National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 14377 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 4027, VIP seats: 350) Pelle Flinck started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the game, Sílvio Luís Breckenfeld was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Brazil's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Sweden the free kick. After 4 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for U21 Brazil! Sixten Nordström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Endrik Halland, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. 19 minutes into the match, U21 Sweden's Pelle Flinck sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Michel Neuer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Michel Neuer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pelle Flinck in the 20th minute of the match. Sixten Nordström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Ferreira in the 23rd minute of the match. With an all-out effort, U21 Sweden's Michel Neuer threw himself towards the right post 24 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Pelle Flinck, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pelle Flinck in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Michel Neuer saved U21 Brazil from getting behind. 30 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Pelle Flinck came free, but Michel Neuer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Michel Neuer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pelle Flinck in the 30th minute of play. Michel Neuer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pelle Flinck in the 33rd minute of play. Michel Neuer stood somewhat misplaced when Pelle Flinck came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 34 minute. Michel Neuer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pelle Flinck in the 39th minute of play. Michel Neuer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pelle Flinck in the 45th minute of play. In the 48th minute of the match U21 Sweden got a corner. U21 Brazil's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Luc Fontaine ran over to the corner to take the kick. U21 Sweden's Luc Fontaine was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Michel Neuer in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Endrik Halland to make the kick off. Sixten Nordström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dan Dal Bello in the 51st minute of play. U21 Sweden's Sixten Nordström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Sweden from getting a goal against them. Sixten Nordström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dan Dal Bello in the 56th minute of play. Sixten Nordström made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Enrique Ferreira sent off a good shot on target. U21 Sweden's Sixten Nordström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enrique Ferreira in the 59th minute of play. U21 Sweden's Viggo Vassenius was substituted for Richard Tinglöv. U21 Brazil's Olívio Andrade was substituted for Nilton Lira. U21 Brazil made a substitution. Rony Dudu replaced Endrik Halland. U21 Sweden made a substitution. Tommy Sundberg replaced Wiktor Kjellqvist. U21 Sweden's Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos was substituted for Pelle Flinck. U21 Brazil's Lionel Messias was substituted for Dan Dal Bello. Oséas Silva made in the 63rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Rony Dudu. With an all-out effort, U21 Brazil's Sixten Nordström threw himself towards the right post 64 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rony Dudu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. U21 Brazil's Michel Neuer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos in the 68th minute of play. Sixten Nordström made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Rony Dudu sent off a good shot on target. 72 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos came free, but Michel Neuer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, U21 Sweden's Sixten Nordström got control of the ball when Rony Dudu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 74th minute Olívio Andrade 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. Sixten Nordström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rony Dudu in the 77th minute of the match. Sixten Nordström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rony Dudu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Sweden's Sixten Nordström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olívio Andrade in the 80th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Rony Dudu put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Sixten Nordström. Michel Neuer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos in the 84th minute of play. Lionel Messias could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Sixten Nordström made a huge save. In the 88th minute Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Neuer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, U21 Brazil's Sixten Nordström threw himself towards the right post 89 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Olívio Andrade, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The nice shot from Rony Dudu in the 91stth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Sixten Nordström had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lionel Messias got free with Sixten Nordström in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

U21 Brazil's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.