View game: HT Live
Date: 16/03/2005 at 17.30
MatchID: 38150449
Arena: Het Kippenhok
Crowd: 1686
At Het Kippenhok, 1686 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came. The match took place on neutral ground. Wartham tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Gray - Edwards, Matthews, Budd - Pelgrims, Crook, Moulin, Laporte - Hammond, Kneale, Rowan.
Krampekameratene started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Risfeldt - Wik, Larsen, Eikenes - Henriksen, Støa, Lautraite, Borre, Jacobsen - Bjørnsen, Giralte.
Wartham seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Krampekameratene took the lead in the games 6:th minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Casper Wik was the scorer. The away team´s Oséias Giralte took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 7:th minute increasing Krampekameratene´s lead to 0 - 2. In the 20th minute, following yet another great corner, Nicolae Laporte knocked the ball to the limit of Jon Edwards's reach, who just couldn't put it in the net. Krampekameratene came close to extending their lead as Jarl Støa delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. Alec Matthews sailed high, high above the opponents as he headed the 1-2 in after a corner kick after 25 minutes of play. Wartham's Robert Pelgrims got himself booked after a foul. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 2. This part of the game had been a standoff between the teams.
After 63 minutes of play Paul Hammond equalised for Wartham after an elegant attack from the right. Krampekameratene took the lead in the games 82nd minute with 2 - 3 after some elegant plays down the middle. Glenn Eikenes was the scorer. Krampekameratene came close to extending their lead as John Bjørnsen delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. In the 86th minute, Wartham's Jon Edwards received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After a fatal mistake from the away teams right side defense in the 86:th minute, an alert Paul Hammond bagged the ball, evening the score to 3 - 3. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Wartham, with an impressive 54 percent possession of the ball.
After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of overtime followed. In the 97:th minute cheers broke out as Nicolae Laporte found his way through the guests central defense line, clipping the 4 - 3 goal in for Wartham. This put an end to extra time, making Wartham the winners. The most dominating Wartham player was without a doubt Robert Pelgrims. Alec Matthews on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Krampekameratene player was Magnus Risfeldt. Lars Borre on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.
