Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cato Evenstad started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. U21 Norway's Karsten Hveding played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vedat Arslanoğlu in the 3rd minute of play. In the 7th minute, Krister Rokne hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karsten Hveding took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfons Helström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the game, Alfons Helström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Karsten Hveding was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 11th minute Krister Rokne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kim Åkesson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 19 minutes into the game, Jofurs Drängar's Gilbert Björklund nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Karsten Hveding made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. 28 minutes into the match, U21 Norway's goal looked a bit too open when Vedat Arslanoğlu came free, but Karsten Hveding reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, Henrik Haugsvær fired a really elegant long shot, but Kim Åkesson threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. 33 minutes into the match, Vedat Arslanoğlu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Karsten Hveding. U21 Norway's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vedat Arslanoğlu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Ludvik Hannisdal kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Karsten Hveding showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfons Helström in the 39th minute of the match. Karsten Hveding took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfons Helström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christer Tveten hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfons Helström in the 47th minute of play forced U21 Norway's goalkeeper Karsten Hveding to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Kjell-Arne Skytt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 Norway's Karsten Hveding did a great save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The wind increased when Alfons Helström made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Krister Rokne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kim Åkesson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, Jofurs Drängar's goal looked a bit too open when Krister Rokne came free, but Kim Åkesson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Krister Rokne kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Karsten Hveding made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Phan Dung in the 60th minute of play. In the 65th minute, Magnus Glad reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Karsten Hveding. The goal made the score 0-5. Alfons Helström came free with the goalkeeper in the 69th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Karsten Hveding could save by the left post. Jofurs Drängar's Douglas Linqvist was substituted for Gilbert Björklund. Jofurs Drängar's Jonas Kielberg was substituted for Zebastian Abelsson. Karsten Hveding made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Alfons Helström sent off a good shot on target. Cato Evenstad's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kim Åkesson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. U21 Norway's Karsten Hveding proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Norway from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vedat Arslanoğlu got free with Karsten Hveding in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Phan Dung had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to U21 Norway getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Henrik Haugsvær hit a great ball. When Douglas Linqvist came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Jofurs Drängar fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Douglas Linqvist couldn't finish the play. The U21 Norway fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Jofurs Drängar were clearly better and deserved to take the win.