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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Antonio Navarro made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Tor-Egil Sollien left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Norway fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 10 minutes into the match, Norway's goal looked a bit too open when Neil Degabriele came free, but Kjell Trengereid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 11th minute, Jean Carl Mintoff hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 14 minutes into the match, Norway's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Navarro came free, but Kjell Trengereid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th minute, Tor-Egil Sollien made a precise shot to the right of Leonardo Da Vinci. Malta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 20 minutes into the match, Norway's goal looked a bit too open when Daryl Mizzi came free, but Kjell Trengereid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute, Tor-Egil Sollien hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neil Degabriele took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 21st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Kjell Trengereid. Norway's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Daryl Mizzi who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 26thth minute tested the skills of Kjell Trengereid when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Norway's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Neil Degabriele was slow to take the kick. During this time Malta's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Norway's goalie and right to Nemanja Vidic. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Norway's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 31st minute, Neil Degabriele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kjell Trengereid made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antonio Navarro in the 37th minute. Leonardo Da Vinci showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tor-Egil Sollien, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Tor-Egil Sollien notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Malta's Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo Da Vinci was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Malta's Fabian Duca got a free kick in the 45th minute. After 46 minutes of play, Norway's Emil Berntzen made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonardo Da Vinci was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

Kjell Trengereid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Lennon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Norway booed when Malta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jean Carl Mintoff didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Malta booed when Norway was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emil Berntzen didn't get a good kick on the ball. 61 minutes into the game, Emil Berntzen recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Leonardo Da Vinci. Emil Berntzen showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. Malta made a substitution. Brandon Gambin replaced Daryl Mizzi. Malta made a substitution. Jonathan Sammut replaced Antonio Navarro. Malta's Edward Saliba was substituted for Giovanni Demicoli. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Berntzen in the 66th minute of play forced Malta's goalkeeper Leonardo Da Vinci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Norway's Bjarte Paul got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute, Neil Degabriele 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. Jean Carl Mintoff hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. If Jonathan Sammut had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 79th minute Jonathan Sammut shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kjell Trengereid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonardo Da Vinci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from C.J. Cox in the 82nd minute of the match. Steinar Flo succeeded in the game's 84th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-7. 89 minutes into the game, Jonathan Sammut cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-7. Kjell Trengereid was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 92nd minute, Nils Støle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 92 minutes into the match, Norway's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Sammut came free, but Kjell Trengereid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute, Jonathan Sammut ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kjell Trengereid was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-7. Norway's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.