Former Socceroo Kasey Wehrman continued his form resurgence with a goal as Fredrikstad FK drew 2-2 with Bodo/Glimt on Sunday in the Norwegian Tippeligaen.Wehrman had been out of favour at Fredrikstad earlier this season but has started the club's last two league matches helping them collect four points from a possible six to move away from the drop zone.
The former Perth Glory man stepped up to convert a penalty on 38 minutes after Bodo/Glimt had gone ahead through Mounir Hamoud.
Anders Agnes Konradsen restored Bodo/Glimt's lead just prior to the break, before FFK's Costa Rican international Celso Borges scored a deserved equaliser with less than a quarter of an hour to go after Fredrikstad had dominated the game with the visitors defending deep.
Wehrman admitted to FFK-TV after the game that it was good to be back in favour, saying: "It's great to be back in the side."
The 31-year-old Australian, who was played in a number of roles for FFK early in the season, added: "Midfield is my best, so that's where I want to play."
The 2-2 draw leaves Fredrikstad still in danger down in 11th spot in the Tippeligaen, but having finished second in the league last season, Wehrman believes FFK can turn around their slow start to 2009.
"This year we've had a lot of teams sit back on us and play deep on the field and that's normally what we'd do to teams. Sit back a little bit further, take the pressure with a good defence and then play counter-attacking football," he said.
"And teams are doing that against us now and it's just experience but we're going to get there sooner or later against these teams and start working out that getting the ball wide and getting more crosses in the box is probably the key to stretching them."
Elsewhere on Sunday in the Tippeligaen, Socceroo Shane Stefanutto started and played 80 minutes for FC Lyn Oslo as they crashed to a 4-0 loss at second-placed Molde FK. Lyn are currently bottom of the Tippeligaen with just one league victory this season.
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