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The Oslo club passed the Southerners and secured their first medal since 2010.
VÅLERENGA START 4-0
INTILITY ARENA (Nettavisen): There was never any doubt as to where victory in the capital would end in the final round of the 2020 Elite Series. Vålerenga edged out a surprisingly weak Start team and secured a bronze medal, the first in ten years, after a win against Kristiansand. the club.
Vidar Örn Kjartansson, Osame Sahraoui and Odin Thiago Holm secured an easy victory for Vålerenga.
The result also means that Start must take the hard road to the Obos league after just one season in the Elite Series. Mjøndalen had three points at home against Aalesund and will qualify against Sogndal this Christmas.
– It’s terribly heavy. Without a doubt the worst thing that I have been involved in football in my life, says Joey Hardarson to Nettavisen after the game.
He was almost speechless after the descent was a fact. Especially in the first round, Start was played.
– I try to explain that. It’s incomprehensible that we can be so awkward in the opening. I have to process it a bit, it’s hard to put it into words right now, he continues.
The start was down 3-0 at halftime. At the same time, Mjøndalen led with the same numbers in his match against Aalesund. So it was a difficult trip to the break for the start camp.
– Did you imagine that scenario in your worst nightmare?
– Not at all. The fight starts in the worst possible way. We were prepared that Mjøndalen would win his match, but that is not the case. It was horrible to think about. All the fans and people of the club that we have disappointed today, says Hardarson.
– I have not looked at anything similar
Vålerenga started the best settlement at home, on his own land. As fans outside the stadium set off fireworks, the Oslo team launched two dangerous attacks led by Osame Sahraoui. Both times, Aron Dønnum failed to come to an end.
The departure had been warned early, but after five minutes they were sanctioned. A beautiful play by Ivan Näsberg landed perfectly at the feet of Sahraoui, who had played very well. The little coach passed Eirik Wichne and punctured the ball on the foot of Vidar Örn Kjartansson, who had run free inside the area.
The Icelander hit the first touch and sent the ball aside for Jonas Deumeland.
Before the quarters passed, things took a turn for the worse for the guests battling for qualification place against Mjøndalen.
A post from Henrik Bjørdal shot across the field and landed on Sahraoui’s legs. The winger returned the ball through Wichne and arced over Deumeland before rolling into the net.
At the same time, messages surfaced that Mjøndalen had also led 2-0 in their match. Therefore, Start was suddenly below the direct descent line.
– Worst possible first 20 minutes, Asbjørn Myhre commented on Eurosport.
In the studio an almost shocked Bernt Hulsker sat down and witnessed his two previous clubs.
– Start seems completely listless. They stand, look at each other, and seem completely capitulated. What’s it for? It is such a simple defensive game. I have not seen anything like it. It’s about jobs, your future and everything, so this is what you deliver, Hulsker enraged.
Sahraoui show
The little wizard was by no means finished for the day. After 30 minutes, he stepped onto the field and folded the ball in a wonderful way in the far corner behind a beaten Deumeland.
– He also has it in the toolbox, Myhre said impressed.
The start came to his first chance in the match a few minutes later, but Kristoffer Klaesson was awake and stopped the attempt from close range.
Bjørdal could increase the lead another five minutes before the break. The 20-meter shot went a bit more.
In the TV2 studio sat former Start player and current expert Jesper Mathisen. Nor did he believe what he saw.
– For a poor group. For a group without players with a touch of morale. They come out and are pissed off at the biggest game this year. After the first 20 minutes, it was suddenly Mjøndalen who was ready for qualifying. Unreal! He hissed.
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Vålerenga controlled the lead until the break.
– Absolutely miserable. We were horrible in every way possible, Wichne said during the break.
– It’s absolutely horrible, summed up starting coach Joey Hardarsson.
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The guests had no choice but to try harder after the break. Hardarsson’s men were forced to score to keep hope for the Elite Series alive.
Klaesson had to go full in in the 54th minute with a long-range header.
Vålerenga wasn’t as dominant in the second half, but with the exception of the first quarter after the break, Start struggled to produce chances.
Henrik Robstad had an adventurous opportunity with a quarter of an hour to play. The short-range shot knocked him down with a full volley.
Soon after, Sam Adekugbe had a golden opportunity after some great preparation by the course director, Sahraoui. Deumeland stopped the shot to the corner.
Then it was Matthias Vilhaljmsson’s turn to burn off a great chance after a pass from Adekugbe.
In the 85th minute, substitute Odin Thiago Holm cleared all doubts when he rose to 4-0 after a return from Start’s goalkeeper.
– It means a final goodbye to Start in the Eliteserien, Myhre concluded.
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