League

VIKING ARENA
Spectators: 8265 (Terracing: 6200, Seating: 1900, VIP seats: 165) Kim Pickard showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ask Tønsberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Kim Pickard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harold Gielen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute Per-Kristian Arneberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stein-Roger Silden saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 11th minute, Arne Sannerud reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kim Pickard. The goal made the score 1-0. Ask Tønsberg's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kim Pickard read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. Per-Kristian Arneberg made in the 15th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Angelino Urriola however managed to control. In the 16th minute Christoffer Trulsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stein-Roger Silden saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Storesand's Per-Kristian Arneberg got a free kick in the 18th minute. With a little luck, Storesand's Kim Pickard got control of the ball when Ask Tønsberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Storesand's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ask Tønsberg was slow to take the kick. During this time Viking FK's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Ask Tønsberg almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Storesand's Kim Pickard did a great save. In the 22nd minute Jakob Mehus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stein-Roger Silden saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Storesand's Kim Pickard got control of the ball when Ask Tønsberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ask Tønsberg in the 26th minute of play forced Storesand's goalkeeper Kim Pickard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kim Pickard stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Henrik Systad's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. With his leg Kim Pickard managed to avoid a goal in the 29thth minute, when Viking FK's Eilif Westlie fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Storesand's Kim Pickard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrik Systad in the 31st minute of play. Kim Pickard didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Henrik Systad went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 33 minutes into the match, Henrik Systad dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Kim Pickard, 3-0. Stein-Roger Silden took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Per-Kristian Arneberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Angelino Urriola in the 43rd minute of play forced Viking FK's goalkeeper Stein-Roger Silden to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Henrik Systad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Angelino Urriola made the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, Viking FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henrik Systad to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rd minute Eilif Westlie suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. After 53 minutes, Christoffer Trulsen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Storesand and the Viking FK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Christoffer Trulsen kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. In the 57th match minute, Storesand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronny á Borg to maneuver through the defense. Christoffer Trulsen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Stein-Roger Silden tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 69th minute Christoffer Trulsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stein-Roger Silden saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Angelino Urriola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 74 minutes into the match, Storesand's goal looked a bit too open when Henrik Systad came free, but Kim Pickard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, Henrik Systad notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Storesand's Kim Pickard. Kim Pickard was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Harold Gielen kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, one of Viking FK:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Viking FK. The audience was convinced that Ask Tønsberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kim Pickard was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. The supporters of Storesand booed when Viking FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Harold Gielen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stein-Roger Silden showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angelino Urriola, who was totally free with the ball in the 98th minute. Viking FK were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Storesand for a fine match.