Lit up by beautiful sunshine and with the constant roar from the away end, it was actually LASK who appeared to be more in sync in the openingminutes, though this may hev had more to do with the fact that this was the end for Linzer ASK's pre-season. They will step out in the ÖFB Cup against Wiener SC next week.

Steffen Baumgart's team impressed, however, compact and organised, and they also caused some early highlights. After almost 20 minutes, Laszló Benes drifted through midfield before he quickly cut in from the left towards the goal and forced Schillinger to make his first save.

Following that, a game of cat and mouse developed. The home side's Cisse passed up a good chance at the far post following a corner, before Usor put his own effort narrowly wide from the middle of the box. Andrej Ilic had Union#s first chance, though he dragged his right-footed shot wide.

Union had to make their first change just before the break due to David Preu's unfortunate injury. The right wing-back attempted to dribble into the penalty area but was stopped in his tracks, bodychecked, and struggled off. A man down, Union opened the scoring. Having won another corner, Diogo Leite hit the ball back across goal to where Lucas Tousart was still looming. he headed home from short-range, powerfully to make things 1-0 at half time.