Friendly League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Emanuel Markham made the kick off which started today's match. Here Comes the Hammer's attentive Edmund Hansson managed to snatch the ball when Kevin Strømsnes made a throw-in in the 5th minute of the game. Borys Witek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdir Velloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Charles Björkqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Markham, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 15th minute, Kai Østbye got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Kevin Strømsnes got a throw-in 18 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Jan-Kenneth Heistad. In the 21st minute Valdir Velloso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borys Witek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute Here Comes the Hammer were awarded a corner. Marko Persson went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Here Comes the Hammer's corner Marko Persson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Borys Witek quite easily take care of the ball. Frode Tobiassen struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Charles Björkqvist didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Brufoss IL. In the 31st minute of the match Here Comes the Hammer got a corner. Brufoss IL's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marko Persson ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 34th minute Valdir Velloso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borys Witek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valdir Velloso blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Borys Witek having to make a save. Borys Witek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdir Velloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 41st minute Valdir Velloso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borys Witek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A throw-in in the 43rd minute of the game was made by Kevin Strømsnes with Jan-Kenneth Heistad as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Frode Tobiassen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charles Björkqvist having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Valdir Velloso's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Borys Witek read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. In the 53rd match minute, Brufoss IL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Markham to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valdir Velloso in the 54th minute of play forced Brufoss IL's goalkeeper Borys Witek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Here Comes the Hammer's Charles Björkqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kai Østbye in the 63rd minute of play. Valdir Velloso might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Borys Witek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valdir Velloso ran back to his position shaking his head. Borys Witek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdir Velloso in the 65th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frode Tobiassen got free with Charles Björkqvist in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Valdir Velloso blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Borys Witek having to make a save. Borys Witek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdir Velloso in the 75th minute of the match. Borys Witek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdir Velloso in the 80th minute of the match. Borys Witek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdir Velloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. 82 minutes into the match, Valdir Velloso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Borys Witek. Brufoss IL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valdir Velloso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 85th minute of the game Kevin Strømsnes made a throw-in which Jan-Kenneth Heistad played forward. In the 86th minute, Kevin Strømsnes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Borys Witek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valdir Velloso went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Kevin Strømsnes made in the 90th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Jan-Kenneth Heistad immediately put the ball in play. Brufoss IL's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Here Comes the Hammer had won, even though Brufoss IL had held more of the ball.