copyman 3 - 5 haldenso (384194209)

11515 spectators arrived at Copy arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Alexandre Dias Brandão was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessandro Rubino and Albert Bogáč. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for copyman. Lineup: Sæstad - Asphaug, Rudolfsen, Sortland, Koppang - Sæter, Plauborg, Larsen, Bergh - Pettersen, Dal.

haldenso had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Pettersen - Mathiesen, Børseth, Christiansen, Weberg - Grøtan, Winsvold, Osgjelten, Roen - Arnesen, Kvammen.

haldenso had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 24 minutes in when A. Osgjelten came up alone against F. Sæstad who managed a block. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, Å. Pettersen scored for copyman putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 40 minutes. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, K. Bergh got himself booked. The manager of copyman was not happy. The visitors didn't give in and, after 42 minutes, M. Børseth got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. haldenso took the lead after 43 minutes making the score 1 - 2. P. Kvammen placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. K. Bergh's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert Å. Pettersen was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for copyman. 2 - 2. copyman were very close to putting themselves one up after 44 minutes as N. Sortland got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. K. Christiansen of haldenso was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. A. Osgjelten had a good opportunity to give haldenso 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. G. Schou was called on to replace copyman's Å. Pettersen after 44 minutes following a nasty collision. 2 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to haldenso, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

After 50 minutes, haldenso put themselves up 2 - 3, as H. Arnesen finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. After 51 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for F. Grøtan who increased haldenso's lead to 2 - 4. M. Børseth received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 62 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 2 - 5. The haldenso fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 65 minutes into the game copyman broke through on the left wing and H. Koppang managed to reduce the lead to 3 - 5. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper J. Pettersen and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for copyman, but G. Schou's finish was way too lame. haldenso claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

copyman's top performer was clearly H. Koppang. F. Sæstad was a disappointment, however. haldenso's best player was P. Kvammen. J. Pettersen turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 5.