bagaranga 0 - 1 Bortelaget (384144804)

The 1889 fans in attendance at bagaranga Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Gal Ariel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rufino Montoro and Lennart Risblad. bagaranga decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Fossum - Anderson, Johansen, Wennevold, Silfwersjö - Nygård, Janbu, Grønseth, Fjeldberg - Holden, Holmen.

Bortelaget tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Starters: Koerperich - Beau, Dziak - Drakulović, Rada, Richard, Michaelsen, Scherk - Alves, Romeira, Luz.

After 32 minutes bagaranga's S. Fjeldberg contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. 36 minutes in, Bortelaget appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. Slack defending gave bagaranga a chance to take the lead with 41 minutes played, but F. Holden's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. B. Luz had a good try after 42 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. E. Norli was called on to replace bagaranga's O. Wennevold after 43 minutes following a nasty collision. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Bortelaget had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Bortelaget was able to get his message across, and raised Bortelaget's organisation to passable. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs A. Alves found it hard to get back into position. Bortelaget's B. Luz was shown a yellow card after 63 minutes for slicing down an opponent. bagaranga were forced into a substitution as G. Anderson couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing R. Mortensen to come in off the bench. The terraces were silenced after 74 minutes when Bortelaget's J. Dziak put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. bagaranga had to make a substitution after 76 minutes. S. Silfwersjö limped off the field and was replaced by E. Lier. 78 minutes into the game, Bortelaget seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. F. Holden charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for bagaranga, but the shot went well wide of the goal. After 85 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Bortelaget found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. Possession in this half belonged to Bortelaget, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

G. Holmen performed admirably for bagaranga. On the other hand, K. Fossum's play was disheartening. Most important Bortelaget player was M. Rada. However, F. Koerperich made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.