Vålerenga saved home stats – Fagermo gives Molde silver – VG

After happy corner chaos in extra time, where Sarpsborg goalkeeper David Mitov Nilsson fumbled the ball, Magnar Ødegård was unable to kick it, Vålerenga’s super hometown midfielder shot through teammate Felix Horn Myhre.

Apparently, it will be the latter who gets the credit, even though Näsberg was in the hundreds and celebrated as his own, with cheers and “Ronaldo jumps”. Despite the fact that a point against Sarpsborg did not go through the roof by when Vålerenga could really get an Advent hatch for Rosenborg in the battle for the top three places behind league champion Glimt.

– Molde takes the silver now. It will be difficult to catch up, Dag-Eilev Fagermo tells VG after Sunday’s games.

Had to settle for a point, Rosenborg was defeated by a fight at Bodø and Molde won against Haugesund. Behind Vålerenga, Kristiansund and Odd are also registered. But Vålerenga has the Trøndelag team in what could be a “bronze final” at Intility next weekend.

– It will mean a lot to both the club and me to take the medal. Bringing Vålerenga to the top as early as the first season, describes Fagermo.

It’s easy to point to local stats (8-5-0) as the reason. The coach mentions an addition:

– Morale is very good, and one of the main reasons why we are where we are at the table. The work ethic and drive have seen us come back several times this year when we got off to a bad start, believes Fagermo.

Indeed, Aron Dønnum could have given Vålerenga also 2-1 even later in extra time, but the whistle from the side was stopped by Mitov Nilsson. The return put Bård Finne in goal, but the Bergen native was correctly deflected offside.

Sarpsborg coach Mikael Stahre has plenty of midfielders and no strikers, but when a passing troika sat down between Tobias Heintz, Sulayman Bojang and Ole Jørgen Halvorsen, the latter sneaking towards the near post disguised as a pure goalkeeper blood, there was no one in Sarpsborg. that the attackers failed.

Halvorsen pushed 1-0 over the line, and who scored the first goal in this field on opening day in autumn 2017, had done it again, while Vålerenga was down 0-1 at Intility for the first time. time since August 22.

They stayed that way until overtime. Dag-Eilev Fagermo’s team struggled for a long time to play through Sarpsborg.

Nicolai Næss and Jordan Adéoti in midfield created an additional shield in midfield, Vidar Örn Kjartansson was as cold as the temperature in east Oslo, Vålerenga’s players changed positions but did not arrive and the first half was a break without one of the best home teams in the series having created a real scoring opportunity.

– We can’t break the 5-4-1 formation. Stationary and low-paced, says Fagermo.

That changed immediately in the second half when Ivan Näsberg started hitting with plays. The Vålerenga defender put substitute Bård Finne to work quickly, Finne found Aron Dønnum in front of the goal, and when the ball landed with his right foot on the VIF wing with his left foot, it was a little mystery that Dønnum will hit the post and not the net.

– We play in the middle in the second half. We burned four, five big opportunities, so it’s inefficiency that does it, explains Dag-Eilev Fagermo to Eurosport.

Kjartansson let go a bit more in the second half and had two attempts with his left leg, but fired over and out respectively. Substitute Matthías Vilhjalmsson also lunged forward on a return and got his chance, but the ball went straight to David Mitov Nilsson in Sarpsborg’s goal.

In the end, Ivan Näsberg managed to discuss the draw in the company of Felix Horn Myhre.

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