League Play-Off

Hanasand Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Knut Moksnes started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Black Falcons getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Knut Moksnes hit a great ball. Tor-Arne Stormoen took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ole-Einar Gundersen. Ole-Einar Gundersen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Knut Moksnes took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tore-Andre Grøtte. Tore-Andre Grøtte dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 15th minute, Fredrik Kaur reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ole-Einar Gundersen. The goal made the score 2-1. 21 minutes into the game, Sture Tjelta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Black Falcons's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hanasand the free kick. After a rather tough play, Black Falcons's Sture Tjelta got a free kick in the 21st minute. Ask Berg, 22 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. A collision led to Black Falcons getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Joachim Hestenes hit a great ball. Vidar Koppang scored 3-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ole-Einar Gundersen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 29th minute Kevin Støen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ole-Einar Gundersen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hans-Erik Kielland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 32 minutes into the match, Hanasand's goal looked a bit too open when Tor-Egil Birkelund came free, but Tore-Andre Grøtte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Sture Tjelta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Black Falcons's supporters rose to their feet, but Sture Tjelta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tore-Andre Grøtte breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tore-Andre Grøtte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Knut Moksnes in the 36th minute of the match. A collision led to Hanasand getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Fredrik Kaur hit a great ball. If Knut Moksnes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Frank Aker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tor-Egil Birkelund in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tore-Andre Grøtte saved Hanasand from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Knut Moksnes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Black Falcons's supporters rose to their feet, but Knut Moksnes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tore-Andre Grøtte breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 45 minutes, Tor-Arne Stormoen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hanasand and the Black Falcons players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tor-Egil Birkelund recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kevin Støen made a kick off. In the 53rd minute Vidar Koppang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ole-Einar Gundersen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd match minute, Black Falcons was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Aker to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hans-Erik Kielland in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tore-Andre Grøtte prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 68 played minutes Hanasand got a freekick which was hit by Fredrik Kaur. Tore-Andre Grøtte didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Black Falcons's Hans-Erik Kielland shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-2 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 79th minute, Hans-Erik Kielland 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. 87 minutes into the match, Black Falcons's Joachim Hestenes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tore-Andre Grøtte narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Hans-Erik Kielland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Tor-Arne Stormoen was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 90 minutes had been played. In the 90th minute, Tor-Arne Stormoen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ole-Einar Gundersen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vidar Koppang in the 94th minute of the match. The Hanasand support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.