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STAVANGER (VG) (Viking – Vålerenga 2–2) Vålerenga was on track to secure a place in the European Cup, but Veton Berisha and Zymer Bytyqi wanted it differently.
– I think it’s sloppy. The two goals we let in … It’s annoying! I should have scored one more in the first one as well. Then we could have won. It feels like a loss at the moment, but we have to carry a point with us, Aron Dønnum tells Eurosport.
Rosenborg beat Mjøndalen 1-0 after scoring five minutes into extra time, and Odd could theoretically take third place away from Vålerenga.
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– It was a very, very important point. Unfortunately, they drive us with 20 minutes left. We played a game not long ago against Rosenborg on Monday. Viking has been off since Sunday, half the team has rested against Sandefjord and has healthy legs. That’s why they re-enter the game in the last 20 minutes, and I was afraid of that. Vålerenga coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo tells Eurosport.
– We haven’t lost since Einar Gerhardsen was prime minister so we should be happy with that, Fagermo joked about the team now having five wins and five draws in their last ten games.
Vålerenga plays at home against Start in the final round of the series.
Ten minutes before the end, Vålerenga led 2-0 after two goals from Dønnum, but Viking did not want Bjarne Berntsen to end his last home game as head coach with a loss.
First, Berisha surprised with a free kick from Bytyqi, before the latter was scored two minutes before the end.
Thus, Vålerenga scored two important points, in pursuit of his first medal since 2010. Rosenborg is four points behind, with one game less played. Kristiansund follows another point behind, also those who have a less played game.
When a relatively even first half arrived at SR-Bank Arena towards the end, Aron Dønnum wanted it differently. In the last second of the round, Matthias Vilhjalmsson played it and put the ball between the legs of Iven Austbø.
Immediately after the break, the same man doubled the lead. The Viking defense fell back and fell back, and then Dønnum placed the ball in the far corner.
Vålerenga seemed to have good control of the settlement, but eight minutes before the end, Viking created a new tension in the match.
The home team took a free kick in good position and Bytyqi doubled the ball over the wall. In front of the goal, it might look like Veton Berisha got a bunt on the ball, before he went into the net behind Kristoffer Klaesson.
Viking pushed for the tie, and two minutes before the end, Bytyqi made sure each team took a point.
– We are happy to come back and get a point, but it is stupid that we do not get three points and do a better first half. It is disappointing that now, and against Sandefjord, we have a poor first half, sums up Veton Berisha to Eurosport.
– I think it’s strong that we get up. The players show good morale and work all the time, Viking coach Bjarne Berntsen tells VG.
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