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Årås Stadion
Spectators: 8495 (Terracing: 6387, Seating: 1958, VIP seats: 150) Lokomotiv Såta's Tor-Kristian Eidem 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. Inge Børresen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dan Stormo in the 3rd minute of play. In the 5th play minute Mathias Tufte came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jim Slyngstad. 1-0. Kenneth Justad charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kenneth Justad the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Lokomotiv Såta getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Kenneth Justad hit a great ball. In the 11th match minute, Lokomotiv Såta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kenneth Justad to maneuver through the defense. If Sten Hård had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sivert Wennevold during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 13th minute, Sivert Wennevold hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jimmy Tufte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sten Hård sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lokomotiv Såta's Jim Slyngstad proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Lokomotiv Såta from getting a goal against them. In the 23rd minute, Mathias Tufte reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jim Slyngstad. The goal made the score 2-0. In the 28th minute Sten Hård shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jim Slyngstad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Lokomotiv Såta getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Ken Brenne hit a great ball. If Sten Hård had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Jim Slyngstad managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Årås's Mathias Tufte fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 35th play minute Mathias Tufte came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jim Slyngstad. 3-0. Lokomotiv Såta's Jim Slyngstad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sten Hård in the 39th minute of play. In the 44th minute of the match, Mathias Tufte got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jim Slyngstad was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mathias Tufte was the one to do the kick off. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Jimmy Tufte sped through Lokomotiv Såta's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jim Slyngstad. Jim Slyngstad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathias Tufte in the 62nd minute of the match. Mathias Tufte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sten Hård fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jim Slyngstad having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Årås's Dan Aasberg got a free kick in the 66th minute. After 67 minutes of play, Lokomotiv Såta's Tor-Kristian Eidem made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Inge Børresen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Inge Børresen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tor-Kristian Eidem in the 70th minute of play. After 74 minutes of play, Årås's Sten Hård made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jim Slyngstad was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 77th minute, Mathias Tufte 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. After 79 minutes of play, Lokomotiv Såta's Dan Stormo made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Inge Børresen was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 85th minute, Mathias Tufte 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sten Hård in the 91st minute of play forced Lokomotiv Såta's goalkeeper Jim Slyngstad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.