U23 League

The Clapham Oval
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rune Le made the kick off which started today's match. Edward Preston took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rune Le, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Sagene IF booed when Clapham Rovers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Justino Arixo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 12 minutes, Cléberson Mendonça mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Clapham Rovers and the Sagene IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cléberson Mendonça hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. 14 minutes into the match, Clapham Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Le came free, but Edward Preston reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Rune Le notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Clapham Rovers's Edward Preston. Edward Preston was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, João Francisco Toscano took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Olav Westad to make any attempt to save it. Olav Westad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Francisco Toscano in the 21st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cléberson Mendonça got free with Olav Westad in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 26 minutes into the match, Sagene IF's goal looked a bit too open when João Francisco Toscano came free, but Olav Westad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. João Francisco Toscano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Olav Westad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Olav Westad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Francisco Toscano in the 33rd minute of the match. A collision led to Clapham Rovers getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Donny Stockton hit a great ball. Cléberson Mendonça could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Olav Westad made a huge save. Vetle Bårdsen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 44th minute, Carl Løvlien hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cléberson Mendonça recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sagene IF's Olav Westad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Francisco Toscano in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Runar Nyvoll hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cléberson Mendonça made a kick off. João Francisco Toscano took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Olav Westad. Olav Westad dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Olav Westad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cléberson Mendonça in the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Sagene IF's Andreas Grøndahl got a free kick in the 69th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Sagene IF's goal looked a bit too open when Cléberson Mendonça came free, but Olav Westad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cléberson Mendonça in the 72nd minute of play forced Sagene IF's goalkeeper Olav Westad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If João Francisco Toscano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 79 minutes into the match, Sagene IF's Vetle Bårdsen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edward Preston narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 80th minute Cléberson Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olav Westad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Olav Westad didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Francisco Toscano went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Olav Westad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cléberson Mendonça in the 87th minute of play. Runar Nyvoll kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Edward Preston stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rune Le's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. A collision led to Sagene IF getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Carl Løvlien hit a great ball. 96 minutes into the match, Sagene IF's goal looked a bit too open when Cléberson Mendonça came free, but Olav Westad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edward Preston came out of the goal in the 98th minute to try and stop a shot by Sagene IF's Rune Le. But to his dismay, Rune Le quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.