U23 League

San Saga
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Benjamin Nygren put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Bjørn Mæhlum. 6 minutes into the match, Sindre Walle notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Saga TF's Bjørn Mæhlum. Bjørn Mæhlum was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 10th minute of play forced Saga TF's goalkeeper Bjørn Mæhlum to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute Dimitar Berbatov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bjørn Mæhlum saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Saga TF's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitar Berbatov came free, but Bjørn Mæhlum reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Saga TF defense, Dimitar Berbatov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bjørn Mæhlum. The Saga TF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bjørn Mæhlum should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sindre Walle in the 20th minute of play forced Saga TF's goalkeeper Bjørn Mæhlum to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sindre Walle took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bjørn Mæhlum. Bjørn Mæhlum dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 30th minute Sindre Walle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bjørn Mæhlum saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, FC Nordsjælland's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Valla came free, but Henning Sæmer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bjørn Mæhlum didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dimitar Berbatov went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Bjørn Mæhlum showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Nygren in the 41st minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ragnar Furseth to make the kick off. Benjamin Nygren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 57th minute Jeppe Tverskov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bjørn Mæhlum saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the game, Sindre Walle cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Bjørn Mæhlum was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Saga TF getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Henrik Langholm hit a great ball. Daniel Svensson took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 67th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bjørn Mæhlum. Saga TF's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jeppe Tverskov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Bjørn Mæhlum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bjørn Mæhlum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeppe Tverskov in the 70th minute of play. Stig-Inge Langlo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henning Sæmer having to interfere. In the 80th minute, Dimitar Berbatov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bjørn Mæhlum was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. With a little luck, Saga TF's Bjørn Mæhlum got control of the ball when Sindre Walle tried to sneak it across the goal line. FC Nordsjælland's Benjamin Nygren managed to work through Saga TF's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Benjamin Nygren dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 89th minute of play forced Saga TF's goalkeeper Bjørn Mæhlum to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 91st minute of the match Sebastian Onarheim completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Sebastian Onarheim a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of FC Nordsjælland booed when Saga TF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastian Onarheim didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dimitar Berbatov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bjørn Mæhlum came out and tried to block the shot, but Dimitar Berbatov slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 93rd minute. After some careless play in the Saga TF defense, Jeppe Tverskov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bjørn Mæhlum. The Saga TF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bjørn Mæhlum should have stopped the shot.