Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) U21 Sweden's Rickard Lundgren started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Wiktor Kjellqvist hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. U21 Sweden's Sixten Nordström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roger Västerstrand in the 8th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Kingpins's zone, Rickard Lundgren stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Brendan Leblanc came out of the goal and Rickard Lundgren tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Brendan Leblanc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torgny Forsman in the 14th minute of play. With his leg Brendan Leblanc managed to avoid a goal in the 18thth minute, when U21 Sweden's Rickard Lundgren fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 19 minutes into the match, U21 Sweden's goal looked a bit too open when Roger Västerstrand came free, but Sixten Nordström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Brendan Leblanc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Torgny Forsman in the 24th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Kingpins's goal looked a bit too open when Torgny Forsman came free, but Brendan Leblanc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of U21 Sweden booed when Kingpins was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nils-Emil Ahlstedt didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Luc Fontaine from long distance, 31 minutes into the match, got Brendan Leblanc's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Luc Fontaine got in the 32nd minute the ball and tried a long shot which scored to the left of Brendan Leblanc and thus it was 2-0. Sixten Nordström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guo Ke Peng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sixten Nordström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roger Västerstrand in the 37th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Kingpins's Henning Strömqvist was substituted for Karl Trulsson. The wind increased when Rickard Lundgren made the kick off in the second half. Brendan Leblanc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rickard Lundgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After 53 played minutes U21 Sweden got a freekick which was hit by Wiktor Kjellqvist. A hard shot by Chris Lindstrøm from long distance, 54 minutes into the match, got Sixten Nordström's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 62nd minute Harry Sjö 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. In the 64th minute Rickard Lundgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brendan Leblanc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Sweden's Conny Ronaldo was substituted for Wiktor Kjellqvist. 74 minutes into the match, U21 Sweden's Pelle Flinck sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Brendan Leblanc narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sixten Nordström made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Guo Ke Peng 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 Rickard Lundgren in the 75th minute of play. 82 minutes into the game, Conny Ronaldo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Brendan Leblanc was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Harry Sjö's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sixten Nordström was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Brendan Leblanc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luc Fontaine in the 88th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 97 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Pelle Flinck sped through Kingpins's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Brendan Leblanc. U21 Sweden's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.