U21 World League

Rakkestad
Spectators: 7449 (Terracing: 5588, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christian Halstensen made the kick off which started today's match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Halstensen got free with Nouredine Mimoun in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kenneth Friis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Adab FC's Abd al-Asis Lacen shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Adab FC's attentive Leon Benhamou managed to snatch the ball when Svend Phan made a throw-in in the 10th minute of the game. In the 16th minute Christian Halstensen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nouredine Mimoun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kenneth Friis came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Adab FC's Abd al-Asis Lacen. But to his dismay, Abd al-Asis Lacen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 25 minutes of play, Adab FC's Abd al-Asis Lacen made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kenneth Friis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mohamed Mezair kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Christian Halstensen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Svend Phan hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. In the 42nd minute, Otto Klepp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Jeppe Benjaminsen fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rakkestad IF's protests and gave Jeppe Benjaminsen a yellow card for diving instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abd al-Asis Lacen to make the kick off. Adab FC's Nouredine Mimoun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otto Klepp in the 52nd minute of play. Abd al-Asis Lacen in the 54thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Kenneth Friis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 56 minutes into the game, Otto Klepp cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Nouredine Mimoun was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Adab FC's Noureddine Derrida was substituted for Leon Benhamou. In the 62nd match minute, Adab FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by François Ahmed to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abd al-Asis Lacen got free with Kenneth Friis in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Adab FC's Nouredine Mimoun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Halstensen in the 67th minute of play. Nouredine Mimoun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otto Klepp in the 69th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 2-4 when Abd al-Asis Lacen sped through Rakkestad IF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kenneth Friis. Nouredine Mimoun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Linus Todal in the 81st minute of the match. Nouredine Mimoun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Linus Todal, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 81stth minute of the game Christian Halstensen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Adab FC's Nouredine Mimoun was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Christian Halstensen took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nouredine Mimoun. Nouredine Mimoun dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4. Linus Todal hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Halstensen in the 92nd minute of play forced Adab FC's goalkeeper Nouredine Mimoun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nouredine Mimoun came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Rakkestad IF's Christian Halstensen. But to his dismay, Christian Halstensen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-4. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.