League Play-Off

Naeverfjorden
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sigurd Grønning took the kick off in the first half of the match. Kristoffer Førde sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Sigurd Grønning sped through Torsli BF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hans Steinsland. Kristoffer Førde sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bean D'Avis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kristoffer Førde in the 18th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sigurd Grønning's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hans Steinsland was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Bean D'Avis came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Torsli BF's Brede Os. But to his dismay, Brede Os quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 31st minute, Bendik Hjelde hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Naeverfjord's zone, Brede Os stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bean D'Avis came out of the goal and Brede Os tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sigurd Grønning received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Hans Steinsland tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 39thth minute of the game Sigurd Grønning who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Torsli BF's Hans Steinsland was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 40 minutes into the match, Brede Os had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bean D'Avis. Naeverfjord's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Brede Os was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Brede Os stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Sigurd Grønning sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Naeverfjord booed when Torsli BF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tore-Andre Nodland didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bean D'Avis came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Torsli BF's Kristoffer Førde. But to his dismay, Kristoffer Førde quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After a rather tough play, Torsli BF's Bastian Ekren got a free kick in the 61st minute. When Sigurd Grønning came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Naeverfjord 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 Sigurd Grønning couldn't finish the play. After having played for 63 minutes, Bendik Hjelde managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Naeverfjord's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bendik Hjelde was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sigurd Grønning in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hans Steinsland prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Hans Steinsland didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sigurd Grønning went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Torsli BF's zone, Bendik Hjelde stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hans Steinsland came out of the goal and Bendik Hjelde tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tor-Magnus Selvik's late challenge caught a Naeverfjord's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tor-Magnus Selvik helped the player get up and apologised. It was beautiful to see Naeverfjord's Anders Årnes in action when he in the 90th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Bendik Hjelde received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Hans Steinsland tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hans Steinsland stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bendik Hjelde's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Bendik Hjelde might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hans Steinsland. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bendik Hjelde ran back to his position shaking his head. Despite being the better team, Naeverfjord failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.