Ham-Kam managed to seize three points in the highly important match at home against Lyn Oslo. The victory was not won by excellent play, but who cares?

The battle for survival is not about elegancy or about dancing the ball into the opponent's goal. It's about winning. And win the boys in green and white did on Sunday night.

Roman Kienast was among the starting eleven this Sunday, which he has been to rarely, many would say. He formed the attacking two together with Markus Ringberg. As Ivar Rønningen was suspended, Svein Inge Haagenrud guarded Ham-Kam's goal. Joachim Sørum also played most of the match, as central defender Knut Henry Haraldsen had to leave the pitch after only four minutes.

The match started evenly, but Lyn took took the initiative from around 20 minutes into the first half. Lyn, one of Oslo's mediocratic teams (Oslo is not excactly the locomotive of Norwegian football) had three chances to score, among them a giant possibility for Edu when he got the chance to challenge goalie Haagenrus man to man. Haagenrud, however, proved that he is a good alternative to competitor Rønningen, and brilliantly stopped the Nigerian's effort.

Ham-Kam started the second half well. After ten minutes, Kienast and Ringberg had two consecutive shots that both went wide. Ringberg's from around six metres. Five minutes later, Olawasegun Abiodun replaced Roman Kienast to gain more pace to the attack.

The last 25 minutes belonged mainly to Lyn Oslo. Many were the Kamma-fans that thought this would end in a bitter one- nill defeat.

In spite of Lyn's dominance, Kamma managed to score. Six minutes before full time, Ham-Kam's new Danish star, Morten Bertolt shot from 20 metres. The ball deflected on Markus Ringberg, leaving former Ham-Kam keeper Eddie Gustafsson helplessly eating grass. A heroic effort from the boys from Hamar secured the victory and three points.

Day 21: Tippeligaen, Sunday, 24th September 2006

HamKam - FC Lyn Oslo 1-0 (0-0)

1-0 Morten Bertolt (85)

Booked: Steve Cooreman and Morten Bertolt (Ham-Kam). Steven Lüstu and Christian Brinck (Lyn).

HamKam (4-4-2):
Svein Inge Haagenrud - Steve Cooreman, Juha Pasoja, Knut Henry Haraldsen (Joachim Sørum from 5.), Ramiro Corrales - Marius Gullerud, Morten Bertold, Jan Michaelsen, Tommy Øren (Espen Olsen from 79.) - Markus Ringberg, Roman Kienast (Oluwasegun Abiodun from60.)

Lyn (4-4-2):
Eddie Gustafsson - Rasmus Daugard, Steven Lustü, Christian Brink, Indridi Sigurdsson - Tomasz Sokolowski, Jo Tessem, Stefan Gislason, Espen Hoff - Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke, Ezekiel Bala (Bjarne K. Ingebretsen from 85.).

Av: Stig Vaagan (28.09.2006)