Friendly in Sharjah, March 29, 1997 =================================== United Arab Emirates - Norway 1-4 (1-2) Sharjah Club Stadium Att: 1000 0-1 Tore André Flo (2) 1-1 Bakit Saad (18) 1-2 Flo (38) 1-3 Flo (66) 1-4 Ståle Solbakken (90) Referee: Yonis Hosan, UAE. Yellow card: Bakit Saad (60), Mushin Musabbah (69), UAE. Line-ups -------- United Arab Emirates (4-4-2): Muhsin Musabbah - Mohamed Rabea, Ismail Rashid, Mohamed Obaid (Hassan Suhail from 46.), Munzir Ali - Abdul Salam Jumaa, Bakit Saad, Adil Mattar (Hasan Saeed from 46.), Nasir Khamis (Zuhair Bakhit from 46.) - Adil Mohammed (Jumaa Darwish from 80.), Mohammed Omar (Adnan Altanyani from 46.) Norway (4-5-1): Frode Grodås - Henning Berg (Alf Inge Håland from 27.), Dan Eggen, Ronny Johnsen, Roger Nilsen (Ståle Solbakken from 46.) - Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Egil Østenstad from 80.), Petter Rudi, Kjetil Rekdal, Øyvind Leonhardsen (Bent Skammelsrud from 59.), Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Tore André Flo. Match report ------------ I didn't see the game myself (Easter holdiday), so this report will be short. Norway had not too much trouble against the Asian Championships finalists of last year. Especially Tore Andre Flo had a good game, scoring three excellent goals, and generally being a big threat for the UAE players. What was slightly worrying though, was the lack of defensive stability, which allowed the home team to create some decent chances of their own. Had the opposition been better, this would have been punished harder. The next game for Drillo and his players is the WC qualifier against Finland in late April. A win in that game and Norway will be one step closer to the finals in France'98.