Bodø / Glimt beat Odd, now chasing records – VG

Odd tried his luck in what was billed as a top match, but had a blast in Aspmyra on Sunday night. Reigning league champion Molde, in second place, is 13 points behind. And now it smells like unstoppable Glimpses records.

The closest are these: * Record points (30 games) Molde with 71 points (2014). * Most wins (30 games) Molde with 22 (2014.) * Fewer losses (30 games) RBK zero (2010). * Most goals (30 games) RBK 73 (2015).

– We want to be an offensive team, and it would have been fun to set some records. But I don’t want to focus on that now. But, after the season, it would have been nice to talk about it, says Kjetil Knutsen.

After the goal game against Odd, Glimt has 62 goals. There are 11 behind the “RBK way” with 13 games to play. The points record for Molde should also be within reach. Undefeated Glimt has 47 points. There are “only” 13 even the best Molde listing.

Knutsen didn’t like the way Glimt started the match. They put one in the middle of the carpentry (0-1) before the first minute was played. But then the machinery worked smoothly.

– Is very pretty. We find ourselves with the second best team after Molde. That we beat Odd 6-1 is formidable. But the way we have to keep working is to think as little as possible of others and rather to develop the team, says Kjetil Knutsen.

The 6-1 is a copy of the wins over Haugesund and Aalesund earlier this year. Only Start has felt worse at 6-0.

However, it started horribly for Glimt with clumsy defensive play and setbacks before the minute was played. Kasper Lunding swept the ball behind Nikita Haikin. Strange with six wins in the last seven games and no starting lineup change in seven straight league games, he probably thought they would be the one to inflict Bodø / Glimt’s first loss of the year.

He came up with the idea. Instead, Skien’s team received a lesson in attacking soccer. Besides making ugly mistakes. Goalkeeper Sondre Rossbach conceded the equalizer after a Philip Zinckernagel corner kick. Then Steffen Hagen dropped Zinckernagel into the area. The penalty was fulfilled by Jens Petter Hauge at 2-1.

3-1 was a masterpiece. Speed, precision and goal in cash. Zinckernagel played Hauge. He found Ulrik Saltnes inside in front of the goal.

– It was good to be back. I could stay here with 14 and 15 league goals. But it will work. At least now it looks great in terms of gold series. It takes a lot before rotating it, says Jens Petter Hauge.

The reason for the second penalty was that Espen Ruud cut Victor Boniface. But Hauge missed the 11-meter mark, and also on the return, which should have yielded another goal.

But the top scorer in trendy pink soccer shoes and headbands got it right again. Two minutes before the break, Hauge tossed the ball into the long corner to Rossbach to 4-1. A true gem. And his 13th goal of the season. Only Amahl Pellegrino (Kristiansund) is better with 17 hits.

There was a gale and rain in Bodø on Sunday night. But Glimt’s party football was hot. Poor Odd knew the power and efficiency of the Northerners heading for a historic gold in the series. Glimt holds the league silver from 1977, 1993, 2003 and 2019. They now look completely unstoppable with a solid lead against current league champion Molde in second place.

Glimt seemed, if possible, even more cohesive offensively after the break. Now with Victor Boniface in the lead role as midfielder (Kaper Junker injured). He swept 5-1 off a Zinckernagel free kick. He then played with Saltnes, who threw the ball into goal on the inside with the post root to 6-1.

– Today we received a soccer lesson. Today they tear us apart, Jan Frode Nornes tells Eurosport.

Mushaga Bakenga thought there was a lot of praise for Glimt before the settlement. He still defends the statement.

– The glimpses are good, but the opponents have too much respect for them. We lost our minds at the beginning of the game. But in any case, I am concerned that one should not praise the opponent too much, Bakenga tells VG.

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