U23 League

Hardcore Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Eero Vainola made the kick off and thus started the match. Erkki Veider made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jon-Erik Boge in the 2nd minute. Markus Tømmervik blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Erkki Veider having to make a save. Helger Lepist charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Helger Lepist the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th match minute, Cin-Cin Marger la birra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Helger Lepist to maneuver through the defense. 13 minutes into the match, Legia Stavanger's Marius Steinnes broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After a rather tough play, Legia Stavanger's Håvard Opdal got a free kick in the 15th minute. Aksel Saamatu kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Legia Stavanger's Markus Tømmervik ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Erkki Veider. Erkki Veider yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Stein Naas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eero Vainola, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. If Håvard Opdal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erkki Veider showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Markus Tømmervik in the 25th minute of the match. Erkki Veider showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Håvard Opdal, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Erkki Veider made an important save on a dangerous shot by Markus Tømmervik in the 32nd minute. After a rather tough play, Legia Stavanger's Andreas Urdal got a free kick in the 36th minute. Legia Stavanger's Stein Naas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eero Vainola in the 37th minute of play. Jon-Erik Boge struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Erkki Veider didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Legia Stavanger. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eero Vainola in the 41st minute of play forced Legia Stavanger's goalkeeper Stein Naas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markus Tømmervik in the 43rd minute of play forced Cin-Cin Marger la birra's goalkeeper Erkki Veider to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Markus Tømmervik's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 47thth minute, Erkki Veider skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Markus Tømmervik stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Eero Vainola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stein Naas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Markus Tømmervik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Erkki Veider tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 59th minute Håvard Opdal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erkki Veider saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd match minute, Legia Stavanger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Markus Tømmervik to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markus Tømmervik in the 65th minute of play forced Cin-Cin Marger la birra's goalkeeper Erkki Veider to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erkki Veider made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Markus Tømmervik in the 67th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Håvard Opdal in the 69th minute of play forced Cin-Cin Marger la birra's goalkeeper Erkki Veider to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erkki Veider showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Markus Tømmervik, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Oliver Moseng's late challenge caught a Cin-Cin Marger la birra's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oliver Moseng helped the player get up and apologised. Jon-Erik Boge scored 2-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Erkki Veider, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Markus Tømmervik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Edvin Vedå came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Legia Stavanger 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 Edvin Vedå couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Markus Tømmervik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erkki Veider was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. In the 89thth minute of the game Markus Tømmervik who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cin-Cin Marger la birra's Erkki Veider was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Stein Naas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eero Vainola in the 90th minute of play. After 92 minutes, Markus Tømmervik made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Cin-Cin Marger la birra's Erkki Veider tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Legia Stavanger had played much better football throughout.