6351 punters turned up at
liverpool1206 Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Jan Gunnarsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Giel Arentze and
Massimiliano Reiter.
liverpool1206 had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation.
Lineup: Karlsen - Jonsson, Damsgaard, Sørlie, Storeide - Smelvær, Hjortland, Haugen, Lund - Birkelund, Nyland.
FC.vaffel started off with a 4-4-2 lineup.
Starters: Sunde - Finstad, Halleraker, Begum, Lund - Carlsen, Ytterstad, Ruud, Nordby - Rasmussen, Røkenes.
FC.vaffel's
B. Ytterstad was shown a yellow card after 8 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
liverpool1206 could have put themselves ahead after 12 minutes but
H. Hjortland missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right.
21 minutes into the game,
I. Sunde had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
T. Haugen.
Making his way up the middle 22 minutes into the match,
B. Jonsson almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert
T. Haugen blocked it to keep the score level.
liverpool1206 took the lead after 31 minutes as a result of
H. Hjortland's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0.
It was 1 - 0 at the break.
Possession in this half belonged to liverpool1206, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.
A great save by keeper
T. Haugen after 52 minutes kept the visitors in the game after
Ø. Sørlie struck from the left with a real cannonball.
After 61 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
I. Storeide might have resulted in another goal for liverpool1206. However,
T. Haugen made a spectacular save.
After 65 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and
A. Nyland gave the liverpool1206 supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0.
FC.vaffel's
A. Finstad got himself booked for a foul.
FC.vaffel's
Ø. Ruud was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 72 minutes.
D. Göransson was called on to replace liverpool1206's
H. Damsgaard after 80 minutes following a nasty collision.
liverpool1206 managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when
A. Nyland cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper.
After 84 minutes,
A. Nyland put liverpool1206 ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing.
By then
A. Nyland had scored three goals - a hat trick!
liverpool1206 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.
liverpool1206's best player was
T. Lund.
D. Göransson on the other hand, had a terrible day.
A. Finstad performed admirably for FC.vaffel.
T. Haugen was a disappointment, however.
The match ends 4 - 0.