Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pelle Nyqvist kicked off to start the match. Tunisia's Anis Achour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cao Wei Liang in the 4th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cao Wei Liang in the 7th minute of play forced Tunisia's goalkeeper Anis Achour to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Moez Bejaoui's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marcus Sjöö firmly grabbed it by the left post. Anis Achour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pelle Nyqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute, Cao Wei Liang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute Emir Haj Ouertani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Sjöö saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tunisia were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Monia&Ibrahim's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ali Brahem took the corner. In the 22nd minute Ali Brahem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Sjöö saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Monia&Ibrahim's Witomir Naujasodis got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Monia&Ibrahim's Marcus Sjöö played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emir Haj Ouertani in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute Emir Haj Ouertani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Sjöö saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emir Haj Ouertani in the 26th minute of play forced Monia&Ibrahim's goalkeeper Marcus Sjöö to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 31 minutes Monia&Ibrahim's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ali Brahem who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Mohsen Jaziri managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 34 minutes into the match, Monia&Ibrahim's goal looked a bit too open when Faouzi Bnouni came free, but Marcus Sjöö reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Marcus Sjöö managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Tunisia's Moez Bejaoui fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Marcus Sjöö made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ali Brahem in the 40th minute. After 41 played minutes Monia&Ibrahim got a freekick which was hit by Inge Collin. After a rather tough play, Monia&Ibrahim's Witomir Naujasodis got a free kick in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emir Haj Ouertani in the 44th minute of play forced Monia&Ibrahim's goalkeeper Marcus Sjöö to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Sjöö showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emir Haj Ouertani, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Tunisia's Mohieddine Ayari was substituted for Emir Haj Ouertani. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mohieddine Ayari was the one to do the kick off. After 52 played minutes Tunisia got a freekick which was hit by Brahim Sélim Haj Ali. Monia&Ibrahim's Alexander Utter shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 53rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Anis Achour but with some difficulty. Marcus Sjöö took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohieddine Ayari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lotfi Ziadi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Monia&Ibrahim's Gez Blackwater was substituted for Jonas Lund. Monia&Ibrahim's Marcus Sjöö played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lotfi Ziadi in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute, Gez Blackwater got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Mohieddine Ayari recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Monia&Ibrahim's Sebastian Malm was substituted for Pelle Nyqvist. Marcus Sjöö showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mohieddine Ayari in the 81st minute of the match. Mohieddine Ayari recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 87 minutes into the match, Mohieddine Ayari had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcus Sjöö. Monia&Ibrahim's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mohieddine Ayari was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Tunisia'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.