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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Luxembourg's Nick Gessler 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 3rdth minute of the game Nick Gessler who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Austria's Andreas Seiler was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ronnie Burns made a great header on Luxembourg's corner, it was just that Austria's Andreas Seiler managed to reach the ball for a save. 7 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Nick Gessler came free, but Andreas Seiler reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 8 minutes, Jonas Hautot managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Austria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonas Hautot was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 15th minute, Nick Gessler left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Luxembourg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If Jonas Hautot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Franck Bodenschatz made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Jonas Hautot sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Luxembourg's Franck Bodenschatz got control of the ball when Jonas Hautot tried to sneak it across the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Jean-Claude Bauschinger came free, but Andreas Seiler reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luxembourg's Franck Bodenschatz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Luxembourg from getting a goal against them. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Luxembourg's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Chris Hoecker was slow to take the kick. During this time Austria's players had a chance to rest. 30 minutes into the match, Austria's Jonas Hautot sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Franck Bodenschatz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Franck Bodenschatz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Hautot, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Luxembourg's Franck Bodenschatz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Luxembourg from getting a goal against them. After 40 minutes Luxembourg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Chris Hoecker who took care of the corner kick. Andreas Seiler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jean-Claude Bauschinger in the 43rd minute of play. Andreas Seiler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Claude Bauschinger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Jean-Claude Bauschinger recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Jonas Hautot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 54 minutes into the match, Luxembourg's goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Hautot came free, but Franck Bodenschatz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jean-Claude Bauschinger sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jean-Claude Bauschinger could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Andreas Seiler made a huge save. Jonas Hautot might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Franck Bodenschatz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jonas Hautot ran back to his position shaking his head. Franck Bodenschatz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Hautot in the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gordon Aigner in the 65th minute of play forced Luxembourg's goalkeeper Franck Bodenschatz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Austria's Jonas Hautot sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Franck Bodenschatz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Andreas Seiler was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and Nick Gessler capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Nick Gessler really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. Austria made a substitution. Herbert Schenkel replaced Jonas Hautot. Luxembourg made a substitution. Peter Habich replaced Jean-Claude Bauschinger. In the 82nd minute Herbert Schenkel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franck Bodenschatz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, Luxembourg's Peter Habich sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Andreas Seiler narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 86th minute Herbert Schenkel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franck Bodenschatz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute Luxembourg were awarded a corner. Milo Pickler went to the cornerflag to take it. Milo Pickler made a great header on Luxembourg's corner, it was just that Austria's Andreas Seiler managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Peter Habich got free with Andreas Seiler in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Franck Bodenschatz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herbert Schenkel, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Austria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Chris Hoecker in the 97th minute. When the match was over Luxembourg could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Austria throughout the match.