Norge		USA
smdmf	Tactics	cio-523
53%	Possession	47%
36%	Play in the half	64%
12	Shots	5
2	Fouls	3
0	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
3	Offsides	5
73.1	average mark	71
formidable	Shooting	formidable
excellent	Passing	formidable
incredible	Defending	outstanding

1 minute.
Folkestad makes an instep pass. Grøtterud just manages to reach the ball first. The referee whistles for a foul Brillant is guilty of misconduct. Brillant is cautioned.

14 minute.
Lockhart wins the ball from behind. Lockhart makes a sublime pass. Johansson centers. Xander ineptly catches the ball. Skavhaug approaches the ball.
What a tremendous chance!

14 minute.
We are going to have another corner. There is a bit of a scramble inside the box. Johansson takes the corner-kick. Grøtterud plays the ball off with his head. Floyd palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers. Xander just manages to reach the ball first. Sandburg makes a sublime pass. Here comes Aas, having a little trouble catching the ball. Aas passes, it`s a high ball. Skavhaug makes a diving header. Floyd miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory. Skavhaug approaches the ball. Skavhaug shoots.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Norge - USA 1:0

16 minute.
Busch approaches the ball. Brillant just manages to reach the ball first. Brillant passes, it`s a high ball. Valentino just manages to reach the ball first. Valentino shoots. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar.
It was close.

25 minute.
Busch approaches the ball. Skavhaug cleverly intercepts the pass. Sandburg attempts to pass. Skavhaug has problems with catching the ball. Skavhaug shoots.
Missed by few inches.

26 minute.
Folkestad wins the ball from behind. Parrish wins the ball from behind. Silseth takes over possession. Parrish wins the ball from behind. Parrish takes a swing and hits it... Sørgård palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

29 minute.
Fjell ineptly catches the ball. Fjell plays the ball through. Høgås plays the ball through. Johansson just manages to reach the ball first. Johansson shoots. Floyd miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

30 minute.
Here comes Høgås, having a little trouble catching the ball. Aas attempts to pass. Here comes Johansson, having a little trouble catching the ball. Johansson takes a swing and hits it... Busch tries to claim a difficult ball. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

32 minute.
Silseth lobs the ball high into the air. Throw-in. Brillant, swiftly takes the throw-in. Wingert lobs the ball high into the air. King gets his head on it.
Missed by few inches.

45 minute.
Shump attempts to pass. Grøtterud takes over possession. Grøtterud makes a one-touch pass. Skavhaug takes over possession. Skavhaug takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Norge 38%, USA 62%.
Norge - USA 1:0

51 minute.
Aas makes a sublime pass. Johansson takes over possession. Johansson makes an instep pass. Nerdal just manages to reach the ball first. Nerdal takes a swing and hits it... Floyd palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers. Skavhaug just manages to reach the ball first. Skavhaug shoots.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Norge - USA 2:0

59 minute.
Aas passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Johansson just manages to reach the ball first. Johansson makes an instep pass. Nerdal approaches the ball. Nerdal has a fantastic effort at goal. Floyd palms the ball clear.

62 minute.
Sandburg passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Xander centers. Valentino just manages to reach the ball first. Valentino takes a swing and hits it... Sørgård hopelessly throws himself behind the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Norge - USA 2:1

63 minute.
Fjell has been injured, he will have to be substituted. Erstad comes on to the pitch.

72 minute.
Johansson attempts to pass. Erstad just manages to reach the ball first. Erstad passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Skavhaug takes over possession. Skavhaug has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

75 minute.
The linesman holds his flag up. Valentino is off-side. Kristoffersen comes on to the pitch. Skar comes on to the pitch.

84 minute.
We are going to have another corner. There is a bit of a scramble inside the box. Grøtterud takes the corner-kick. Kristoffersen approaches the ball. Kristoffersen has a fantastic effort at goal. The ball hits the post.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Norge - USA 3:1

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Norge 34%, USA 66%.
Norge - USA 3:1