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Vålerenga Stadium
Spectators: 8432 (Terracing: 6325, Seating: 1939, VIP seats: 168) Viva La Vestby's Hans Frogner started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When Sverre Smith fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Viva La Vestby's protests and gave Sverre Smith a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Torp IF booed when Viva La Vestby was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sverre Smith didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Runar Toft in the 7th minute of play forced Viva La Vestby's goalkeeper Morten Ørmen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute Eric Stav shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Morten Ørmen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Torp IF's Mons Søberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Haveland in the 12th minute of play. After some careless play in the Viva La Vestby defense, Martin Rygg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Morten Ørmen. The Viva La Vestby fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Morten Ørmen should have stopped the shot. Runar Toft fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Morten Ørmen having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Torp IF's Eric Stav got a free kick in the 18th minute. In the 24th minute, Jim Andresen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 27 minutes, Kjetil-André Molteberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Torp IF and the Viva La Vestby players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 27th minute, Kjetil-André Molteberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mons Søberg was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Johan Haveland. 30 minutes into the match, Torp IF's goal looked a bit too open when Kristian Omland came free, but Mons Søberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Martin Rygg succeeded in the game's 32nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. Viva La Vestby's Morten Ørmen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Runar Toft in the 36th minute of play. Torp IF's Martin Rygg got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Henrik Stensvold during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Henrik Stensvold hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Morten Ørmen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Stav, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Morten Ørmen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Runar Toft went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Morten Ørmen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Runar Toft in the 54th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eric Stav got free with Morten Ørmen in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Bjarne Sletvold fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Torp IF's protests and gave Bjarne Sletvold a yellow card for diving instead. After 57 played minutes Torp IF got a freekick which was hit by Bjarne Sletvold. In the 58th minute, Petter Saue left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Viva La Vestby fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. After a rather tough play, Viva La Vestby's Jim Andresen got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Viva La Vestby's Morten Ørmen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Viva La Vestby from getting a goal against them. Mons Søberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petter Saue in the 68th minute of the match. Runar Toft could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Morten Ørmen made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Petter Saue during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Torp IF booed when Viva La Vestby was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petter Saue didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Torp IF's Martin Fossheim got a free kick in the 76th minute. Johan Haveland took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 77th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mons Søberg. Torp IF's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 79th minute, Torp IF's Martin Rygg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Morten Ørmen. Morten Ørmen yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. Martin Rygg took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Morten Ørmen. Morten Ørmen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Kristian Omland kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Torp IF left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Viva La Vestby.