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Rakkestad
Spectators: 8600 (Terracing: 6450, Seating: 1978, VIP seats: 172) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sturle Foss kicked off to start the match. Rakkestad IF's Christophe Pourre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sturle Foss in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, Rakkestad IF's goal looked a bit too open when Runar Elvebakk came free, but Christophe Pourre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christophe Pourre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Runar Elvebakk in the 4th minute of the match. Fabiano Ornelas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Niklas Aanes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 18 minutes into the match, Rakkestad IF's goal looked a bit too open when Sturle Foss came free, but Christophe Pourre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andrzej Dobrowski got free with Niklas Aanes in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Fabiano Ornelas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fabiano Ornelas might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Niklas Aanes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fabiano Ornelas ran back to his position shaking his head. Audun Lilletvedt charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Audun Lilletvedt the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 33rd minute, Joakim Ryeng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Niklas Aanes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabiano Ornelas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute Rakkestad IF were awarded a corner. Ignacio Dantae went to the cornerflag to take it. Christophe Pourre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Lunder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 40 played minutes Rakkestad IF's Ion Nediu stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Niklas Aanes stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Overbygden FF of the goal. A collision led to Rakkestad IF getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Cristobal Pepillo hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fabiano Ornelas to make the kick off. A throw-in in the 53rd minute of the game was made by Storm Hilde with Kevin Tveiten as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Ion Nediu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kevin Tveiten made in the 63rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Rakkestad IF's Anders Salkvist. When Rakkestad IF's Fabiano Ornelas in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Overbygden FF's goalie prevented a goal. Rakkestad IF made a substitution. Joachim Hylland replaced Fabiano Ornelas. Niklas Aanes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Pirès in the 77th minute of play. 83 minutes into the game, Robert Pirès cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Niklas Aanes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Thorbjørn Valstad kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the match, Overbygden FF's goal looked a bit too open when Johan Ødegården came free, but Niklas Aanes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Niklas Aanes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johan Ødegården, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, Anders Salkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ignacio Dantae hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. There was no doubt that Rakkestad IF were the better team. Rakkestad IF's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.