tune-up match

By: j | May 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

Austria had a impressive warm-up match against a squad from Spittal/Drau with 6-0 victory. The youth movement of Rapid Wein netted all but one of the goals while Ivica Vastic and Marc Janko were rested.

Scoring summary:
Stefan Maierhofer (SK Rapid Wien) - 27
Ümit Korkmaz (SK Rapid Wien) - 40
Christoph Leitgeb (FC Salzburg) - 50
and of course Erwin “The Hoff” Hoffer (SK Rapid Wien) - 63, 70

The squad heads off to Sardinia for a six-day camp and white sandy beaches tomorrow.

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