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Home : Sport : Gambia: Late goal gives Austria 2-1 win over Gambia

Gambia: Late goal gives Austria 2-1 win over Gambia

Jul 12,2007 by

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gambia EDMONTON – Erwin (Jimmy) Hoffer's goal in the 81st minute proved to be the difference as Austria held off a hard-charging Gambian side for a 2-1 victory at the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Wednesday night.

Hoffer, who scored his second goal of the tournament, was listed as a surprise substitute to start the game before finally coming in at the 71 minute mark with the match tied 1-1.

The Gambian side controlled play much of the second half, until Austria's Veli Kavlak sent a pass through the crease to Hoffer, who chested it down and drilled a shot through Gambian keeper Joseph Gomez's hands to give the Austrians the lead.

Austria advances through to the quarter-finals on Saturday in Toronto. It's a significant achievement for a nation fielding its first youth team in over a century to make it to the second round of a major FIFA tournament.

Austria was the more aggressive side in the first half, holding a 58 per cent edge in possession time and outshooting Gambia 3-0 on its way to a 1-0 lead at the mid-mark.

Austria had its first good opportunity at the 17-minute mark as Zlatko Junuzovic picked up the ball in close but blasted his shot well over Gomez.

A major turning point in the match came in the 43rd minute. Gambia midfielder Tijan Jaiteh received his second yellow card of the match when he nicked Kavlak with a kick while battling for a bouncing ball.

Jaiteh was ejected, leaving his squad down a man.

Austria took advantage just two minutes later as Kavlak's long shot on a free kick from 35 yards out glanced off the head of Sebastian Proedl and just out of reach of a diving Gomez to put the Austrians up 1-0.

But if Austria owned the first it was the upstart African side, making just its first appearance at a FIFA U-20 World Cup, that controlled the second half.

Gambia had a pair of opportunities to draw even early in the second half on a couple of near-misses on free kicks by midfielder Abdoulie Mansally.

In the 59th minute, Mansally had the top right-hand corner labelled on a long kick but Austrian goaltender Michael Zaglmair was able to time his leap properly and tip the ball over the net.

Mansally came close again just two minutes later but his 35-yard free kick attempt caromed off the right post.

Gambia finally got the equalizer when Austrian midfielder Martin Harnik bobbled a clearing attempt in his crease and Pierre Gomez was there to strip the ball away and beat Zaglmair to make it 1-1 in the 69th minute.


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