Yesterday Fredrikstad´s Rami Shaban rescued his team, giving them their the first win in the Norwegian league with a 2:1 victory over Valerenga. Goalkeeper Shaban showed his class on several occassions and guaranteed his side 3 points.



Rami Shaban.

Before the game, Fredrikstad were on 12th place in the table with only 3 points from 5 games. Until the match yesterday, Fredrikstad did not manage to win one game but have drawn on 3 occassions. Opponent Valerenga were on 10th spot in the league with 5 points from 5 games.


Varelenga had the better start into the game. 2 minutes after kick-off, Varelenga was a granted a corner. Grindheim´s shot just went over the crossbar.





But it was Fredrikstad that took the lead after just 10 minutes. Mihaly Toth showed a nice individual effort and scored the first goal for Fredrikstad. 9 minutes later,Rami Shaban showed his his excellent stopper skills when he made a fantastic save after a strong long distance shot from Arason.





But Shaban was without chance when Valerenga scored the equaliser following a strong shot from dos Santos.


The first half finished 1:1.





In the 77th minute the match referee showed Valerenga´s Chain Wehle the red card for the second bookable offence. Wehle already received a first yellow card in the 69th minute.


Fredrikstad scored the match winning goal in 78 minute through Simen Brenne. Fredrikstad´s Kjetil Wæhler found Brenne with a fine pass who had no problem to hit the target. The 3 points lift Frederikstad from 12th to 10th place in the norwegian league table


10 Fredrikstad 6
11 Vålerenga 5

12 Start 5
13 Tromsø 4

14 Viking 2