Sørfjell 0 - 9 Olavs Menn (380342729)

20473 punters turned up at Eydehavn gress, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Julio César Valles was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ákos Gedeon and Alejandro Jose Cigoj. Sørfjell had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Garnier - Vainio, Sera, Halvorsen - Pettersen, Pedersen, Di Mino, Jajić, Sandberg - Bakke, Kristoffersen.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Olavs Menn. Starters: Stensby - Bakken, Nordlund, Johannessen - Martinussen, Hansen, Molgren, Gleditsch, Engravslia - Ingvaldsen, Krosby.

Olavs Menn demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Making his way up the middle 5 minutes into the match, E. Di Mino almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert P. Stensby blocked it to keep the score level. Olavs Menn took the lead after 13 minutes making the score 0 - 1. A. Krosby placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from J. Martinussen after 36 minutes, and prevented Olavs Menn from going up another goal. B. Halvorsen's inexperience was obvious when his continual hesitation to put in a tackle allowed A. Krosby plenty of time to pick an unguarded area of the goal for his shot, marking one for Olavs Menn. 0 - 2. The home crowd was not impressed when K. Nordlund came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 41 minutes. Olavs Menn were now up 0 - 3. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Olavs Menn claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

After 56 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for C. Molgren who increased Olavs Menn's lead to 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Olavs Menn were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. An accurate cross from C. Engravslia of Olavs Menn was met with a wonderful glancing header from A. Krosby, hitting the inside base of the post before nestling into the back of the net for 0 - 5. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Krosby. Some fine movement on the left led to a Olavs Menn goal after 62 minutes, making it 0 - 6. Å. Ingvaldsen was noted down as the scorer. 64 minutes in, Sørfjell appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only solid. With 65 minutes played, Olavs Menn put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was E. Gleditsch. 66 minutes into the game, Sørfjell had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. F. Bakken of Olavs Menn took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 83 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 8. After 84 minutes, Sørfjell's G. Bakke fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! The visitors' E. Gleditsch took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 85 minutes into the match. 0 - 9 for Olavs Menn. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Olavs Menn, with 76 percent of the ball.

Sørfjell's best player was E. Di Mino. G. Bakke on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Olavs Menn player was Å. Ingvaldsen. C. Engravslia was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 9.