The Nicks Stadion
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716,
Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Torgeir Paulsrud got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Torgeir Paulsrud had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nils-Arne Taraldsen. Ringside FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Torgeir Paulsrud was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. SK Skrenten's Markus Stensrud proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save SK Skrenten from getting a goal against them. Markus Stensrud made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Åsmund Løvstad in the 9th minute of play. Markus Stensrud showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kai Erland, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 13 minutes into the game, when Arnstein Gjengedal put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ringside FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 12th minute. Penalty! Markus Stensrud didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Skarbø went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind SK Skrenten's goalkeeper Markus Stensrud, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Åsmund Løvstad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Åsmund Løvstad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Markus Stensrud tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kai Erland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Markus Stensrud tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Markus Stensrud made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Åsmund Løvstad sent off a good shot on target. Nils-Arne Taraldsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Torgeir Paulsrud, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 36 minutes into the game, Ragnar Thu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Nils-Arne Taraldsen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, SK Skrenten's Ragnar Thu got a free kick in the 40th minute. Kai Erland might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Markus Stensrud. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kai Erland ran back to his position shaking his head. Rikard Eide charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rikard Eide the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to SK Skrenten getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Rikard Eide hit a great ball. Endre Baardsen's late challenge caught a Ringside FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Endre Baardsen helped the player get up and apologised. Endre Baardsen hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Markus Stensrud made an important save on a dangerous shot by Åsmund Løvstad in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.
The wind increased when Kai Erland made the kick off in the second half. Ringside FC's Nils-Arne Taraldsen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Ringside FC from getting a goal against them. In the 54th minute Åsmund Løvstad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Markus Stensrud saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rikard Eide could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Nils-Arne Taraldsen made a huge save. Markus Stensrud took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Åsmund Løvstad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Skarbø sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nils-Arne Taraldsen made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Rikard Eide sent off a good shot on target. Nils-Arne Taraldsen was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Torgeir Paulsrud capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Torgeir Paulsrud really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. If Kai Erland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kai Erland in the 74th minute of play forced SK Skrenten's goalkeeper Markus Stensrud to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the game, SK Skrenten's Ragnar Thu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nils-Arne Taraldsen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, Torgeir Paulsrud took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Nils-Arne Taraldsen to make any attempt to save it. Nils-Arne Taraldsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Torgeir Paulsrud went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-7 was the resulting score. 93 minutes into the game, SK Skrenten's Ragnar Thu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nils-Arne Taraldsen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-8. SK Skrenten were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Ringside FC's much stronger midfield.
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