Friendly in Oslo, August 19, 1998
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Norge - Romania 0-0
Ullevaal stadion
Att: 8909
Referee: Kenny Clark, Scotland.
Yellow card: Adrian Ilie (85), Romania.

Line-ups
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  Norway (4-5-1): Frode Grodås - Vegard Heggem, Ronny Johnsen, Erik
Hoftun, Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Håvard Flo (Jostein Flo from 46.),
Roar Strand (Petter Rudi from 58.), Kjetil Rekdal (Øyvind
Leonhardsen from 83.), Ståle Solbakken, Ole Gunnar Solskjær
(Harald Brattbakk from 68.) - Tore André Flo.

  Romania (4-3-3): Bogdan Stelea - Gheorghe Popescu - Dan
Petrescu, Florin Batranu, Iulian Filipescu - Constantin Galca
(Ioan Lupescu from 48.), Catalin Munteanu (Dennis Serban from 76.),
Dorinel Munteanu - Florentin Petre (Ioan Ovidiu Sabau from 49.),
Viorel Moldovan, Adrian Ilie.


Match report
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This game was new national team coach Nils Johan Semb's first match
in charge for Norway. Unfortunately, it will not go down as a classic
in the history books, as friendlies rarely do these days.

The scoreline was quite just, as both teams had their chances.
For Romania, Moldovan should have scored in the first half from 5 metres,
but Grodås made a splendid save. For Norway, Flo had four good chances
to score but either shot straight at the keeper, or wide. 

Of the players, newcomer Heggem at right back showed some spirited 
offensive play, and proved that Norway could add a new dimension to
their play with his inclusion. Elsewhere, Grodås continued to play
convincing in goal, whereas for the rest of the players, all worked
hard, but the final effort was not put into this game, which perhaps
is understandable.

Next game for Norway is the EC qualifying game against Latvia at Ullevaal
on September 9. Hopefully, both the play, the crowd and the outcome will be 
better that night.