Olavs Menn 3 - 2 Granheim (362840721)

Dark skies made the crowd of 56850 at Stiklestad Amfi a little nervous, but the rain held off. Tobi Lau was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sören Jonsson and Alojzije Tadin. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Olavs Menn. They fielded: Stensby - Talberg, Nordlund, Johannessen - Martinussen, Stangeland, Mellemsæter, Josefsson, Pettersen - Krosby, Handeland.

Granheim had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Pacheco - Teng, Šidlo, Kleistra - Nilsson, Diamant, Holbrook, Lund, Flinkblad - Rørstad, Nilsen.

The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when A. Rørstad was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 21 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! J. Martinussen of Olavs Menn received a yellow card after 30 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The visiting A. Rørstad was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 31 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Granheim enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

Olavs Menn's H. Johannessen put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 48 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. 49 minutes into the game, E. Kleistra almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 66 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Olavs Menn was C. Stangeland. The Granheim free kick 80 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of J. Nilsen, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 2! Olavs Menn's E. Talberg was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Granheim claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

As neither team was able to break the deadlock before the end of regular play, the teams took to the field again for extra time. Olavs Menn broke through on the left 109 minutes into the game, with A. Krosby firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 3 - 2 lead. With that Olavs Menn had won the game in extra time. The most dominating Olavs Menn player was without a doubt A. Krosby. On the other hand, J. Martinussen's play was disheartening. Granheim's top performer was clearly O. Lund. T. Flinkblad was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 2.