Challenge

Denmark Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Chris Nygaard kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Jens-Ola Gråberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jörgen Sjöman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Keld Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuel Hultman, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 7th minute, Brian Lindholm ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Keld Paulsen was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. When Samuel Hultman came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Mellansels stationsgäng 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 Samuel Hultman couldn't finish the play. Mellansels stationsgäng's Jörgen Sjöman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Mellansels stationsgäng from getting a goal against them. In the 23rd minute, Brian Lindholm made a precise shot to the right of Keld Paulsen. Denmark's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Samuel Hultman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 29 minutes into the game, Samuel Hultman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Keld Paulsen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lars Tidén in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Keld Paulsen saved Denmark from getting behind. 34 minutes into the game, Wiktor Sigman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mellansels stationsgäng's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Denmark the free kick. Wiktor Sigman hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuel Hultman in the 39th minute of play. If Josef Bäck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 46 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Lars Tidén came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Samuel Hultman made the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute Samuel Hultman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keld Paulsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Keld Paulsen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lars Tidén in the 55th minute. Keld Paulsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lars Tidén went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Mellansels stationsgäng's Daniel Gunnarsson was substituted for Samuel Hultman. 64 minutes into the game, Daniel Gunnarsson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Keld Paulsen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The throw-in from Jens-Ola Gråberg in the 67th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Denmark's Simon Bendtsen. Josef Bäck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. 70 minutes into the match, Brian Lindholm dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Keld Paulsen, 0-8. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Keld Paulsen successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With a little luck, Denmark's Keld Paulsen got control of the ball when Orvar Hansson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Gunnarsson in the 77th minute of the match. Keld Paulsen stood somewhat misplaced when Daniel Gunnarsson came free in front of goal and shot 0-9 to the left of him in the 78 minute. 81 minutes into the match, Mellansels stationsgäng's Brian Lindholm sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Keld Paulsen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 84th minute of the match Mellansels stationsgäng got a corner. Denmark's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sven-Ove Eliasson ran over to the corner to take the kick. 89 minutes in the game Jens-Ola Gråberg did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Brian Lindholm. Jens-Ola Gråberg made in the 93rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lars Tidén. Daniel Gunnarsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mellansels stationsgäng'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.