Stavanger IF 2 Havorn 6

Norwegian Fourth Division, Rogaland Two - Friday 17th October 2014

My first game of this current Norwegian Tour started at SIF Stadion, home of Stavanger IF who took on local side Havord, who come from Tananger, a suburb of Stavanger.  The home side have struggled this season and had the worst defensive record in the league with 84 goals conceded in 21 games played.  Havorn sat 4th after a more than solid season so an away win looked likely.  It took the visitors only 4 minutes to break the deadlock when a long throw was laid back to Andreas Dale who smashed the ball past the keeper.  They could of been three up inside ten minutes as they squandered further chances to score.  On 24 minutes Havorn's keeper had to leave the field after an earlier collision with a Stavanger forward so one of the outfield players had to don the gloves for the remainder of the game.  On 28 minutes Havorn doubled their lead when a cross into the box was chested down by Sander Nilsen before he smacked the ball past the keeper for 0-2.  Stavanger hadn't created anything of note, that was until the half hour when they ran through and scored to reduce the deficit, which was a surprise as they hadn't been in the game at all.  The away side should have been out of sight in all honesty but were wasteful in front of goal.  However the second half saw Stavanger on the front foot as Havorn failed to get going and on 52 minutes the home side levelled from the penalty spot after a foul inside the box and they so nearly took the lead four minutes later when a free kick from 40 odd yards out rattled the goal frame with the keeper totally beaten.  After this though Havorn took the lead on 58 minutes with their first attack of the second half when a long throw was flicked across goal by the defence allowing Ole Andre Myklebust to head home from inside the six yard box to make it 2-3.  Havord made it 2-4 four minutes later when a breakaway found Ole Andre Myklebust through on goal and he composed himself before firing past the keeper.  Havorn was dominant again and made it 2-5 on 68 minutes when a good move resulted with the ball being cut back to Ole Andre Myklebust who knocked past the keeper for his hat trick and then with five minutes to go the scoring was complete when the keeper tried to dribble the ball out of his box before losing it to Ole Andre Myklebust who had the simple job of slotting home into an empty net for his fourth of the game.  So an easy win for Havorn in the end in an enjoyable game to watch.