Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Novak Djokovic started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Sergio Distiratsu took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fisnik Fart. Fisnik Fart dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Fisnik Fart took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergio Distiratsu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Novak Djokovic kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Otto Smitt. That made the score 1-1 in the 14 minute of play. Dennis Esbjörnsson made in the 18th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by SleddKnicks IF's Petter Jönsson. Novak Djokovic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Otto Smitt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Bertil Berglund fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SleddKnicks IF's protests and gave Bertil Berglund a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, SleddKnicks IF's Bertil Berglund got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Otto Smitt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Novak Djokovic in the 25th minute of play. Petter Jönsson made in the 27th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Fausto Ekain. Otto Smitt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Novak Djokovic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fisnik Fart showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Ekain in the 31st minute of the match. Novak Djokovic might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Otto Smitt. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Novak Djokovic ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Novak Djokovic in the 33rd minute of play forced SleddKnicks IF's goalkeeper Otto Smitt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SleddKnicks IF's Otto Smitt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save SleddKnicks IF from getting a goal against them. The supporters of U21 Sweden booed when SleddKnicks IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herman Högman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Otto Smitt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henning Skager in the 37th minute of the match. Henning Skager kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. After having played for 41 minutes, Bertil Berglund managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SleddKnicks IF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bertil Berglund was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 42nd minute Henning Skager shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Otto Smitt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertil Berglund in the 44th minute of play forced U21 Sweden's goalkeeper Fisnik Fart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45thth minute of the game Bertil Berglund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Sweden's Fisnik Fart was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Otto Smitt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Novak Djokovic in the 46th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fausto Ekain to strike the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the game, Novak Djokovic cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Otto Smitt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Otto Smitt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Novak Djokovic in the 57th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as SleddKnicks IF's Sergio Distiratsu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fisnik Fart. That made the score 2-2 after 58 minutes of play. With a little luck, U21 Sweden's Fisnik Fart got control of the ball when Fausto Ekain tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 62 played minutes U21 Sweden got a freekick which was hit by Nicola van Bommel. In the 66th minute Best Bro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Otto Smitt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Otto Smitt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Novak Djokovic in the 67th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Novak Djokovic had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Otto Smitt. SleddKnicks IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Novak Djokovic was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. U21 Sweden made a substitution. Bosse Ba Loua replaced Don Frye. Otto Smitt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Best Bro in the 78th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, Novak Djokovic ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Otto Smitt was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. In the 89th minute Novak Djokovic shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Otto Smitt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 90 minutes, Sergio Distiratsu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SleddKnicks IF and the U21 Sweden players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to SleddKnicks IF getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Sergio Distiratsu hit a great ball. In the 91st minute, Novak Djokovic ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Otto Smitt was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-2. U21 Sweden's Mattias Tidén managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Petter Jönsson in the 94 minute of the game. Alexander Milošević sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. U21 Sweden walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.