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National Stadium
Spectators: 10302 (Terracing: 7727, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stefan Greil took the kick off in the first half of the match. Petrică Nistor could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Ralf Beckers made a huge save. After a rather tough play, U21 Romania's Petrică Nistor got a free kick in the 4th minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Romania's Pavel Alexandru got a free kick in the 9th minute. Ralf Beckers was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Pavel Alexandru showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 15 minute of play. Kevin Driesen scored 1-1 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emanuel Encuțu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 24th minute, Pavel Alexandru 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. Emanuel Encuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Greil in the 27th minute of the match. Ionuț Dinculescu kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Ionuț Dinculescu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Romania's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Austria the free kick. In the 29th minute, Ionuț Dinculescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 30th minute, Kevin Driesen made a precise shot to the right of Emanuel Encuțu. U21 Romania's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Petrică Nistor kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Ionuț Dinculescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 40th minute of the game. One of U21 Romania:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of U21 Austria:s goal. U21 Romania:s Emanuel Encuțu showed great skill when he stopped Heli Moser:s penalty. In the 46th minute Stefan Greil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Encuțu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pavel Alexandru stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. U21 Romania's Petrică Nistor got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hustaz Kuzakov kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. A collision led to U21 Austria getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Hustaz Kuzakov hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the game, Pavel Alexandru cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Ralf Beckers was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ralf Beckers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Alexandru in the 80th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Pavel Alexandru made a precise shot to the right of Ralf Beckers. U21 Austria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. U21 Romania's Andrei Fox was substituted for Petrică Nistor. U21 Austria's Fatih-Sultan Tekke was substituted for Kevin Driesen. Ralf Beckers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrei Fox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ralf Beckers didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mugurel Banica went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score.