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National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jan-Moritz Busse kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes in the game Vaklin Dobrinski did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ognyan Klyashev. Vaklin Dobrinski made in the 4th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Radko Bezhanski immediately put the ball in play. Robin Erbler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Georgi Asparuhov in the 5th minute of play. Krzysztof Marek lost his temper 6 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to U21 Austria getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Krzysztof Marek hit a great ball. In the 15th minute, Yonko Devendzhiev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robin Erbler was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 20 minutes into the match, U21 Bulgaria's goalkeeper Nikolay Bonkov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mario Moser. In the 27th minute Timo Kaltenbach shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolay Bonkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 30th minute of the match U21 Austria got a corner. U21 Bulgaria's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Timo Plum ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led U21 Austria's Timo Plum to fire away a dangerous shot which Nikolay Bonkov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Robin Erbler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Levandowsky, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robin Erbler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Levandowsky, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Timo Kaltenbach struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Nikolay Bonkov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Austria. Nikolay Bonkov made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Mario Moser sent off a good shot on target. Nikolay Bonkov was a little too slow when Mario Moser got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 46th minute. The score was now 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robert Levandowsky to make the kick off. U21 Bulgaria's Nikolay Bonkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Moser in the 57th minute of play. U21 Bulgaria's Nikolay Bonkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rouven Bauer in the 59th minute of play. Nikolay Bonkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timo Kaltenbach, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Jansen kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. U21 Austria made a substitution. Raphael Ulrich replaced Jan-Moritz Busse. If Georgi Asparuhov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikolay Bonkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael Olejmeulen, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 73 minutes into the match, U21 Austria's goalkeeper Robin Erbler had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yonko Devendzhiev. Robert Levandowsky could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Robin Erbler made a huge save. Nikolay Bonkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omer Asaf in the 76th minute of play. Robin Erbler made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Yonko Devendzhiev sent off a good shot on target. Robin Erbler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Levandowsky in the 81st minute of play. In the 90th minute, Michael Olejmeulen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Austria fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Roland Frings scored 3-2 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nikolay Bonkov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The U21 Austria players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.