The match in the Romanian group in the preliminaries for the World Championship, interrupted for a unique reason

In the 78th minute of the match, the Austrian goalkeeper Alexander Schlager indicated a very deep pit on the edge of his box. The match was played on Raiffeisen Arena in Linz.

Photo match Austria – Cyprus was interrupted because of a huge hole in the lawn

The lawn gave way around the 16 -meter line of the box, and Schlager tried the lawn with his foot. On the TV broadcast it was possible to see that its foot entered the ankle level in the field.

Subsequently, he began to remove the land from the area where the lawn gave way, and in a few minutes the problem was solved by the people at the stadium.

Austria was imposed at the limit in front of the Cyprus team: Sabitzer's penalty goal made the difference

The Austrians started shy the match on their own ground, and in the first half he failed to give a shot on the gate space, while the Cypriots tried Schlager twice.

In the second half of the Austrians, they dismissed and dominated copiously. In the 54th minute the pressure of the favorites in the group gave fruit and received a penalty that was transformed by the leader Marcel Sabitzer.