Toppfotball 5 - 6 Guttene (186782728)

25388 punters turned up at Flokken Toppfotball Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Roland Arnold was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Perttu Vilander and Allan Obel. Toppfotball had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. Lineup: Lindhstål - Tessem, Bøe, Teo, Halland - Olaussen, Bendix, Wærnes - Guittet, Warmbold, Frankensteiner.

Guttene tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Pettersen - Pettersen, Løken, Gjengstø - Strandberg, Singh, Brynildsen, Moen, Melby - Iversen, Larseng.

After 22 minutes of play, T. Warmbold gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. F. Guittet of Toppfotball was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 24 minutes into the game, Toppfotball were awarded a penalty that R. Bendix turned into 2 - 0 without a problem. 31 minutes into the match, Guttene replied and reduced the lead to 2 - 1. B. Larseng scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Toppfotball scored another to make it 3 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for J. Frankensteiner after 34 minutes. Proving his experience, J. Frankensteiner scored 4 - 1 for Toppfotball after putting some pressure on the opposing defence at a critical moment. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Toppfotball lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 4 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Guttene, with 61 percent of the ball.

The visitors replied 56 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 4 - 2, as A. Singh dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Toppfotball's T. Warmbold increasing the lead to 5 - 2. Guttene reduced the lead after 74 minutes to 5 - 3 as A. Iversen easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. 80 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as T. Løken anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 5 - 4. The home team will be cursing B. Larseng for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 5 - 5 after 84 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to Guttene, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 96 minutes into the match, and A. Singh wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 5 - 6 for the visitors. With that Guttene had won the game in extra time. Toppfotball's best player was R. Bendix. A. Bøe was a disappointment, however. Most important Guttene player was F. Strandberg. On the other hand, S. Pettersen's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 6.