U23 World League

STIL Arena
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Are Haaland started the match with the kick off. After 7 minutes, Wit Brudnicki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rybina SA and the Skytta Toppidrettslag players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rybina SA's Loris Hajs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Are Haaland in the 15th minute of play. Ole Haugum received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Loris Hajs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ryszard Skoroda recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Are Haaland's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Loris Hajs read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. Martin Norheim hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Jerzy Mockiewicz kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Øyvind Fadnes, 24 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. When Jakub Lichniak fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rybina SA's protests and gave Jakub Lichniak a yellow card for diving instead. Jakub Lichniak kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Michal Sowa kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Are Haaland recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rybina SA were furious when Ignacy Danisiewicz was red carded, 36 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 38th match minute, Skytta Toppidrettslag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Torgeir Klepp to maneuver through the defense. After 42 played minutes Rybina SA got a freekick which was hit by Marian Majewski. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Bogdan Bartochowski made the kick off in the second half. Loris Hajs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Are Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Rybina SA's Loris Hajs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Are Haaland in the 64th minute of play. Are Haaland kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. After 69 minutes of play, Skytta Toppidrettslag's Are Haaland made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Loris Hajs was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 75thth minute of the game Are Haaland who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rybina SA's Loris Hajs was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Are Haaland in the 79th minute of play forced Rybina SA's goalkeeper Loris Hajs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Loris Hajs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Torgeir Klepp in the 80th minute of the match. In the 81st minute of the match Thor Elden shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Loris Hajs showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Loris Hajs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ole Haugum in the 83rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Are Haaland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Loris Hajs was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Rybina SA's Loris Hajs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Torgeir Klepp in the 87th minute of play. Loris Hajs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Are Haaland in the 89th minute of the match. Ole Haugum fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Loris Hajs having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, Are Haaland notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Rybina SA's Loris Hajs. Loris Hajs was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 96 minutes into the match, Are Haaland had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Loris Hajs. Rybina SA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Are Haaland was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0.