Olavs Menn 2 - 1 Snapnes (908897)

Olavs Menn had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Stensby - Johannessen, Mellemsæter, Bakken - Martinussen, Gleditsch, Molgren, Hansen, Engravslia - Krosby, Ingvaldsen.

Snapnes tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Burrows - Ferdinand, Stokholm, Prodius - Minas, Radoch, Søreide, Marignan, Soncu - Rožánek, Pagano.

J. Martinussen of Olavs Menn was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. G. Pagano had a good opportunity to give Snapnes 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. A. Søreide neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to N. Ferdinand who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. After 30 minutes, E. Gleditsch came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Olavs Menn the lead. The home team will be cursing A. Soncu for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 1 - 1 after 33 minutes. 34 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Olavs Menn was D. Hansen. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Snapnes, with 54 percent of the ball.

I. Prodius came close to levelling the score 47 minutes into the game, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post. Snapnes's right side looked dangerous 65 minutes in, but P. Stensby made a good save on V. Rožánek's hard shot to the top corner. As the match clock reached 72 minutes, Olavs Menn's organisation began to suffer due to a lack of experience. Possession in this half belonged to Snapnes, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Olavs Menn's best player was Å. Ingvaldsen. S. Mellemsæter on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Snapnes player was G. Pagano. However, N. Ferdinand made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.