– The Test of Times for Bodø / Glimt – VG

On Thursday night, the super Swede scored the first goal against Irish Shamrock Rovers, after being out for a couple of games. While Bodø / Glimt won 3-1 without violently impressing Zalgiris Vilnius at home in Aspmyra earlier in the night.

Turkey’s Hakan Çalhanoğlu followed Ibrahimovic’s goal by scoring the second goal after the break. While Bodø / Glimt recorded their 20th consecutive home match without a loss in all tournaments.

The series has been running since Strømsgodset visited on June 16 last year, and since the 2-0 win against team Drammen, Glimt has 17 wins, three draws and 70 goals on his own artificial turf. There are statistics that are definitely nice in your carry-on on the way to Milan.

– It will be the test of time for Bodø / Glimt. Nobody in the tournament has much credit. They have been the second best team in Italy since they started again. We meet a good soccer team, a greatness and it is a fantastic fun and fun way to get referrals, says coach Kjetil Knutsen at the press conference in Aspmyra on Thursday night.

He was quite sober in his descriptions of the 3-1 win against Zalgiris.

– We should be happy to have reached the third round. We have to admit that this was below the level we are normally at, and should be at. We got off to a bad start and there is something a little dead in everything we do. A yo-yo camp. We do what we need to, sums up Kjetil Knutsen at the press conference in Aspmyra on Thursday night.

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Scored and served

Only in the final 15 minutes, when the score was still 2-1 for Glimt, did the Lithuanian rival really look driven. When Patrick Berg proved that you can also fish in On the football field, when he stretched out like a pike on the back post pole and sent Glimt’s goal number three into the net, the game was punctured.

First, forward Victor Boniface had converted Philip Zinckernagel’s corner into Berg’s final goal with a header.

Zinckernagel was also directly involved in the first two, which came a bit against the rhythm of the game, when the guests had excelled during the first half hour in Aspmyra:

First, Sondre Brunstad Fet fought for the defense and did not give in to the duel against the goalkeeper. The ball ended free, the Danish took advantage of the situation and shot 1-0 in the unguarded goal, while the Žalgiris players screamed in vain on a free kick.

However, they quickly struck back and drew 1-1 at Liviu Antal after a good attack. But Glimt regained the advantage when a corner kick from the left by Zinckernagels smashed through a header from Žalgiris and fell to the back post, where Boniface drove in 2-1 and his eighth goal of the season.

On Patrick Berg’s 3-1 with nine minutes remaining, most things were repeated: again Zinckernagel turned a corner in the direction of Boniface, and the power forward’s pass put Berg in a position where he could not could avoid dialing.

Of course, the general midfield will play Milan in a week, which will be the club’s fourth game against an Italian team. Bodø / Glimt have previously faced Napoli, Inter and Sampdoria, and all matches have been played with one of the Berg family represented on the pitch.

– It’s another thing than playing in Europe. It is a different football, it is played in a different way, it is something different. We are not trained in that game after two football games. Norwegian football is intense, a lot of duels and a lot of pressure. These teams play differently. You have to acclimatize quickly, Knutsen describes the difference from the Elite Series to Europe

P.S! Brann was the previous away team to win at Aspmyra, on May 19 last year. On Sunday, Glimt meets the people of Bergen again, but this time in Bergen.

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