AUT V ESP ( Pool B ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Buenos Aires 2015

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Match Review AUT - ESP 1-4

Match 15: Austria v Spain 1-4 (1-3)

Spain have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Argentina Hockey World League in Buenos Aires after beating Austria 4-1 in a key encounter. The world’s number 22 finished bottom of pool B having lost all four matches. Austria will now play off in Thursday’s 9th/10th classification match against Egypt.

This game was a key encounter towards the quarter-final qualification as both teams were still waiting for their first points in this competition. The match started with high intensity and both teams enjoying possession. Spain won an early penalty corner which was superbly converted by Pau Quemada (6’) after the ball was deflected from the post.

Andres Mir (17’) doubled the lead at the beginning of the second quarter before the Austrians pulled one back through a penalty corner goal from Dominic Uher (26’). This was the first goal in this competition for the world’s number 22.

Xavi Lleonart (29’) added another penalty corner goal just before halftime to secure a convincing 3-1 lead at the break.

In the third quarter Quemada (43’) increased the Red Stick's lead to 4-1. Austria fought hard in the last quarter but could not bridge the gap.

Thoughts on the match

Dominic Uher (AUT)
“It was not our plan to lose all match. The match against Spain was a final for us. It wasn’t good that Spain scored early. We managed back to get in the game but as soon as we scored Spain struck back. We won’t give up and of course we want to beat Egypt in the 9th place playoff.”

Xavi Lleonart (ESP)
“Well, this win was very important because it brought us into the quarter-finals. In two days we play Argentina and it is our goal to put ourselves in the best position possible in pool B.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
ESP	6	25	QUEMADA Pau	PC	0 - 1
ESP	17	13	MIR Andres	FG	0 - 2
AUT	26	24	UHER Dominic	PC	1 - 2
ESP	29	17	LLEONART Xavi	PC	1 - 3
ESP	43	25	QUEMADA Pau	FG	1 - 4

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
ESP	24	22	TERRAZA Manel	G
AUT	33	9	KÖRPER Michael	G
ESP	57	25	QUEMADA Pau	Y

AUT

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	3	ZEIDLER Fabian
X	5	EITENBERGER Sebastian
X	7	BELE Alexander
6	8	SCHMIDT Bernhard
X	9	KÖRPER Michael		1
5	12	SZMIDT Bartosz
X	13	STANZL Benjamin
X	15	STEYRER Florian
6	17	BELE Robert
X	18	MINAR Michael
X	21	SCHMIDT Patrick
X	24	UHER Dominic	1
6	25	STANZL Patrick
6	26	RUDOFSKY Pit
X	27	HASUN Xaver
31	30	MÄNTLER Michael
5	31	HEIMANNS Julius
X	32	SZYMCZYK Mateusz
		Team Manager	SZMIDT Tomasz
		Head Coach	LASKOWSKI Tomasz
		Stand-In Manager	FISCHER Patrick
		Assistant Coach	SEDY Florian
		Physiotherapist	AYDIN Ismail
		Video Technician	FRÖHLICH Daniel
		Medical Doctor	FRÖLICH Gabriele
		Team Leader	SCHEIBELREITER Reinhard

ESP

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	CORTES Quico
X	3	ENRIQUE Sergi
X	5	PEREZ-PLA Bosco
X	7	DELAS Miki
6	8	RUIZ Vincenc
8	9	SANTANA Ricardo
X	12	CARRERA Jordi
6	13	MIR Andres	1
X	14	DABANCH Gabriel
Bench	16	FERNANDEZ Mario
X	17	LLEONART Xavi	1
X	19	SALLES Marc
X	20	PIERA Salvador
8	21	CASASAYAS Alex
X	22	TERRAZA Manel		1
X	25	QUEMADA Pau	2		1
6	27	BELTRAN Albert
6	28	IGLESIAS Alvaro
		Team Manager	HERRERA Bernar
		Head Coach	SOYEZ Frederic
		Stand-In Manager	RODRIGUEZ Icenk
		Physiotherapist	BROS Arturo
		Assistant Coach	SALA Ramon
		Physiotherapist	MARCH Jaume

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	NEL Deon
Umpire 2	LIM Hong Zhen
Reserve Umpire	LOPEZ RAMOS Daniel
Video Umpire	BALE Bruce
Judge 1	HAWKE Gavin
Judge 2	BURT Josh
Technical Officer	ALEMAN Luis