My final game of my Scandanavian tour for July/August 2016 was at Lassa gress, Stavanger, for a Norsk third tier match between Vidar and Forde.
I saw Forde a couple of weekend's ago at bottom side Sola and they were on the end of a 4-1 beating that day and with the pitch being sodden and slippery and the weather not ideal it sure had the feeling of a game that could yield afew goals.
But what was to come could not have been predicted. Forde were completely over run in the opening twelve minutes and found themselves three goals down. Firstly on six minutes Ingvald Halygunset rifled a shot in with his left foot from the right side of the penalty area, deceiving the keeper at his near post, before it was two for the hosts on ten minutes when after the visitors had blocked three efforts at goal the fourth saw Rogvi Baldvinsson smash home via the keepers hand from ten yards or so.
And when the hosts were awarded a penalty just two minutes later for a foul and Eirik Jakobsen converted the spot kick, you could of been forgiven for thinking that Vidar would run away with this one. Well think again, because the next twelve minutes saw the visitors amazingly draw level in the contest.
Firstly just past the quarter hour mark Vetle Rygh stretched out a leg to convert a corner kick at the back post to make it 3-1 and then five minutes after this Thor Jorgen Spurkeland converted from a yard out and suddenly it was 3-2 and then remarkably it was 3-3 on 24 minutes when the visitors were awarded their own penalty and saw Kristoffer Haaland Iversen convert.
Amazingly that wasn't the end of the scoring in the first half hour as the hosts managed to edge themselves back in front again when Jakobsen glanced a header home and then on 31 minutes came the eighth goal of a crazy half hour when the hosts made it 5-3 as Daniel Berntsen powered home a close range header from another set play and this crazy half ended with the hosts 5-3 ahead. Unbelievable.
The second period saw Forde actually have the better of the play and push the hosts back in the first ten minutes or so of the second half. However the visiting coach was then sent from the bench for having one to many things to say to the referee, and then moments later the ball burst after being in the middle of a rather strong tackle. It was all happening!!!!
And then just past the hour mark the visitors made it 5-4 when a cross from the left from Carl Joakim Kvist deceived the hosts keeper and thumped in off the inside of the far post and it really was anyone's guess which way this game would turn next.
It so nearly went 5-5 as well as the visitors burst through but the host keeper tipped the effort onto the outside of the post and saw the home side breathe a sigh of relief. Vidar themselves then went close a coupld of times as they tried to add a sixth and clinching goal but it was the visitors who were pressing for a leveller.
In the five minutes of stoppage time that followed the end of the game Vidar saw Jakobsen hit the frame of the goal and then saw the hosts just about keep out the Forde attacking line as they clung onto a 5-4 win. What a game and what a way for me to finish my tour, wonderful.
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