U23 World League

STIL Arena
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Atle Sundstrøm took the kick off in the first half of the match. Wincent Zawadzki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ivar Espelid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wincent Zawadzki in the 4th minute of the match. Ivar Espelid came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by PatiCarRent's Radoslaw Harasimowicz. But to his dismay, Radoslaw Harasimowicz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Skytta Toppidrettslag's Ivar Espelid played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislaw Drebit in the 10th minute of play. Theodor Stokken's late challenge caught a PatiCarRent's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Theodor Stokken helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Skytta Toppidrettslag getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Theodor Stokken hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Sokol in the 16th minute of play forced Skytta Toppidrettslag's goalkeeper Ivar Espelid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 17 played minutes PatiCarRent got a freekick which was hit by Emil Marajda. After 18 played minutes PatiCarRent got a freekick which was hit by Emil Marajda. The supporters of Skytta Toppidrettslag booed when PatiCarRent was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gwidon Piekarczyk didn't get a good kick on the ball. 22 minutes into the match, Skytta Toppidrettslag's goal looked a bit too open when Radoslaw Harasimowicz came free, but Ivar Espelid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Skytta Toppidrettslag's Ivar Espelid played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoslaw Harasimowicz in the 24th minute of play. Radoslaw Harasimowicz took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ivar Espelid. Ivar Espelid dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 30th minute, Wincent Zawadzki ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivar Espelid was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Radoslaw Harasimowicz took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ivar Espelid. Ivar Espelid dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After 37 minutes, Martin Reksten mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Skytta Toppidrettslag and the PatiCarRent players grew even worse after the yellow card. Martin Reksten hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Tymoteusz Zaremba was a little too slow when Atle Sundstrøm got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 44th minute. The score was now 1-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Robert Sokol made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Skytta Toppidrettslag's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Radoslaw Harasimowicz was slow to take the kick. During this time PatiCarRent's players had a chance to rest. Ivar Espelid made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Robert Sokol sent off a good shot on target. Ivar Espelid made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Fabian Tomaszewski sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Skytta Toppidrettslag's Martin Reksten got a free kick in the 59th minute. If Ksawery Mirowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Wincent Zawadzki kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ivar Espelid. That made the score 1-5 in the 62 minute of play. In the 68th minute, Stanislaw Drebit reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ivar Espelid. The goal made the score 1-6. Ole-Petter Vigre charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ole-Petter Vigre the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Skytta Toppidrettslag getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Ole-Petter Vigre hit a great ball. Tymoteusz Zaremba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Atle Sundstrøm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Stanislaw Drebit took a quick shot and it went in 1-7 without a chance for Ivar Espelid to make any attempt to save it. 82 minutes into the game, Wincent Zawadzki recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ivar Espelid. Wincent Zawadzki showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-8. The supporters of PatiCarRent booed when Skytta Toppidrettslag was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sjur Sæbø didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 86 played minutes, PatiCarRent's Radoslaw Harasimowicz shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ivar Espelid came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in PatiCarRent reached it. Ivar Espelid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radoslaw Harasimowicz in the 88th minute of play. Ivar Espelid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislaw Drebit, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 91 minutes into the match, Skytta Toppidrettslag's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislaw Drebit came free, but Ivar Espelid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ivar Espelid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radoslaw Harasimowicz in the 93rd minute of the match. PatiCarRent played a much better game than Skytta Toppidrettslag and deserved their victory. The Skytta Toppidrettslag players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.