– Proud than disappointed – VG

Then Glimt’s eight league goals gave strong midfielder Ulrik Saltnes a mega shot at the San Siro. Brønnøysund’s inside runner arrived in a situation that used to be perfect for him in front of the opponent’s goal after excellent preparation from Jens Petter Hauge. In position 3-2 against Milan and 91 minutes and 35 seconds were played – and Sandnes flew the ball.

So The Norwegian league leader came close to the extra rounds against the giant club, which have not lost a football match after the crown break in March.

I pat him on the shoulder, and he’s definitely thinking about that tonight. But we stick together when we win and we stick together when we lose. That’s life, says Bodø / Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen of Saltnes and the mega-foul in extra time.

– He will be talked about forever. That is soccer. But it will cope excellently, reports Glimt legend Runar Berg to VG.

– I am more proud than disappointed, continues Coach Knutsen about the near-achievement in northern Italy.

The coach got off to a dream start in the mighty arena. Milan were unable to borrow the ball for the first two minutes, Fredrik Bjørkan dribbled gracefully under pressure in his own half and Bodø / Glimt looked exactly as he knows them.

After the quarter, the silence at the San Siro was broken by a roar from northern Norway and accompanied by a loud gasp from the press box. Then the yellow jerseys made Milan look like an ordinary league elite team, Hauge performed a cross feint and passed Franck Kessie playfully with ease, and in front of the goal, the injured turner Kasper Junker understood what was happening and He was released.

A strong pass on the pitch went to the Dane, who put the ball into the goal behind Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The intoxication of joy from handling the shock was short-lived. Hakan Çalhanoğlu has one of the most feared shooting legs in Europe and he showed why when he parried two Glimt players in the same move and nailed the ball into goal behind a brilliant Nikita Haikin.

– We enter the fight with the correct ignition, the correct self-confidence. Then something happens when we get 1-0 in the first half. So we get a little passive. There are two things that I experience as problems: it is that the midfielders are given too much time and that the left back is given too much space. When it comes 1-1 and 2-1, I don’t think we will be with the same pressure and clarity in the offensive game, analyzes Bodø / Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen.

From Çalhanoğlu’s cannonball to 1-1, the Italians took over the game. Norwegian league leaders struggled to make their dreaded press game against Milan work, the home team was calm on the ball and found alternatives even as the attacking trio of Bodø / Glimt tried to push hard.

Çalhanoğlu showed his class again when he threw a post at a completely unmarked Lorenzo Colombo, who had a chance to reach the top in the absence of the crown-sick Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The Turk continued on the same track just after the break. The man with the shooting leg gave a subtle signal to cornerback Samu Castillejo that he was lying and sneaking out of the penalty area.

The winger crossed the ball with a prone mid-ankle kick, which Çalhanoğlu handled safely in the goal from 16 meters.

– The best player I’ve ever met, describes Patrick Berg about the two-goal scorer after the game.

However, it was not only the Turk who proved he can shoot. Jens Petter Hauge has been a sought-after man in Europe, and it’s probably not questionable whether his price rose by another few million at the San Siro on Thursday night.

The first assist was beautiful, the 3-2 reduction was even more beautiful if possible. Hauge received the ball inside the center and hammered from about 20 meters. The ball clears from defender Gianluigi Donnarumma’s boot.

– When he came in, I thought “now we win this,” Hauge reports after the match.

The television producer found his way into the second in a three-generation series of Maldini, the Italian equivalent of the Berg family, Paolo Maldini.

The Milan legend then saw Philip Zinckernagel move freely and strike from an angle. The ball whizzed past the crossbar, inches from Bodø / Glimt’s equalizer.

Then the hosts put a ball into the net, but the flag was raised. On one occasion, Brede Moe also had to dive to save a ball at the goal line.

However, Bodø / Glimt was full and seemed to play on their self-confidence throughout the settlement. Jens Petter Hauge came on as inside running back when Ola Solbakken replaced right-back Alfons Sampsted.

Hauge made a beautiful forward pass to Solbakken, who held up so well on the arm that right-back Davide Calabria managed to push his way to the right side and block the shot off the bars.

Soon after, Ulrik Saltnes stunned a free kick that forced Gianluigi Donnarumma to make a qualified save.

In extra time, Ulrik Saltnes got the chance again, and it was great. Jens Petter Hauge advanced and served the islander, who unbelievably passed the ball over the crossbar from about eleven meters.

Thus, Milan stayed away. Bodø / Glimt were small margins of the management of a miracle in San Siro.

– First of all, I think we pulled off an incredibly good performance. This is our first major test at this level. Of course it feels a bit bitter right now that we didn’t get 3-3 at the end. I think if we had gotten to the extra innings, we would have had a good chance, because the air got out a bit towards the end, says Patrick Berg to VG at the press conference.

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