United 6 - 0 Bartebanden (384137695)

The 43186 fans in attendance at Heia stadion were roasting in the hot sun. Otto Juntunen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gunnar Erik Nelson and Luis Dobnik. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for United. The following players took the field: Albuerne - Bessard, Høiseth, Kjellsson, Balogh - Milenković, Schultis, Carbonell, Ailioaiei, Slavkov - Badin.

Bartebanden tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Lineup: Sverdrup - Weel, Svanøe, Morandé, Pioger, Cervantes - Øiseth, Helland, Vågeskar - Bohinen, Hoset.

United demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Bartebanden clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Ailioaiei from United a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 10 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The sun seemed to put M. Ailioaiei in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. United made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left O. Høiseth completely alone with keeper E. Sverdrup, who made a spectacular block. Coming in from the right, Bartebanden had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 35 minutes, but B. Øiseth's attempt to finish was easily stopped. United took the lead 37 minutes in, as B. Balogh broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The referee showed United's P. Bessard the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. United's O. Høiseth increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 42 minutes. United increased the lead as J. Carbonell struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Halftime score was 3 - 0. United had most of the ball, with 80 percent of possession.

With 48 minutes played, United put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to P. Bessard, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Y. Bohinen didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. Bartebanden's R. Weel was shown a yellow card after 60 minutes for slicing down an opponent. S. Slavkov was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so United's A. Tisescu had to come off the bench. After 63 minutes, United's O. Høiseth found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 5 - 0. By now, the players in United felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. J. Carbonell should probably have put his team up another goal after 63 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by E. Sverdrup kept the visitors in the game. O. Høiseth increased the lead for United to 6 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! That made three goals for O. Høiseth and he was marked down for the hat trick. United had to make a substitution after 75 minutes. M. Ailioaiei limped off the field and was replaced by H. Spretten. United's G. Badin saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 76 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to United, who controlled the ball 82 percent of the time.

J. Carbonell performed admirably for United. However, M. Albuerne made a disastrous appearance. Bartebanden's best player was N. Vågeskar. E. Sverdrup on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 0.