Eplebil 0 - 2 nedrykk-fk (384129753)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Fc Eple amfi saw a crowd turnout of 20000. Lucas Briers was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ben Reischl and Berno Damen. Eplebil started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Debiasi - Rajdudziec, Rednic, Watine, Pellizzaro - Leiner, Huhtala, Sasson - Kamrani, Pointel, Brides.

nedrykk-fk had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players took the field: Adolfsen - Mæhre, Rødland, Rustad, Heitmann - Hole, Skaar, Pettersen - Hammer, Mehlum, Nilsen.

For their match strategy, Eplebil had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. nedrykk-fk had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 5 minutes in when C. Hole came up alone against G. Debiasi who managed a block. nedrykk-fk's H. Skaar was shown a yellow card after 9 minutes for slicing down an opponent. M. Brides's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Eplebil, he bravely continued in the match. K. Nilsen had a good try after 38 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. S. Heitmann caught everyone by surprise with a unexpected volley after 43 minutes. R. Mehlum was perfectly placed to take advantage of the play, but unfortunately, he was as surprised as anyone and couldn't finish for nedrykk-fk. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Brides from Eplebil a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 44 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! R. Mehlum had a good opportunity to give nedrykk-fk the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by nedrykk-fk, with 63 percent of the ball.

After 49 minutes, nedrykk-fk's K. Nilsen made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. nedrykk-fk's S. Heitmann startled R. Mehlum with an unexpected pass. Unfortunately, the receiver was too stunned by the play to convert the perfect setup into a goal. R. Mæhre of nedrykk-fk took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 64 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. At this point, it was obvious that the players of nedrykk-fk lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home crowd cheered when, after 65 minutes, K. Nilsen's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Possession in this half belonged to nedrykk-fk, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Most important Eplebil player was B. Watine. B. Rajdudziec was a disappointment, however. nedrykk-fk's best player was C. Hole. On the other hand, R. Mehlum's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 2.