National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Esen Irgatbaşı started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th minute Aycan Erengüç shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils Magnusson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th minute Esen Irgatbaşı shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils Magnusson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nils Magnusson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esen Irgatbaşı, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Lasse Nilsson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of İlyas Dağtekin, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leif Paulin in the 22nd minute of play forced U21 Turkey's goalkeeper İlyas Dağtekin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. İlyas Dağtekin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leif Paulin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, U21 Turkey's İlyas Dağtekin got control of the ball when Leif Paulin tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to U21 Sweden getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Jonni Vennerström hit a great ball. İlyas Dağtekin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leif Paulin, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. If Lasse Nilsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 44th minute, Chi-Chi Chi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 46 minutes, Leif Paulin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Sweden's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leif Paulin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 48 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when U21 Turkey's Esen Irgatbaşı fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lasse Nilsson made a kick off. Nils Magnusson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aycan Erengüç, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. U21 Sweden's Nils Magnusson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Sweden from getting a goal against them. U21 Sweden made a substitution. Zebastian Grönlund replaced Verner Dahlqvist. U21 Sweden made a substitution. Ludvig Asmundsson replaced Karl-Åke Ahlstedt. U21 Sweden's Kanakambujam Kanakhovich was substituted for Leif Paulin. U21 Sweden's Nils Magnusson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Onurhan Orun in the 65th minute of play. U21 Turkey made a substitution. Şafak Yetişen replaced İsa Günyol. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Sweden's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. İhsan Yula was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Turkey's players had a chance to rest. The corner led U21 Turkey's İhsan Yula to fire away a dangerous shot which Nils Magnusson despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. İlyas Dağtekin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kanakambujam Kanakhovich in the 69th minute of play. After 71 minutes of play, U21 Sweden's Kanakambujam Kanakhovich made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. İlyas Dağtekin was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 74th match minute, U21 Turkey was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Şafak Yetişen to maneuver through the defense. İlyas Dağtekin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kanakambujam Kanakhovich, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. İlyas Dağtekin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kanakambujam Kanakhovich, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. After 95 minutes, Ertuğrul Gazi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Turkey and the U21 Sweden players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 95 played minutes U21 Turkey got a freekick which was hit by Ertuğrul Gazi. U21 Sweden'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.