National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leonid Afteni kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Moldova's Marin Lipets got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 8th minute, Jonas Hautot 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: 0-1. After a rather tough play, Austria's Matt Wegener got a free kick in the 10th minute. Austria's Arne Grabner proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Austria from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Moldova booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adib Ovi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arne Grabner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Perju in the 17th minute of the match. Moldova's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcel Nazaria in the 18th minute. After taking down the ball on Moldova's corner Marcel Nazaria fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arne Grabner quite easily take care of the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Austria's goalkeeper Arne Grabner had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonid Afteni. Cãlin Damaschin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robin Steckamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Arne Grabner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Perju, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Perju in the 26th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Arne Grabner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arne Grabner made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexei Stratulat in the 29th minute. Cãlin Damaschin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Hautot, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Cãlin Damaschin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Steckamp in the 32nd minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 39 minutes, Arne Grabner successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Robin Steckamp hit a great ball. After 43 played minutes Moldova got a freekick which was hit by Ghitã Pârlea. After 46 played minutes Moldova got a freekick which was hit by Emil Gonta. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Moldova made a substitution. Octavian Mititel replaced Leonid Afteni. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jonas Hautot to make the kick off. Marin Lipets kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Jonas Hautots short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Cãlin Damaschin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 61st minute Jonas Hautot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cãlin Damaschin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Moldova's defense didn't have a chance, in the 62nd minute, when Jonas Hautot scored to the left of an out of position Cãlin Damaschin, making the score, 0-2. Austria made a substitution. Daniel Tschida replaced Ovidiu Adrian. Austria's Horst-Peter Unterberger was substituted for Benjamin Vollmaris. Austria's Matthias Zahn was substituted for Jonas Hautot. Arne Grabner stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alexei Stratulat's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. In the 71st minute of the match, Robin Steckamp tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cãlin Damaschin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Arne Grabner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Mititel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arne Grabner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octavian Mititel in the 73rd minute of play. Arne Grabner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Mititel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arne Grabner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavian Mititel in the 76th minute of the match. Arne Grabner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavian Mititel in the 77th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Mititel in the 89th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Arne Grabner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 92 minutes of play, Moldova's Octavian Mititel made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arne Grabner was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alexei Stratulat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.