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Spectators: 9190 (Terracing: 6894, Seating: 2113, VIP seats: 183) An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoffer Hernes in the 3rd minute of play forced NTA19's goalkeeper Jan-Frode Aarseth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rune Grøndalen might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Harald Hopp. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rune Grøndalen ran back to his position shaking his head. Harald Hopp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rune Grøndalen, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Jan-Frode Aarseth stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jonathan Løvland's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. In the 7th minute Bakarvågen were awarded a corner. Henning Jahr went to the cornerflag to take it. 8 minutes into the match, Bakarvågen's Jonathan Løvland sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jan-Frode Aarseth narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jonathan Løvland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Jan-Frode Aarseth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th match minute, NTA19 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olof Leknes to maneuver through the defense. 21 minutes into the match, NTA19's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Løvland came free, but Jan-Frode Aarseth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 22nd minute of the game was made by Mathias Brynildsen with Henning Jahr as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 25 minutes in the game Mathias Brynildsen did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Henning Jahr. After 30 played minutes NTA19 got a freekick which was hit by Jan-Kenneth Frøystad. The audience was convinced that Jonathan Løvland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan-Frode Aarseth was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Jan-Frode Aarseth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Herman Ramsdal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Bakarvågen's goalkeeper Harald Hopp had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rune Grøndalen. Harald Hopp made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Rune Grøndalen sent off a good shot on target. In the 42nd minute Christoffer Hernes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan-Frode Aarseth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute, Christoffer Hernes 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 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jonathan Løvland was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, NTA19's Martin Landro got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 65th match minute, NTA19 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rune Tronstad to maneuver through the defense. When Per-Kristian Utvik came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Bakarvågen 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 Per-Kristian Utvik couldn't finish the play. Jan-Frode Aarseth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Løvland, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Christoffer Hernes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan-Frode Aarseth having to interfere. Rune Grøndalen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Harald Hopp read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. NTA19's Jan-Frode Aarseth proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save NTA19 from getting a goal against them. 75 minutes into the game, Per-Kristian Utvik was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bakarvågen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave NTA19 the free kick. Per-Kristian Utvik hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Harald Hopp made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rune Grøndalen in the 77th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Bakarvågen's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Grøndalen came free, but Harald Hopp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Bakarvågen's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Tronstad came free, but Harald Hopp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Bakarvågen defense, Rune Tronstad kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Harald Hopp. The Bakarvågen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Harald Hopp should have stopped the shot. Martin Landro's late challenge caught a Bakarvågen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Martin Landro helped the player get up and apologised. In the 93rd minute, Martin Landro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bakarvågen's Henning Jahr took a good shot, in the 94th minute, which hit the crossbar above Jan-Frode Aarseth's head, and flew over the goal. NTA19's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Bakarvågen. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. NTA19 were victorious despite being under pressure from Bakarvågen for much of the match.