Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vural Sadri got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, U21 Sweden's Novak Djokovic nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Adolfo Ruisko made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Adolfo Ruisko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Novak Djokovic in the 9th minute of play. After 11 minutes, Olle Sundberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kanaryalar and the U21 Sweden players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 11 played minutes Kanaryalar got a freekick which was hit by Olle Sundberg. Alexander Milošević recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. U21 Sweden's Fisnik Fart played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vural Sadri in the 14th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Novak Djokovic got free with Adolfo Ruisko in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Adolfo Ruisko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Novak Djokovic, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. A nice corner shot did that Alexander Milošević got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Adolfo Ruisko quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 21st minute, Novak Djokovic ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adolfo Ruisko was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Per Berggren made in the 24th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by U21 Sweden's Dennis Esbjörnsson. 26 minutes into the game, Per Berggren threw the ball into play from the sideline. U21 Sweden's Dennis Esbjörnsson quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Adolfo Ruisko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Novak Djokovic, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. A nice corner shot did that Alexander Milošević got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Adolfo Ruisko quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Novak Djokovic could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Adolfo Ruisko made a huge save. 32 minutes into the game, Per Berggren threw the ball into play from the sideline. U21 Sweden's Dennis Esbjörnsson quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. U21 Sweden's Dennis Esbjörnsson quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Per Berggren, made in the 37th minute of the game. 39 minutes into the game, Novak Djokovic cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Adolfo Ruisko was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Adolfo Ruisko made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Henning Skager sent off a good shot on target. Emanuel Strandberg came free with the goalkeeper in the 44th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Adolfo Ruisko could save by the left post. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Novak Djokovic in the 51st minute of play forced Kanaryalar's goalkeeper Adolfo Ruisko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Novak Djokovic scored 4-0 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adolfo Ruisko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 56th minute, Novak Djokovic left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Sweden fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. The U21 Sweden fans' excitement grew in the 59th match minute when U21 Sweden's Novak Djokovic looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. U21 Sweden's Don Frye was substituted for Best Bro. Adolfo Ruisko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Novak Djokovic, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Novak Djokovic took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Adolfo Ruisko. Adolfo Ruisko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Kanaryalar made a substitution. Jens Hermansson replaced Leonard Blomqvist. When Olle Sundberg was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 72 minutes had been played. Adolfo Ruisko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Novak Djokovic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicola van Bommel struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Adolfo Ruisko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Sweden. Adolfo Ruisko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henning Skager, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. After a rather tough play, Kanaryalar's Per Berggren got a free kick in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute, Novak Djokovic left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Sweden fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. Adolfo Ruisko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Strandberg in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute Novak Djokovic shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolfo Ruisko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the game, U21 Sweden's Novak Djokovic nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Adolfo Ruisko made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-0. There was no doubt that U21 Sweden were the better team. U21 Sweden's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.