League Play-Off

Børrud Stadion
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Sirma BF's Albert Grue 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by William Hilstad in the 4th minute of play forced Sirma BF's goalkeeper Thomas Wang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jan-Frode Presthus hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Albert Grue blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tor-Magnus Bjørkås having to make a save. Markus Dahlstrøm's late challenge caught a Sirma BF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Markus Dahlstrøm helped the player get up and apologised. After 12 played minutes Børrud got a freekick which was hit by Markus Dahlstrøm. Tage Furseth fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tor-Magnus Bjørkås having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Albert Grue in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tor-Magnus Bjørkås prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After having played for 18 minutes, Tage Furseth managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sirma BF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tage Furseth was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers William Hilstad in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thomas Wang saved Sirma BF from getting behind. If Tage Furseth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. William Hilstad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Wang having to interfere. If Tage Furseth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35th minute Albert Grue shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tor-Magnus Bjørkås saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thomas Wang didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Børrud's Arnstein Bredesen shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 47th match minute, Børrud was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Markus Dahlstrøm to maneuver through the defense. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when William Hilstad made the kick off in the second half. Albert Grue fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tor-Magnus Bjørkås having to interfere. Tor-Magnus Bjørkås showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albert Grue in the 63rd minute of the match. William Hilstad blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thomas Wang having to make a save. If Albert Grue had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tor-Magnus Bjørkås made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albert Grue in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute, William Hilstad left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Børrud fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tage Furseth during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If William Hilstad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnstein Bredesen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Thomas Wang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. William Hilstad might have been able to make a better finish in the 97th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thomas Wang. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. William Hilstad ran back to his position shaking his head. 99 minutes into the match, Sirma BF's goal looked a bit too open when William Hilstad came free, but Thomas Wang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sirma BF's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.