League

Maracana Stadium
Spectators: 8544 (Terracing: 6409, Seating: 1965, VIP seats: 170) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Qiao Nan Wen kicked off to start the match. Safet Hands was out of position in the 3 minute of play, and Qiao Nan Wen capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Qiao Nan Wen really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. A collision led to Flamengo getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Stig-Arne Ekerot hit a great ball. Qiao Nan Wen might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Safet Hands. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Qiao Nan Wen ran back to his position shaking his head. Safet Hands made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Qiao Nan Wen sent off a good shot on target. Qiao Nan Wen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Safet Hands made a huge save. After 28 minutes, Qian Jian Wei mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Norrlands Athen and the Flamengo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Norrlands Athen's Safet Hands proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Norrlands Athen from getting a goal against them. August Hjortberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Måns Sandberg's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Safet Hands made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qiao Nan Wen in the 35th minute of play. Flamengo's August Hjortberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Måns Sandberg in the 37th minute of play. In the 39th minute, Flamengo's Qiao Nan Wen dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Qiao Nan Wen struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Safet Hands didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Flamengo.

In the 51st minute Juan Lebron shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but August Hjortberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Qiao Nan Wen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Safet Hands was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qiao Nan Wen in the 58th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Safet Hands to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Norrlands Athen getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Stig-Arne Deckberg hit a great ball. Flamengo's Kasper Bivall was substituted for Qiao Nan Wen. Safet Hands showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kasper Bivall in the 67th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Flamengo's goal looked a bit too open when Calle Bergfelt came free, but August Hjortberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, Flamengo's goalkeeper August Hjortberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Filcho Slivkov. August Hjortberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Calle Bergfelt, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kasper Bivall in the 78th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Safet Hands to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacinto da Silveira kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. In the 82nd minute Kasper Bivall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Safet Hands saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Safet Hands came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Flamengo's Kasper Bivall. But to his dismay, Kasper Bivall quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. August Hjortberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Calle Bergfelt, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Safet Hands didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kasper Bivall went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Flamengo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.