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Result of the international friendly match played here on Tuesday:

Austria 6 (Polster 5, 90, Kuhbauer 27, Stoger 68, 75, Haas 89)
Liechtenstein 0

Weather: good
Pitch: fine.
Crowd: 11,000
Referee: Bohdan Benedik (Svk)

Yellow cards: Ospelt

Red cards: Hefti.

World Cup finalists Austria warmed-up for France 98 with a 6-0 walloping of football minnows Liechtenstein at the Ernst Happel Stadium on Tuesday night.

Striker Toni Polster and midfielder Peter Stoger each scored twice as the Austrians went on the rampage. Polster opened the scoring after only five minutes with the 42^nd international goal of his career and Liechtenstein’s hopes of an upset were wrecked when Patrik Hefti was sent off just three minutes later. Austria, who are in Group B of the first-round of the World Cup along with Italy, Chile and Cameroon, also got goals from Didi Kuhbauer and substitute Mario Haas.

The win came as a boost for the Austrians, who lost to Hungary and the United States in World Cup warm-up matches before beating Tunisia 2-1.

Teams

Austria: Konsel; Feiersinger; Schottel, Pfeffer; Cerny (Schopp 46), Kuhbauer, Pfeifenberger (Reinmayr 66), Herzog (Stoger 46), Wetl; Vastic (Haas 46), Polster

Liechtenstein: Ohry: Hasler; Hanselmann, Martin Stocklasa; Ospelt, Buchel (Ritter 46/Michael Stocklasa 78), Christoph Frick, Beck (Wohlwend 46), Hefti; Bicker, Mario Frick