Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ПФК Берое's Penko Stamatov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Bárður Mikkelsen made in the 2nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which John Olsen however managed to control. Hugo Lloris stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Óli Hansen's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. Jóhan Løkin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Penko Stamatov's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. Jóhan Løkin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Velichko Trenkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Velichko Trenkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jóhan Løkin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. ПФК Берое were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after U21 Faroe Islands's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Vancho Paleshutski took the corner. After taking down the ball on ПФК Берое's corner Vancho Paleshutski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jóhan Løkin quite easily take care of the ball. After 17 minutes, Bircan Şeref mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ПФК Берое and the U21 Faroe Islands players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ПФК Берое's Bircan Şeref got a free kick in the 18th minute. Jóhan Løkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Velichko Trenkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th match minute, U21 Faroe Islands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jens Christian Hansen to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vancho Paleshutski in the 28th minute of play forced U21 Faroe Islands's goalkeeper Jóhan Løkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ПФК Берое's Hugo Lloris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save ПФК Берое from getting a goal against them. Óli Hansen's late challenge caught a ПФК Берое's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Óli Hansen helped the player get up and apologised. In the 36th minute, Óli Hansen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jóhan Løkin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Velichko Trenkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 40th minute, U21 Faroe Islands's Ásbjørn Samuelsen seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ásbjørn Samuelsen the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of U21 Faroe Islands protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ásbjørn Samuelsen had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 40th minute, one of U21 Faroe Islands:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for U21 Faroe Islands. U21 Faroe Islands:s Jóhan Løkin showed great skill when he stopped Vancho Paleshutski:s penalty. After 44 played minutes, U21 Faroe Islands's Enok Hansen shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hugo Lloris came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in U21 Faroe Islands reached it. In the 46th minute Velichko Trenkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jóhan Løkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Óli Hansen to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Rafał Løkin threw the ball into play from the sideline. ПФК Берое's Casper De Boeck quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Velichko Trenkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. ПФК Берое's supporters rose to their feet, but Velichko Trenkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jóhan Løkin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jóhan Løkin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Velichko Trenkov in the 62nd minute of play. After 63 played minutes U21 Faroe Islands got a freekick which was hit by Jens Christian Hansen. The audience thought a goal was coming when Velichko Trenkov got free with Jóhan Løkin in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jóhan Løkin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Penko Stamatov, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. When Casper De Boeck fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ПФК Берое's protests and gave Casper De Boeck a yellow card for diving instead. Casper De Boeck kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Jóhan Løkin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Velichko Trenkov in the 72nd minute. U21 Faroe Islands's Jóhan Løkin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Faroe Islands from getting a goal against them. When Jens Christian Hansen fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Faroe Islands's protests and gave Jens Christian Hansen a yellow card for diving instead. Jens Christian Hansen hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. After 77 played minutes Vancho Paleshutski scored with a long sweeping shot just to the left of Jóhan Løkin who was too lazy, 0-1. If Rangel Getov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bircan Şeref could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Jóhan Løkin made a huge save. Jóhan Løkin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Velichko Trenkov in the 84th minute. Jóhan Løkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Penko Stamatov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jóhan Løkin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Velichko Trenkov in the 86th minute. U21 Faroe Islands's Jóhan Løkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Penko Stamatov in the 87th minute of play. ПФК Берое's attentive Rangel Getov managed to snatch the ball when Rafał Løkin made a throw-in in the 89th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Velichko Trenkov in the 92nd minute of play forced U21 Faroe Islands's goalkeeper Jóhan Løkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jóhan Løkin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Velichko Trenkov in the 95th minute. When the match was over ПФК Берое could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U21 Faroe Islands throughout the match.