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DeKoel Katla Stadium
Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 160) V.V.V - Venlo's Justin Kluivert started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of V.V.V - Venlo booed when FC Barcelona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bjólfur Ívarsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vignir Sveinsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafnar Sveinsson in the 11th minute of the match. Karles Ketilsson took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vignir Sveinsson. FC Barcelona's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Austmar Janusson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kristvin Logason in the 24th minute of play. With his leg Vignir Sveinsson managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when V.V.V - Venlo's Halldór Jökulsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With his leg Vignir Sveinsson managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when V.V.V - Venlo's Halldór Jökulsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. FC Barcelona's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Halldór Jökulsson 25 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. The supporters of V.V.V - Venlo booed when FC Barcelona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kristvin Logason didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Justin Kluivert came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the V.V.V - Venlo 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 Justin Kluivert couldn't finish the play. Justin Kluivert in the 35thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Vignir Sveinsson, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. V.V.V - Venlo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rafnar Sveinsson in the 36th minute. A collision led to V.V.V - Venlo getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Ástþór Hilmarsson hit a great ball. Tristan Davíðsson might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Austmar Janusson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tristan Davíðsson ran back to his position shaking his head. Vignir Sveinsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rafnar Sveinsson in the 40th minute. A hard shot 41 in the game by Justin Kluivert from a close distance when the talented Vignir Sveinsson managed to make a qualified save. FC Barcelona's players were relieved. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Barcelona's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rafnar Sveinsson was slow to take the kick. During this time V.V.V - Venlo's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Rafnar Sveinsson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Barcelona's Vignir Sveinsson did a great save. After some careless play in the FC Barcelona defense, Jarl Hafsteinsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vignir Sveinsson. The FC Barcelona fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vignir Sveinsson should have stopped the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tristan Davíðsson made a kick off. Starri Kjaransson kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. In the 52nd minute, Engiljón Eilífsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Austmar Janusson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kristvin Logason, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the last second Austmar Janusson throw himself and got hold of the ball when Kristvin Logason in the 60thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Kristvin Logason let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 60th minute shot 2-1 at rihgt post. Halldór Jökulsson's late challenge caught a FC Barcelona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Halldór Jökulsson helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, V.V.V - Venlo's Halldór Jökulsson got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 66th minute Kristvin Logason shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Austmar Janusson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Austmar Janusson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristvin Logason in the 67th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Starri Kjaransson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rósant Finnlaugsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Austmar Janusson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Austmar Janusson managed to avoid a goal in the 72ndth minute, when FC Barcelona's Kristvin Logason fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some careless play in the V.V.V - Venlo defense, Kristvin Logason kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Austmar Janusson. The V.V.V - Venlo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Austmar Janusson should have stopped the shot. Vignir Sveinsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Justin Kluivert in the 81st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tristan Davíðsson in the 86th minute of play forced V.V.V - Venlo's goalkeeper Austmar Janusson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. V.V.V - Venlo's Austmar Janusson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save V.V.V - Venlo from getting a goal against them. FC Barcelona's Vignir Sveinsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justin Kluivert in the 91st minute of play. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.