National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Honu Ng got the match started through his kick off. Snorre Hård's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lazo Markoski firmly grabbed it by the left post. Snorre Hård could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Lazo Markoski made a huge save. 15 minutes into the match, U21 Montenegro's goalkeeper Lazo Markoski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Honu Ng. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Lazarevski in the 18th minute of play forced U21 Sweden's goalkeeper Isak Jacobsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aljoša Kankaraš in the 21st minute of play forced U21 Sweden's goalkeeper Isak Jacobsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Honu Ng got free with Lazo Markoski in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Honu Ng received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lazo Markoski came out and tried to block the shot, but Honu Ng slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 24th minute. Aljoša Kankaraš kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Honu Ng could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Lazo Markoski made a huge save. If Timmy Otieno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 34 minutes into the match, U21 Montenegro's Aljoša Kankaraš sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Isak Jacobsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, U21 Montenegro's goal looked a bit too open when Honu Ng came free, but Lazo Markoski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 37 minutes U21 Montenegro's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mats Hermansson who took care of the corner kick. Mats Hermansson made a great header on U21 Sweden's corner, it was just that U21 Montenegro's Lazo Markoski managed to reach the ball for a save. Isak Jacobsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maksim Lazarevski in the 42nd minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Maksim Lazarevski made the kick off in the second half. When Snorre Hård came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the U21 Sweden fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Snorre Hård couldn't finish the play. 2-0 became the score in the 59th minute when Snorre Hård elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 62 minutes into the game, Tomas Björklund cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Lazo Markoski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 69 minutes into the match, Tomas Björklund had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lazo Markoski. U21 Montenegro's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Björklund was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. U21 Montenegro's Savić Miljuš was substituted for Jovan Markićević. U21 Montenegro made a substitution. Vladimir Useinović replaced Tozo Brakočević. U21 Sweden's Per-Arne Magnusson was substituted for Tomas Björklund. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aljoša Kankaraš got free with Isak Jacobsson in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. U21 Montenegro's Lazo Markoski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paul Hermansson in the 78th minute of play. After some careless play in the U21 Montenegro defense, Snorre Hård kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lazo Markoski. The U21 Montenegro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lazo Markoski should have stopped the shot. In the 85th match minute, U21 Montenegro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danijel Cvejić to maneuver through the defense. 85 minutes into the game, U21 Sweden's Mats Hermansson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lazo Markoski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. U21 Sweden had played much better football throughout.