World League

Odd Trafford
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kaj Hård started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, spikarna's Kaj Hård nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mathias Thorsrud made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 7th minute, Torgeir Lundhaug hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 9th minute, Sven Nordkvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mathias Thorsrud was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 11 minutes into the match, mixednutz XI's goal looked a bit too open when Witomir Ziomkowski came free, but Mathias Thorsrud reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. mixednutz XI's Mathias Thorsrud played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Witomir Ziomkowski in the 12th minute of play. Mathias Thorsrud took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven Nordkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. mixednutz XI's Mathias Thorsrud played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven Nordkvist in the 15th minute of play. Mathias Thorsrud showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaj Hård in the 16th minute of the match. In the 16thth minute of the game Kaj Hård who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but mixednutz XI's Mathias Thorsrud was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Witomir Ziomkowski hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Mathias Thorsrud came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by spikarna's Atakan Pepe. But to his dismay, Atakan Pepe quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 24th minute, Sven Nordkvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mathias Thorsrud was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. The supporters of spikarna booed when mixednutz XI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frode Koch didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute Witomir Ziomkowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mathias Thorsrud saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven Nordkvist in the 33rd minute of play forced mixednutz XI's goalkeeper Mathias Thorsrud to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hans-Petter Phan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 39th minute, Øyvind Torkelsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaj Hård in the 42nd minute of play forced mixednutz XI's goalkeeper Mathias Thorsrud to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the match, mixednutz XI's goal looked a bit too open when Sven Nordkvist came free, but Mathias Thorsrud reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mathias Thorsrud didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sven Nordkvist went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hans-Petter Phan to make the kick off. If Kaj Hård had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With an all-out effort, spikarna's Mathias Thorsrud threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sven Nordkvist, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Mathias Thorsrud was out of position in the 59 minute of play, and Atakan Pepe capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Atakan Pepe really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. 62 minutes into the match, mixednutz XI's goal looked a bit too open when Sven Nordkvist came free, but Mathias Thorsrud reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner led spikarna's Christoffer Hansson to fire away a dangerous shot which Mathias Thorsrud despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mathias Thorsrud made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Atakan Pepe in the 70th minute of play. After 72 minutes, Kaj Hård made it 0-7 with a short kick to the right side. mixednutz XI's Mathias Thorsrud tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Mathias Thorsrud was a little too slow when Atakan Pepe got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 75th minute. The score was now 0-8. Mathias Thorsrud made an important save on a dangerous shot by Witomir Ziomkowski in the 78th minute. 84 minutes into the match, Sven Nordkvist dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mathias Thorsrud, 0-9. Mathias Thorsrud showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven Nordkvist in the 88th minute of the match. Torgeir Lundhaug kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, spikarna's Sven Nordkvist got a free kick in the 97th minute. The mixednutz XI fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. spikarna were clearly better and deserved to take the win.