National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jonas Jurgi kicked off to start the match. Bjarte Flem acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 5th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Mauricio Chabier. Christian Akselsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Cresencio having to interfere. Bjarte Flem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonas Jurgi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonas Jurgi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bjarte Flem didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jonas Jurgi went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. With an all-out effort, Argentina's Bjarte Flem threw himself towards the right post 26 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jonas Jurgi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Jurgi in the 30th minute of play forced Norway's goalkeeper Bjarte Flem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute, Valentin Goyo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Christian Akselsen made the kick off in the second half. Jonas Jurgi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bjarte Flem read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Jonas Jurgi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bjarte Flem. Norway's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonas Jurgi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. A collision led to Norway getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Eric Sørgård hit a great ball. Argentina made a substitution. Aldo Vimaro replaced Erasmo Servando. Norway made a substitution. Christian Kvernmo replaced Christian Akselsen. Norway made a substitution. Steffen Eskedal replaced Eric Sørgård. The supporters of Argentina booed when Norway was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eric Sørgård didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 73rd match minute, Argentina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ariel Ostots to maneuver through the defense. Paul Gascoigne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Roberto Cresencio made a huge save. Bjarte Flem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvestre Elorri in the 76th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Kvernmo came free, but Roberto Cresencio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mauricio Chabier made in the 83rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Norway's Christian Tronrud. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Kvernmo in the 87th minute of play forced Argentina's goalkeeper Roberto Cresencio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Norway defense, Silvestre Elorri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bjarte Flem. The Norway fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bjarte Flem should have stopped the shot. Humberto Palban scored 4-0 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bjarte Flem, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 95 minutes into the match, Aldo Vimaro notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Norway's Bjarte Flem. Bjarte Flem was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Norway's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.