Euro 2008: Austria vs. Poland

Thursday, June 12, 2008

June 12, 2008
	Austria	1 – 1	Poland	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 51,428 Referee: Howard Webb (England)
	Ümit Korkmaz 56' Andreas Ivanschitz 64' Roland Linz 64' Ivica Vastić 64' Roman Kienast 64' Sebastian Prödl 72' René Aufhauser 74' Jürgen Säumel 74' Ivica Vastić pen. 90+3'		30' Roger Guerreiro 46' Mariusz Jop 46' Paweł Golański 58' Marcin Wasilewski 61' Jacek Krzynówek 83' Marek Saganowski 83' Wojciech Łobodziński 85' Roger Guerreiro 85' Rafał Murawski 90+3' Jacek Bąk

Austria salvaged a draw from their group game against Poland after referee Howard Webb awarded a controversial penalty in injury time, which Vastić duefully converted, becoming the European Championships' oldest ever scorer, at the age of 39.

Austria had several clear chances early in the match, Harnik failed to score when put through one-on-one with the outrushing Polish goalkeeper Boruc in the 11th minute. Guerreiro scored in the 30th minute for Poland, despite suspicions that he tapped in Saganowski's cross from an off-side position. Austria pushed for an equaliser in the second half but were held steadfastly by the Polish defence, including some stunning saves from Artur Boruc. In the third minute of injury time referee Howard Webb awarded a penalty to Austria after sighting shirt holding in the penalty-area, which Vastić scored in a dramatic finale.

Austria will face Germany in a must-win match on Match Day 10 (June 16, 2008), and will be without Sebastian Proedl, who will be suspended, having collected 2 yellow cards in both his appearances so far. Poland will face Croatia, and also must win to qualify for the Quarter-Finals.


AUSTRIA:
GK	21	Jürgen Macho
RB	14	György Garics
CB	15	Sebastian Prödl	72'
CB	3	Martin Stranzl
LB	4	Emanuel Pogatetz
DM	6	René Aufhauser		74'
RM	8	Christoph Leitgeb
CM	10	Andreas Ivanschitz (c)		64'
LM	11	Ümit Korkmaz	56'
CF	20	Martin Harnik
CF	9	Roland Linz		64'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Ivica Vastić		64'
FW	18	Roman Kienast		64'
MF	19	Jürgen Säumel		74'
Manager:
Josef Hickersberger


POLAND:
GK	1	Artur Boruc
RB	13	Marcin Wasilewski	58'
CB	2	Mariusz Jop		46'
CB	6	Jacek Bąk (c)	90+3'
LB	14	Michał Żewłakow
RM	5	Dariusz Dudka
CM	18	Mariusz Lewandowski
LM	8	Jacek Krzynówek	61'
AM	20	Roger Guerreiro		85'
CF	11	Marek Saganowski		83'
CF	7	Euzebiusz Smolarek
Substitutions:
DF	4	Paweł Golański		46'
MF	17	Wojciech Łobodziński		83'
MF	19	Rafał Murawski		85'
Manager:
Leo Beenhakker

Sources

Jonathan Stevenson. "Austria 1-1 Poland: Co-hosts Austria were given a Euro 2008 lifeline when Ivica Vastic scored a stoppage-time penalty against Poland." — BBC Sport, June 12, 2008
Daniel Taylor. "Vastic's last-gasp penalty gives hosts a glimmer of hope" — Guardian.co.uk, June 13 2008
Richard Aikman. "Vastic rides to Austria's rescue" — uefa.com, June 13 2008

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