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Rausandakslen Stadiu
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Markus Almaas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sturle Heyerdahl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Audun Øiestad, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 7 minutes into the match, Rausandakslen FF's goal looked a bit too open when Ken Hagen came free, but Sturle Heyerdahl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Markus Almaas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arnt Petterson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 20 minutes into the match, Rausandakslen FF's goal looked a bit too open when Audun Øiestad came free, but Sturle Heyerdahl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnt Petterson in the 31st minute of play forced Rausandakslen FF's goalkeeper Sturle Heyerdahl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Rausandakslen FF's Sondre Stokland sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Øyvind Sjo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, Riksem's goal looked a bit too open when Markus Almaas came free, but Øyvind Sjo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Alexander Melbye had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 41st minute, Markus Almaas 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. Sturle Heyerdahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Moland in the 44th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Audun Øiestad made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Rausandakslen FF getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Sondre Stokland hit a great ball. Alexander Melbye kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. When Markus Almaas came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Rausandakslen FF 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 Markus Almaas couldn't finish the play. Torgeir Tidemann, 72 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 75 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Rausandakslen FF's Markus Almaas fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Øyvind Sjo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Markus Almaas's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Jonathan Moland's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Sturle Heyerdahl firmly grabbed it by the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Riksem's Børge Krosby slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sturle Heyerdahl. That made the score 1-1 after 82 minutes of play. Sturle Heyerdahl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Audun Øiestad in the 86th minute of play. Øyvind Sjo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Markus Almaas's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Sturle Heyerdahl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Børge Krosby in the 89th minute of play. After 91 played minutes Riksem got a freekick which was hit by Thor Aspelund. Rausandakslen FF were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after Riksem's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Markus Almaas took the corner. Markus Almaas made a great header on Rausandakslen FF's corner, it was just that Riksem's Øyvind Sjo managed to reach the ball for a save. The Riksem players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Rausandakslen FF from taking control. The game ends in a draw.