Qviding FIF 1 (Hyseni 44)
Reading 2 (N Hunt 77, 87)

Two late goals from substitute Noel Hunt earned Reading a friendly victory on Tuesday evening, making it a 100% record from their week-long training camp in Sweden.

Qviding were easily the best team we played on tour, and the second flight side took the lead just before half time.

Reading were dominant in possession though, and the introduction of Noel with 19 minutes to go proved decisive.

Within a minute of coming on he very nearly equalised, and then he did find the net in a carbon copy of that first chance, nodding home a cross from the lively Jimmy Kebe.

Then a neat ball from fellow substitute James Henry allowed the Irishman to go around the keeper and secure the win that ends this Scandinavian trip in style.

James Harper got his first involvement of the tour with a 30-minute appearance, and he looked very fit after a groin problem. A mention must also go to captain Alex Pearce, who led the team by example from centre half.

Reading: Federici; Rosenior (Karacan HT), Bertrand, Cisse, Pearce (c); Gunnarsson (Davies HT), Tabb (Harper 59), Church (Mooney 85); Robson-Kanu (Henry 59), Kebe, Long (N Hunt 71)
Subs: Andersen, Hamer, Armstrong, Bikey, Matejovsky, Sigurdsson, Bignall

Ref: Bojan Panzic

Attendance: 148

First half
Reading started with their 4-3-3 formation, Simon Church in an advanced midfield role just behind Shane Long, then Hal Robson-Kanu up on the right and Jimmy Kebe left.

It was Kebe who nearly profitted from Robson-Kanu's deep cross in the very first minute, but the Malian mishit his half-volley and it bounced up into the 'keeper's hands.

Long had the ball in the net with a lovely finish on eight minutes, but the offside flag narrowly went against him.

Qviding then began to get more of a foothold in the game and they were the best team we played on this tour by some distance; obviously fit as they are halfway through their season, as well as tidy in possession.

Defensively we had much more work to do than in the other two games, and we had to deal with a couple of dangerous corners and crosses into the box.

Jay Tabb was looking to mark this game with his first goal in a Reading shirt, and it nearly came on 22 minutes when his left-footed drive angled narrowly wide.

The next chance arrived just after the half hour when Kebe's cross bounced off a couple of Reading players in the six yard box and almost drifted in at the back post.

Reading had not conceded in their previous two Sweden matches, but with a minute of the half remaining our defence was breached.

Patrik Wallin played a pass forward, and the flag stayed down as Fuad Hyseni ran through on goal then finished very nicely with his sidefoot. The goalscorer was definitely onside, but his teammate was perhaps 10 yards off and very close to being adjudged as interfering when the throughball whistled close to him.

In any event the home side were giving us the hardest workout of the tour, and looked a decent side with pace.

Second half
Rodgers made two changes at the break, Scott Davies replacing Brynjar Gunnarsson in midfield while Jem Karacan took Liam Rosenior's spot at right back. Then before the hour mark, James Harper and James Henry were on in place of Tabb and Robson-Kanu.

It remained a tight game, and Qviding were trying their luck from distance, Julio Mosele very narrowly over on 65.

With 19 minutes to go Noel Hunt came off the bench, and it proved a real turning point.

With almost his first touch he was close to scoring with a header from Kebe's cross, not the first time in the second half that the winger got in a good ball from the left wing.

Adam Federici then had to make a good save from Fredrik Holmberg, but almost immediately we equalised.

Kebe was the provider with a cracking cross from the left and Hunt headed home expertly from ten yards.

Out wide Kebe was rampant, and a minute later his 60-yard run then low cross nearly produced a goal.

With three minutes to go Henry almost scored with a header that rolled across the goal, but the winning goal looked destined to come as we were completely dominant.

So it proved when Henry played a nice throughball to Hunt, who rounded the keeper and slotted home with aplomb.

It was a nice, positive way to end the tour, and we showed good patience to keep passing the ball on the floor, rather than taking the easy option of going direct.

Coming from behind always leaves a positive feeling, and we round off our stay in Scandinavia with a smile on our faces and plenty of hard work under our belts.

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