National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Salih Özkan took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dominic Haug got free with Tomislav Kardum in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 10th minute, Andrej Palković made a precise shot to the right of Frederic Gschwendtner. U21 Austria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 13 minutes into the game, U21 Croatia's Andrej Palković nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Frederic Gschwendtner made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 16th minute, a hard, long distance shot from Dominic Haug hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. With a little luck, U21 Croatia's Tomislav Kardum got control of the ball when Leon Klain tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, U21 Croatia's Hrvoje Sansević got a free kick in the 19th minute. Frederic Gschwendtner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrej Palković in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Andrej Palković made a precise shot to the right of Frederic Gschwendtner. U21 Austria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Heiko Bauschus kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lukas Podolski in the 30th minute of play forced U21 Croatia's goalkeeper Tomislav Kardum to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Salih Özkan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomislav Kardum having to interfere. With a little luck, U21 Croatia's Tomislav Kardum got control of the ball when Salih Özkan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Frederic Gschwendtner stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andrej Palković's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. In the 47th match minute, U21 Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Fritz to maneuver through the defense. U21 Croatia's Andrej Nikolić was substituted for Jasmin Korkut. U21 Croatia made a substitution. Cvjetko Štokić replaced Andrej Palković. After a rather tough play, U21 Austria's Florian Fritz got a free kick in the 48th minute. Đuro Bernardić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 49th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The U21 Austria players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Croatia were winning 0-3.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cvjetko Štokić made a kick off. In the 53rd match minute, U21 Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Šandor Dajčić to maneuver through the defense. A throw-in in the 58th minute of the game was made by Heiko Bauschus with Kim Louven as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 59th minute Dominic Haug shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomislav Kardum saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Croatia's Cvjetko Štokić got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 66th minute, Dominic Haug ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomislav Kardum was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cvjetko Štokić got free with Frederic Gschwendtner in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 73 minutes into the match, U21 Austria's Kim Louven sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tomislav Kardum narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tomislav Kardum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lukas Podolski in the 77th minute of play. Tomislav Kardum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salih Özkan in the 78th minute of play. After 79 played minutes U21 Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Kevin De Bruyne. U21 Austria's Robin Schriebl was substituted for Lukas Podolski. Kevin De Bruyne hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. 81 minutes into the match, U21 Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Robin Schriebl came free, but Tomislav Kardum reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 Austria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Krzysztof Marek in the 84th minute. Dominic Haug made a great header on U21 Austria's corner, it was just that U21 Croatia's Tomislav Kardum managed to reach the ball for a save. Robin Schriebl sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Robin Schriebl scored 2-3 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tomislav Kardum, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tomislav Kardum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Schriebl in the 93rd minute of play. 97 minutes into the match, U21 Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Robin Schriebl came free, but Tomislav Kardum reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 Austria were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing U21 Croatia to leave the ground with a draw.
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