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Spectators: 10302 (Terracing: 7727, 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. Andrey Shevchenko started the match with the kick off. When Nenad Vujičić came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Serbia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nenad Vujičić couldn't finish the play. Lev Yachin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herbert Schenkel in the 13th minute of the match. Björn Vanek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nenad Vujičić in the 21st minute of the match. Björn Vanek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nenad Vujičić in the 25th minute of the match. Andrey Shevchenko did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Björn Vanek 27 minutes into the match. Lev Yachin 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 31st minute. Lev Yachin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Hautot in the 34th minute of play. Björn Vanek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nenad Vujičić in the 36th minute of play. Björn Vanek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrey Shevchenko in the 38th minute of play. Austria made a substitution. Dennis Fritzenwanker replaced Gordon Aigner. Austria made a substitution. Meikel Zommer replaced Jonas Hautot. After 46 minutes of play, Serbia's Nenad Vujičić made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Björn Vanek was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Herbert Schenkel stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Serbia made a substitution. Goran Jeknić replaced Sima Pejčinović. Austria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Herbert Schenkel in the 60th minute. Björn Vanek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrey Shevchenko in the 60th minute of play. Austria made a substitution. Uwe Strunck replaced Volkmar Rinnerer. After taking down the ball on Serbia's corner Bogoboj Rašić fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Björn Vanek quite easily take care of the ball. Björn Vanek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Shevchenko in the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcel Patschull to maneuver through the defense. Marcel Patschull hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 68th minute Nenad Vujičić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Björn Vanek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Austria's Lars Opfermann got a free kick in the 69th minute. After a rather tough play, Serbia's Nenad Vujičić got a free kick in the 72nd minute. 74 minutes into the game, Serbia's Nenad Vujičić nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Björn Vanek made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Serbia were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after Austria's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Puniša Govedarica took the corner. In the 79th minute Andrey Shevchenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Björn Vanek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Austria's goal looked a bit too open when Andrey Shevchenko came free, but Björn Vanek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Puniša Govedarica in the 90th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Björn Vanek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute, Radosav Cvetanović hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd minute Nenad Vujičić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Björn Vanek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Serbia booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lars Opfermann didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nenad Vujičić in the 97th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Björn Vanek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Serbia's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.