Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nawaz Saeed started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute of the match Jar.C Lipno got a corner. U21 Pakistan's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cesinha Souto ran over to the corner to take the kick. The supporters of U21 Pakistan booed when Jar.C Lipno was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mikael Nilsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. 14 minutes into the match, U21 Pakistan's goal looked a bit too open when Izydor Dranka came free, but Aslam Saeed reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aslam Saeed made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikael Nilsson in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Babar Sabih hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Greg Walker in the 24th minute of play forced U21 Pakistan's goalkeeper Aslam Saeed to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 26 minutes U21 Pakistan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cesinha Souto who took care of the corner kick. Mikael Nilsson made a great header on Jar.C Lipno's corner, it was just that U21 Pakistan's Aslam Saeed managed to reach the ball for a save. Aslam Saeed showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Izydor Dranka in the 28th minute of the match. Nawaz Saeed might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wladyslaw Czerwinski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nawaz Saeed ran back to his position shaking his head. Aslam Saeed took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikael Nilsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the game, Jar.C Lipno's Izydor Dranka nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aslam Saeed made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 41st minute, Izydor Dranka ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aslam Saeed was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Razzaq Ibrahim hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Babar Sabih's late challenge caught a Jar.C Lipno's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Babar Sabih helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th minute, Babar Sabih hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jan Malik took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 49th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Aslam Saeed. U21 Pakistan's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mikael Nilsson to make the kick off. 0-3 became the score in the 54th minute when Greg Walker elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 57th minute, Kaisar Hannan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st match minute, U21 Pakistan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Babar Sabih to maneuver through the defense. After 65 minutes of play, Jar.C Lipno's Izydor Dranka made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aslam Saeed was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 71st minute, Mikael Nilsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aslam Saeed. The goal made the score 0-5. Aslam Saeed made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Mikael Nilsson sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 83 minutes, Cesinha Souto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jar.C Lipno's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cesinha Souto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Mikael Nilsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jar.C Lipno's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikael Nilsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aslam Saeed breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Jar.C Lipno's Mikael Nilsson got a free kick in the 91st minute. Jar.C Lipno's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.