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Match Report
Grjónið Hellu
Spectators: 6788 (Terracing: 5000,
Seating: 1788, VIP seats: 0) Uppfylling's Sigurbjarni Loftsson started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 2nd minute, Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 6th minute of the match Jósúa Ásmundarson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hersteinn Valgarðsson skillfully saved the ball. 8 minutes into the game, Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Hersteinn Valgarðsson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ómi Kjartansson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bjarnólfur Eiðsson in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Uppfylling fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Jósúa Ásmundarson kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Uppfylling's Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Grjónið Hellu defense, Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hersteinn Valgarðsson. The Grjónið Hellu fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hersteinn Valgarðsson should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Uppfylling booed when Grjónið Hellu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kjaran Guðmundsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Sigurbjarni Loftsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hersteinn Valgarðsson was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. When Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Uppfylling fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson couldn't finish the play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bergmundur Hróason to strike the kick off in the second half. When Sigurbjarni Loftsson came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Uppfylling fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sigurbjarni Loftsson couldn't finish the play. In the 57th minute, Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 61st minute of the match Jósúa Ásmundarson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hersteinn Valgarðsson skillfully saved the ball. Hersteinn Valgarðsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sigurbjarni Loftsson went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. A collision led to Grjónið Hellu getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Kjaran Guðmundsson hit a great ball. Hersteinn Valgarðsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 84th playminute. Lýður Dagsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Ómi Kjartansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valbrandur Jökulsson got free with Hersteinn Valgarðsson in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 94th minute, Bjarnleifur Arnaldsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hersteinn Valgarðsson. The goal made the score 0-7. The crowd rose to their feet as Uppfylling's Sigurbjarni Loftsson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hersteinn Valgarðsson. That made the score 0-8 after 97 minutes of play. Uppfylling's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.
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