Challenge

Hammurabi Stadion
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Antal Valentin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Major Barna left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hungary fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The audience was convinced that Antal Valentin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roger Vennersten was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. 8 minutes into the game, Antal Valentin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Roger Vennersten was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 16 minutes into the match, Roger Fredriksson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fodor Daniel, 1-3. After 19 minutes of play, Hungary's Major Barna made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roger Vennersten was left in no man's land by his defense there! Balazs Lajos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Roger Vennersten tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute, Major Barna ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roger Vennersten was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. 30 minutes into the match, Antal Valentin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roger Vennersten. Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antal Valentin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antal Valentin in the 35th minute of play forced Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's goalkeeper Roger Vennersten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute, Takacs Tibor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roger Vennersten was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-7. When Ralf Svanberg came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin 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 Ralf Svanberg couldn't finish the play. 42 minutes into the game, Major Barna cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-8. Roger Vennersten was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 47 played minutes Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Takacs Tibor. Disappointed in the 1-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Harry Hedin to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Takacs Tibor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roger Vennersten saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antal Valentin got free with Roger Vennersten in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nils-Emil Ekrot charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nils-Emil Ekrot the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 66th minute, Major Barna left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hungary fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-9. After some careless play in the Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin defense, Hegedus Henrik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roger Vennersten. The Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roger Vennersten should have stopped the shot. Roger Vennersten made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Major Barna sent off a good shot on target. Roger Vennersten was a little too slow when Major Barna got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 77th minute. The score was now 1-11. Roger Vennersten was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Hegedus Henrik capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hegedus Henrik really showed his touch with that goal: 1-12. Antal Valentin kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Hungary's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.