Bodø / Glimt sweeps even further and surpasses Odd – VG

– It is not an optimal football match for us, but it is good enough, says Bodø / Glimt manager Kjetil Knutsen, who says they want to achieve better performances but are still “brilliantly satisfied” with the result.

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

– I want to pay tribute to Bodø / Glimt. They’re in a class of their own, Odd’s captain Steffen Hagen tells Eurosport after the humiliation, and generally distributes the gold to Bodø / Glimt.

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.

– I think we are a bit imprecise with the ball, we give them all the opportunities they have and we are quite bad in pressure. It’s a bit disappointing, but it will be a great result, Saltnes tells Eurosport, and he gives his own and collective efforts “ok plus”.

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 silver in the 1977 and 2003 league. They now look completely unstoppable with a 13-point lead over 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 we are devastated, says Jan Frode Nornes to Eurosport, who is full of praise for his superiors.

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