Challenge

Gamla Ullevi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sandro Galishoff started the match with the kick off. After 5 played minutes IFK Blowitt got a freekick which was hit by Lucílio Leão. Aaron Jerico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Jimmy Kellberg kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fabio Auer. That made the score 1-0 in the 17 minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, Sandro Galishoff notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of IFK Blowitt's Matko Ivanjko. Matko Ivanjko was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Aaron Jerico came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the IFK Blowitt fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Aaron Jerico couldn't finish the play. Fabio Schneider received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Matko Ivanjko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st minute, Sven-Arne Thedin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabio Auer was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. 36 minutes into the match, IFK Blowitt's goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Schneider came free, but Matko Ivanjko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Austria's Fabio Auer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimmy Kellberg in the 37th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Aaron Jerico fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sven-Arne Thedin got free with Fabio Auer in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 42nd minute Aaron Jerico shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabio Auer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jimmy Kellberg to make the kick off. When IFK Blowitt's Aaron Jerico in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Austria's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Örjan Fastesson in the 54th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Fabio Schneider hit a great ball. After 58 minutes of play, IFK Blowitt's Jimmy Kellberg made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabio Auer was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 62ndth minute of the game Jimmy Kellberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Austria's Fabio Auer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jonas Nalder's late challenge caught a IFK Blowitt's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonas Nalder helped the player get up and apologised. IFK Blowitt made a substitution. Mattias Lindholm replaced Sven-Arne Thedin. The supporters of IFK Blowitt booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonhard Maier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aaron Jerico's long shot made the audience stand up and applaude when it rumbled by Fabio Auer on his right side and into the goal. 70 minutes into the game it was 5-2. Örjan Fastesson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Auer having to interfere. In the 77th minute Fabio Schneider shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matko Ivanjko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Lindholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. After a rather tough play, Austria's Leonhard Maier got a free kick in the 89th minute. When the match clock showed 90 minutes, the score became 6-2 when Örjan Fastesson sped through Austria's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's Fabio Auer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimmy Kellberg in the 93rd minute of play. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimmy Kellberg in the 95th minute of play. IFK Blowitt walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.