Challenge

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Metod Mlynar kicked off to start the match. Harald Ek kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Metod Mlynar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Slovakia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Oliver Holub managed to get in a good position for a shot. Slovakia's supporters rose to their feet, but Oliver Holub was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oliver Vik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 16th minute, Elliott Wickander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Pepsi's Harald Ek got his second yellow card of the match in the 20th minute. The referee ordered Harald Ek off the ground. After 20 played minutes FC Pepsi got a freekick which was hit by Harald Ek. In the 21st minute, Metod Mlynar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oliver Vik was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Oliver Vik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Holub in the 26th minute of the match. Oliver Vik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oliver Holub in the 27th minute of play. After some careless play in the FC Pepsi defense, Metod Mlynar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oliver Vik. The FC Pepsi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oliver Vik should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metod Mlynar in the 38th minute of play forced FC Pepsi's goalkeeper Oliver Vik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th match minute, FC Pepsi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tommy Almstedt to maneuver through the defense. After 45 played minutes Slovakia got a freekick which was hit by Stefan Havel. Henrich Slany acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 48th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Oskar Hedin. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Metod Mlynar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Slovakia's supporters rose to their feet, but Metod Mlynar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oliver Vik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Oliver Vik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oliver Holub in the 56th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oliver Holub to maneuver through the defense. After 60 minutes, Oliver Holub mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Slovakia and the FC Pepsi players grew even worse after the yellow card. Oliver Holub hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Tommy Almstedt hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Vavrinec Koleno got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 70th minute of the match Stig Dahlman shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Henrich Slany showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Slovakia's Metod Mlynar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Oliver Vik narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Metod Mlynar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Oliver Vik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Metod Mlynar hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute of the match Arne Blomqvist sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Henrich Slany skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to Slovakia getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Daniel Suchy hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, Edward Fransson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Pepsi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Metod Mlynar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Slovakia players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.