Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rickard Lundgren started the match with the kick off. Brendan Leblanc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rickard Lundgren in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute, Rickard Lundgren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 7th minute, Rickard Lundgren made a precise shot to the right of Sixten Nordström. U21 Sweden's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 10 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. After some careless play in the U21 Sweden defense, Rickard Lundgren kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sixten Nordström. The U21 Sweden fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sixten Nordström should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guo Ke Peng in the 18th 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 Rickard Lundgren in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sixten Nordström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. U21 Sweden's Sixten Nordström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guo Ke Peng in the 24th minute of play. Sixten Nordström 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 27th minute. In the 30th minute Guo Ke Peng 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Lindstrøm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kingpins's Brendan Leblanc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rickard Lundgren in the 36th minute of play. 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 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rickard Lundgren in the 46th minute of play forced Kingpins's goalkeeper Brendan Leblanc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After a rather tough play, Kingpins's Henning Strömqvist got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Brendan Leblanc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rickard Lundgren in the 54th minute of the match. U21 Sweden made a substitution. Conny Ronaldo replaced Wiktor Kjellqvist. In the 59th minute Pelle Flinck 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. In the 60thth minute of the game Pelle Flinck who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kingpins's Brendan Leblanc was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pelle Flinck in the 62nd minute of play forced Kingpins's goalkeeper Brendan Leblanc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Brendan Leblanc 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 63rd minute. U21 Sweden were awarded a corner in the 64th minute after Kingpins's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luc Fontaine took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Luc Fontaine got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Brendan Leblanc quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Pelle Flinck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Brendan Leblanc was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. In the 70th match minute, U21 Sweden was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rio Python to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, U21 Sweden's Sixten Nordström got control of the ball when Stiff Rambo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sixten Nordström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guo Ke Peng in the 73rd minute of the match. Kingpins's Brendan Leblanc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pelle Flinck in the 75th minute of play. Brendan Leblanc 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 75th minute. Pelle Flinck scored 2-3 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Brendan Leblanc, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kingpins's Elliot Wallin was substituted for Ove Ahlström. Kingpins's Bo Kruuse was substituted for Rickard Lundgren. Kingpins's Roger Västerstrand was substituted for Guo Ke Peng. After some careless play in the Kingpins defense, Conny Ronaldo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Brendan Leblanc. The Kingpins fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Brendan Leblanc should have stopped the shot. Sixten Nordström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bo Kruuse in the 90th minute. The supporters of U21 Sweden booed when Kingpins was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Armin Trabucco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.