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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Eric Hahnel made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Mäe in the 2nd minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Lev Yashin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Austria's Lütfi Özer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. Austria's Lütfi Özer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. Lütfi Özer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eric Hahnel in the 9th minute. Lev Yashin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hans Schertz went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 15 minutes of play, Austria's Mark Mäe made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lev Yashin was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 18th minute Mark Mäe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lev Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eric Hahnel who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 19thth minute tested the skills of Lütfi Özer when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Lütfi Özer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Hahnel, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 22 minutes into the game, Austria's Mark Mäe nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lev Yashin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Eric Hahnel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lütfi Özer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. Austria's Lütfi Özer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd minute Hans Schertz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lev Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lütfi Özer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Hahnel, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Lev Yashin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hans-Georg Garden, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rdth minute of the game Eric Hahnel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Austria's Lütfi Özer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lev Yashin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Mäe, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 45th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hermann Nagel to maneuver through the defense. Austria's Lütfi Özer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. In the 48th minute Russia were awarded a corner. Konstantin Ponomarev went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Kirill Chimevich got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-3. 48 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mark Mäe made a kick off. Lütfi Özer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Hahnel, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Lütfi Özer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Hahnel, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Hahnel in the 56th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Lütfi Özer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eric Hahnel in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lütfi Özer saved Austria from getting behind. Russia were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Austria's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Konstantin Ponomarev took the corner. 59 minutes into the game, Russia's Vladimir Chistov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lütfi Özer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. Lütfi Özer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilya Kondrashov in the 62nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Austria's Hermann Nagel got a free kick in the 63rd minute. After having played for 64 minutes, Konstantin Ponomarev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Russia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Konstantin Ponomarev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lütfi Özer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eric Hahnel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Eric Hahnel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lütfi Özer was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Kirill Chimevich's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lütfi Özer was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Lütfi Özer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kirill Chimevich in the 72nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hans-Georg Garden got free with Lev Yashin in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Russia's Ilya Baburin was substituted for Eric Hahnel. In the 79th match minute, Russia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kirill Chimevich to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilya Kondrashov in the 81st minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Lütfi Özer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Austria's zone, Konstantin Ponomarev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lütfi Özer came out of the goal and Konstantin Ponomarev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lütfi Özer stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kirill Chimevich's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. The Russia fans' excitement grew in the 87th match minute when Russia's Kirill Chimevich looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 92nd minute, Hans Schertz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Austria fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Austria eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.