National Team Friendly

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. 3 minutes into the match, U21 Sweden's Balthazar Bär sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Frederic Gschwendtner narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Frederic Gschwendtner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hong Unge in the 6th minute of play. Frederic Gschwendtner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Balthazar Bär in the 10th minute of play. Salih Özkan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Ronnie Meck made a huge save. With an all-out effort, U21 Austria's Ronnie Meck threw himself towards the right post 16 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dominic Haug, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 19 minutes, Balthazar Bär made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. U21 Austria's Frederic Gschwendtner tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Frederic Gschwendtner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Balthazar Bär, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 33 minutes into the match, Balthazar Bär had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Frederic Gschwendtner. U21 Austria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Balthazar Bär was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 36 minutes into the match, U21 Sweden's Torbjörn Nilsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Frederic Gschwendtner narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, U21 Austria's Jan-Moritz Weisheit got a free kick in the 42nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Balthazar Bär in the 43rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Frederic Gschwendtner saved U21 Austria from getting behind. The U21 Austria players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Sweden were winning 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Torbjörn Nilsson to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of U21 Sweden booed when U21 Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Klain didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frederic Gschwendtner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Balthazar Bär in the 56th minute of play. In the 59th minute U21 Sweden were awarded a corner. Torbjörn Nilsson went to the cornerflag to take it. U21 Sweden's Ivar Nickov was substituted for Balthazar Bär. U21 Sweden's Dan Mårtensson was substituted for Henning Gulliksson. 71 minutes into the match, U21 Austria's goalkeeper Frederic Gschwendtner had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ivar Nickov. Frederic Gschwendtner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivar Nickov in the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivar Nickov in the 74th minute of play forced U21 Austria's goalkeeper Frederic Gschwendtner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 75 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Sven-Olof Hamberg sped through U21 Austria's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Frederic Gschwendtner. U21 Austria's Robin Schriebl was substituted for Lukas Podolski. Robin Schriebl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ronnie Meck having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, U21 Sweden's goal looked a bit too open when Jörg Moratschke came free, but Ronnie Meck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 83 minutes of play, U21 Sweden's Ivar Nickov made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frederic Gschwendtner was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivar Nickov in the 86th minute of play forced U21 Austria's goalkeeper Frederic Gschwendtner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the game, U21 Sweden's Ivar Nickov 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, 0-7. U21 Austria's Frederic Gschwendtner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivar Nickov in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd minute Ivar Nickov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederic Gschwendtner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The U21 Austria supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching U21 Sweden's performance. The match ended with a win for U21 Sweden.