I've made another 4 Norway 2nd Div teams tonight meaning 6 are now made and just had a 20 minute match as a little tester. Set it up as a cup. I love this game, what a match it was!
Played as Ullensaker/Kisa v Notodden. They nearly scored in the first minute but shot wide with the keeper beaten then it was scrappy but end to end at the same time with blocks and missed chances and then just before HT my keeper came out to catch a cross but collided with the defender as he was doing so and dropped the ball, their attacker shot but the keeper made a great save only for the rebound to fall for a simple tap in for them. 0-1 HT. Second half I piled on the pressure early on and hit the base of the post only for it to come back out to safety, then their keeper fumbled a shot which I followed up only to hit a defender on the line! Then they had a couple of chances that my keeper made one good save from, then they had a cross that dropped loose in the area, their striker pounced on it and hit a cracking volley inches wide. Then 5 minutes from time I won the ball of their defender and beat the keeper with the shot to equalise! Straight after that I got my midfielder through but he lacked pace and got swamped near the edge of the area. FT 1-1.
Extra time was more end to end stuff with several chances each, my closest a long range effort that flew just wide. Then I blocked a cross that looked like it was going out for a corner but made the error of standing still only for the ball to hit the corner flag giving their player a chance to cross that ended up just too long for their striker. Finally the game went to penalties and more drama. I scored the first and they missed, scored the second as did they, then I missed the third and they scored for 2-2. I got my fourth before they missed again, so it was 3-2 as I stepped up to take the fifth penalty to win it. Only to send it wide! Their fifth kick and... I saved it!
What a game.
Played as Ullensaker/Kisa v Notodden. They nearly scored in the first minute but shot wide with the keeper beaten then it was scrappy but end to end at the same time with blocks and missed chances and then just before HT my keeper came out to catch a cross but collided with the defender as he was doing so and dropped the ball, their attacker shot but the keeper made a great save only for the rebound to fall for a simple tap in for them. 0-1 HT. Second half I piled on the pressure early on and hit the base of the post only for it to come back out to safety, then their keeper fumbled a shot which I followed up only to hit a defender on the line! Then they had a couple of chances that my keeper made one good save from, then they had a cross that dropped loose in the area, their striker pounced on it and hit a cracking volley inches wide. Then 5 minutes from time I won the ball of their defender and beat the keeper with the shot to equalise! Straight after that I got my midfielder through but he lacked pace and got swamped near the edge of the area. FT 1-1.
Extra time was more end to end stuff with several chances each, my closest a long range effort that flew just wide. Then I blocked a cross that looked like it was going out for a corner but made the error of standing still only for the ball to hit the corner flag giving their player a chance to cross that ended up just too long for their striker. Finally the game went to penalties and more drama. I scored the first and they missed, scored the second as did they, then I missed the third and they scored for 2-2. I got my fourth before they missed again, so it was 3-2 as I stepped up to take the fifth penalty to win it. Only to send it wide! Their fifth kick and... I saved it!
What a game.