Challenge

Switzerland Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Samuele Kunz took the kick off in the first half of the match. Hias Nüssli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfons Abrahamsson in the 5th minute of the match. The Switzerland fans' excitement grew in the 10th match minute when Switzerland's Samuele Kunz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The audience thought a goal was coming when Samuele Kunz got free with Paul Ahlbom in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Samuele Kunz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Paul Ahlbom tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 24 minutes of play, Switzerland's Jacinto Maurer made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paul Ahlbom was left in no man's land by his defense there! Switzerland's Hias Nüssli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfons Abrahamsson in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacinto Maurer in the 34th minute of play forced FC Östra Värlinge's goalkeeper Paul Ahlbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After taking down the ball on Switzerland's corner Timo Siegmund fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Paul Ahlbom quite easily take care of the ball. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Samuele Kunz put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Paul Ahlbom. Torsten Hernström charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Torsten Hernström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Samuele Kunz in the 45th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paul Ahlbom prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 47 minutes into the match, Samuele Kunz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paul Ahlbom. FC Östra Värlinge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Samuele Kunz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alfons Abrahamsson made a kick off. Paul Ahlbom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuele Kunz in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 55th minute, Alfons Abrahamsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hias Nüssli. The goal made the score 4-1. Evert Lundberg scored 4-2 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hias Nüssli, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. FC Östra Värlinge's Paul Ahlbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuele Kunz in the 62nd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Samuele Kunz in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paul Ahlbom prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evert Lundberg during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Switzerland booed when FC Östra Värlinge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evert Lundberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vidar Brummer got a throw-in 71 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Alfons Abrahamsson. In the 73rd minute, Federico Wiesendanger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hias Nüssli acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 73rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Christopher Nilsson. After having played for 79 minutes, Alfons Abrahamsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Östra Värlinge's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfons Abrahamsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Paul Ahlbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacinto Maurer in the 84th minute of play. If Alfons Abrahamsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alfons Abrahamsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. In the 93rd match minute, Switzerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fridolin Neumeister to maneuver through the defense. Through an outstanding action, after 96 minutes, Hias Nüssli successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save Switzerland from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Switzerland had won after a very even match.