The match served to show how big the
difference is between the top and the bottom of the Norwegian Topserrien League.
Team Strømmen outplayed Fortuna Ulusund completely, and should have had more
than 5 goals. Dekkerhus admits that "We
should have had 3 or 4 more. We did tend to hold on to the ball too long, and so
we missed many great opportunities."
Coach Jansson is proud of the youngsters
in the team. "Dekkerhus is up and coming and really one of our future players.
She will be amazing. He was also pleased about many other things yesterday.
In addition to his starting team, which
played a 4-4-2 formation, he has Nasra Abdullah on the bench, together with Lene
Storløkken who has a minor injury. Then, he has good depth in reserve Ingrid Moe
Wold, and the newly signed Ingrid Wang Anderssen.
For this match. Janssen moved Rhian
Wilkinson into the midfield from defence, and the effect was telling: The
midfield was brilliant. In fact, Wilkinson started the scoring after only 78
seconds, when she pounced on a back pass and beat the keeper.
After this, Ida Elise Enget scored, then
Marita Skammelsrud Lund and Una Nwajei. At half time Team Strommen led by 4
goals to 0.
In the second half, Team Strommen
created many more scoring opportunities, but they were only able to score once
from Una Nwajei who scored a second goal off the goalpost. . Unfortunately, she
also missed a penalty shot.
For Fortuna to win this game would have
required a soccer miracle.
Team Strommen played (4-4-2): Maria Yatrakis Marita
(goalkeeper) Grove, Annex M.
Stenstvedt (Eli Guldbrandsen at 72
mine), Hilde His
(Marit Sand at
45 mine), Connie Johannson Cathrine
Covers, Mari Gnarled (Nasra
Abdullah at 72
mine), Diana Matheson, Rhian Wilkinson Una Nwajei, Ida
Elision Angel.