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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Nico-Pascal Kapteina started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adem Ferrari in the 4th minute of play forced U21 Sweden's goalkeeper Sixten Nordström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thorsten Ternes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pelle Flinck, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Thorsten Ternes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wiktor Kjellqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pelle Flinck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute of the match Wiktor Kjellqvist sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Thorsten Ternes skillfully saved the ball. Sixten Nordström didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when U21 Austria's Jens Krammer shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jens Krammer in the 30th minute of play forced U21 Sweden's goalkeeper Sixten Nordström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pelle Flinck blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thorsten Ternes having to make a save. After a rather tough play, U21 Austria's Nico-Pascal Kapteina got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Thorsten Ternes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pelle Flinck in the 36th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Pelle Flinck made a precise shot to the right of Thorsten Ternes. U21 Austria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. A sloppy throw-in by Hans-Jürgen Krügers in the 41st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U21 Sweden's Björn Ahlberg. If Pelle Flinck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 45 played minutes U21 Sweden got a freekick which was hit by Pelle Flinck. The supporters of U21 Austria booed when U21 Sweden was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luc Fontaine didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sixten Nordström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nico-Pascal Kapteina, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The U21 Austria players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Sweden were winning 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wiktor Kjellqvist to strike the kick off in the second half. Thorsten Ternes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pelle Flinck, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Austria's Hans-Jürgen Krügers got a free kick in the 53rd minute. During the 56th minute of the match Hans-Jürgen Krügers completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Hans-Jürgen Krügers a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 57th match minute, U21 Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hans-Jürgen Krügers to maneuver through the defense. U21 Sweden made a substitution. Peanut Lord replaced Pelle Flinck. U21 Sweden's King Elin was substituted for Wesley Van Hoojdonk. In the 59th minute, Hans-Jürgen Krügers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thorsten Ternes made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Rickard Lundgren sent off a good shot on target. Luc Fontaine hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Sixten Nordström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Schriebl in the 63rd minute of play. In the 64th play minute Rickard Lundgren came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Thorsten Ternes. 1-4. After a rather tough play, U21 Austria's Jens Krammer got a free kick in the 67th minute. Sixten Nordström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robin Schriebl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Austria made a substitution. Edin Džeko replaced Nico-Pascal Kapteina. U21 Austria made a substitution. Jan Haase replaced Robin Schriebl. In the 73rd minute of the match U21 Austria got a corner. U21 Sweden's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jens Krammer ran over to the corner to take the kick. U21 Austria's Thorsten Ternes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rickard Lundgren in the 81st minute of play. U21 Sweden's Sixten Nordström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adem Ferrari in the 84th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as U21 Sweden's Peanut Lord slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Thorsten Ternes. That made the score 1-5 after 86 minutes of play. Thorsten Ternes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rickard Lundgren in the 91st minute. Sixten Nordström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edin Džeko in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94th minute Edin Džeko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sixten Nordström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.