Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Sixten Nordström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Comunardo Valente, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. U21 Sweden were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after Velester Football Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Björn Ahlberg took the corner. Rickard Lundgren in the 7thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ferdinando Scarinci, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When Velester Football Club's Comunardo Valente in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Sweden's goalie prevented a goal. U21 Sweden were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Velester Football Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Björn Ahlberg took the corner. U21 Sweden's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Björn Ahlberg in the 16th minute. After taking down the ball on U21 Sweden's corner Björn Ahlberg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ferdinando Scarinci quite easily take care of the ball. Ferdinando Scarinci showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pelle Flinck, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Sixten Nordström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Carafa, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Velester Football Club's Ferdinando Scarinci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pelle Flinck in the 29th minute of play. Sixten Nordström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yin Zhi Wei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adriano Carafa in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sixten Nordström saved U21 Sweden from getting behind. After 37 played minutes U21 Sweden got a freekick which was hit by Rio Python. In the 38th minute Adriano Carafa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sixten Nordström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the game, Velester Football Club's Adriano Carafa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sixten Nordström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Ferdinando Scarinci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pelle Flinck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Velester Football Club's Ferdinando Scarinci got control of the ball when Pelle Flinck tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Velester Football Club's Ferdinando Scarinci got control of the ball when Pelle Flinck tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 47th minute, Pelle Flinck left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Sweden fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pelle Flinck was the one to do the kick off. Sixten Nordström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Comunardo Valente in the 55th minute. Sixten Nordström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Carafa in the 56th minute of the match. In the 58th minute, Arkadiusz Piglowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Carafa in the 63rd minute of play forced U21 Sweden's goalkeeper Sixten Nordström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pelle Flinck in the 65th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ferdinando Scarinci prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ferdinando Scarinci stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pelle Flinck's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. 68 minutes into the game, Adriano Carafa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Sixten Nordström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. U21 Sweden's Conny Ronaldo was substituted for Rickard Lundgren. U21 Sweden's Viggo Vassenius was substituted for Richard Tinglöv. In the 73rd minute Yin Zhi Wei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sixten Nordström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ferdinando Scarinci. Velester Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. 82 minutes into the game, Velester Football Club's Yin Zhi Wei nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sixten Nordström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ferdinando Scarinci. Ferdinando Scarinci dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. Ferdinando Scarinci didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Conny Ronaldo went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ferdinando Scarinci was relentless in the 97th minute of the game. Velester Football Club's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.