Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Alvi Viuhkola started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Alvi Viuhkola took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Edwin van der Sar to make any attempt to save it. 11 minutes into the match, Finland's goal looked a bit too open when Valdemar Kuoppala came free, but Jalmari Mikkonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aarre Rautee, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute Taisto Pentsinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jalmari Mikkonen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jalmari Mikkonen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taisto Pentsinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Alvi Viuhkola's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 21stth minute, Edwin van der Sar skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sylvesteri Valkama in the 22nd minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alvi Viuhkola. The audience was convinced that Sylvesteri Valkama's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edwin van der Sar was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. The supporters of Manchester United FC booed when Finland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rio Ferdinand didn't get a good kick on the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Finland's goal looked a bit too open when Valdemar Kuoppala came free, but Jalmari Mikkonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Manchester United FC from getting a goal against them. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Valdemar Kuoppala to strike the kick off in the second half. Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvi Viuhkola in the 52nd minute of play. 52 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alvi Viuhkola came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 55th minute of the match. In the 55th minute Taisto Pentsinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 59 minutes, Rio Ferdinand mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester United FC and the Finland players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Finland booed when Manchester United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rio Ferdinand didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rio Ferdinand in the 64th minute of play. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 65th minute of play. Finland's Jalmari Mikkonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taisto Pentsinen in the 66th minute of play. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Finland's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eero Uusipaavalniemi was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester United FC's players had a chance to rest. Manchester United FC's Eero Uusipaavalniemi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jalmari Mikkonen in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 77 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sylvesteri Valkama came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sylvesteri Valkama scored 4-0 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edwin van der Sar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Taisto Pentsinen scored 5-0 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edwin van der Sar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Finland getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Rio Ferdinand hit a great ball. 86 minutes into the match, Valdemar Kuoppala dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jalmari Mikkonen, 5-1. In the 89th match minute, Finland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvi Viuhkola to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute Taisto Pentsinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Manchester United FC booed when Finland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Taavetti Vihervä didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taisto Pentsinen in the 92nd minute of play forced Finland's goalkeeper Jalmari Mikkonen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that Finland were the better team. Finland's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.