Svartediksguttene 5 - 5 Loosers (384110238)

55173 punters turned up at Svartediket, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Ernest Dusseldorp was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mattias Ericsson and Pascal Pritt. The derby had been the talk of Bergen all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Svartediksguttene. Lineup: Baudino - Foss, Valdespino, Villar - Oehmchen, Berg, Lervåg, Eide, Küçükandonyadis - Collazo, Fuster.

Loosers tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Hickey - Jongeling, Yiannitsas, Amaral - Kupper, Campanera, Scheie, Berger, Haug - Liland, Wulffen.

Loosers were relying on their ability to counter-attack. The terraces were silenced after 2 minutes when Loosers's K. Yiannitsas put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. J. Fuster of Svartediksguttene was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish K. Yiannitsas, which resulted in a goal making the score 1 - 1. 15 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Svartediksguttene was J. Fuster. K. Liland's speed was clear to see after 19 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released U. Wulffen who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 2 - 2. Svartediksguttene's D. Villar was shown a yellow card after 22 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Fuster from Svartediksguttene a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 32 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 35 minutes, the Svartediksguttene coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, A. Valdespino scored for Svartediksguttene putting them ahead 3 - 2, after 39 minutes. Svartediksguttene managed to extend their lead to 4 - 2 when J. Fuster cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. That made three goals for J. Fuster and he was marked down for the hat trick. Halftime score was 4 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Svartediksguttene, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

In an effort to secure the lead, Svartediksguttene changed their tactic after 48 minutes. The visitors got one back when B. Scheie finished off a pass from the left and scored after 69 minutes. 4 - 3 was the score. Cheers filled the stadium as S. Foss broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 3 to Svartediksguttene. Svartediksguttene's I. Eide got himself booked for a foul. S. Foss had a fantastic opportunity to put Svartediksguttene up another goal 80 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 81 minutes, the Svartediksguttene players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. A bit later, Loosers's J. Jongeling easily reduced the lead to 5 - 4 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. 83 minutes in, Svartediksguttene's S. Foss received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The visiting team's O. Haug was able to score the 5 - 5 equaliser with a header 84 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. With the match clock at 84 minutes, Svartediksguttene modified their style of play a little bit. Svartediksguttene enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

I. Eide performed admirably for Svartediksguttene. However, A. Oehmchen made a disastrous appearance. Most important Loosers player was U. Wulffen. K. Yiannitsas was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 5.