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With an all-out effort, Austria's Marco Moench threw himself towards the right post 74 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Daniel Tschida, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 75 minutes into the game, Adrian Meinhardt recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Marco Moench. Adrian Meinhardt showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. The audience was convinced that Víktor Lara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. The supporters of Austria booed when FC Wöllersdorf was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Víktor Lara didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Michael-Jan Schönberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th minute, Horst-Peter Unterberger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Austria left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Wöllersdorf.