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Spectators: 7779 (Terracing: 5835, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) A collision led to Fagus Kópaskeri getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Bjarnleifur Svavarsson hit a great ball. A collision led to Fagus Kópaskeri getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Bjarnleifur Svavarsson hit a great ball. Gustav Halsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Elfar Bjarmason showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hlöður Njarðarson, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Rósenberg Sæmundsson hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sólbjörn Styrmisson in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Valgarður Valgeirsson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Sólbjörn Styrmisson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valgarður Valgeirsson was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. In the 22nd minute of the match, Heiðberg Davíðsson got a very nice opportunity to score, but Elfar Bjarmason was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 22 minutes, Freyþór Eyvindarson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fagus Kópaskeri and the Godoy Cruz ARG players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Freyþór Eyvindarson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valgarður Valgeirsson didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Fagus Kópaskeri's Sólbjörn Styrmisson shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 32 minutes into the match, Fagus Kópaskeri's goalkeeper Elfar Bjarmason had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Heiðberg Davíðsson. Elfar Bjarmason acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 36th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Rósenberg Sæmundsson. 37 minutes into the game, Sólbjörn Styrmisson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Valgarður Valgeirsson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 44th minute Sólbjörn Styrmisson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valgarður Valgeirsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valgarður Valgeirsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sólbjörn Styrmisson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 48 minutes, Sólbjörn Styrmisson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fagus Kópaskeri's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sólbjörn Styrmisson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sólbjörn Styrmisson to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gnúpur Erlendsson got free with Valgarður Valgeirsson in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gnúpur Erlendsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valgarður Valgeirsson having to interfere. Sólbjörn Styrmisson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Valgarður Valgeirsson firmly grabbed it by the left post. Sólbjörn Styrmisson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 74thth minute tested the skills of Valgarður Valgeirsson when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as Sólbjörn Styrmisson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Valgarður Valgeirsson. That made the score 0-4 in the 82 minute of play. Elfar Bjarmason didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustav Halsson went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Valgarður Valgeirsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sólbjörn Styrmisson in the 89th minute. When Daríus Ísólfsson came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Fagus Kópaskeri 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 Daríus Ísólfsson couldn't finish the play. In the 94th minute, Sólbjörn Styrmisson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fagus Kópaskeri fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Fagus Kópaskeri played a much better game than Godoy Cruz ARG and deserved their victory. The Godoy Cruz ARG players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.