Official Cup

The Nerd Nest
Spectators: 185 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Carmelo Silbestre started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The Nerd Herd's Arnstein Øvereng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Placido Ilazki in the 3rd minute of play. After 3 played minutes The Nerd Herd got a freekick which was hit by Glenn Skjønhaug. In the 12th match minute, Liberland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaston Iyan to maneuver through the defense. Eivind Engh recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dan Høines did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Donato Tiso 18 minutes into the match. When Jonatan Abel fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Liberland's protests and gave Jonatan Abel a yellow card for diving instead. Jonatan Abel hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. After 26 minutes of play, Liberland's Placido Ilazki made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arnstein Øvereng was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 30th minute Placido Ilazki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnstein Øvereng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, The Nerd Herd's goal looked a bit too open when Placido Ilazki came free, but Arnstein Øvereng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute, Carmelo Silbestre ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arnstein Øvereng was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Tobias Flor hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After 42 minutes of play, The Nerd Herd's Dan Høines made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Donato Tiso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Donato Tiso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dan Høines, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vebjørn Dyb to make the kick off. Donato Tiso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dan Høines's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Jonatan Abel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnstein Øvereng having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonatan Abel got free with Arnstein Øvereng in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 58 minutes into the match, Liberland's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Høines came free, but Donato Tiso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arnstein Øvereng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carmelo Silbestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnstein Øvereng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Placido Ilazki, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Silbestre in the 66th minute of play forced The Nerd Herd's goalkeeper Arnstein Øvereng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carmelo Silbestre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnstein Øvereng having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Høines in the 73rd minute of play forced Liberland's goalkeeper Donato Tiso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Placido Ilazki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Arnstein Øvereng tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 82 minutes into the match, Jonatan Abel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnstein Øvereng. The Nerd Herd's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonatan Abel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. In the 85th minute, Liberland's Placido Ilazki dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-4. After a defensive mix-up in Liberland's zone, Dan Høines stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Donato Tiso came out of the goal and Dan Høines tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Liberland's Carmelo Silbestre in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Nerd Herd's goalie prevented a goal. In the 96th minute, Glenn Skjønhaug hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Liberland left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than The Nerd Herd.