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Champions League. Fourth Qualifying Round. The first match
Mold. Molde Stadium
Mold – Ferencvaros 3: 3
Goals: James 55, Wolff Ekrem 66, Ellingsen 83 – Bolly 6, Uzuni 53, Haratin 87 (pen.)
“Mold“: Linde, Vingo, Gregersen, Ellingsen, Haugen, Aursnes, Hussain, E. Hestad, Wolff Aikrem (Omojjuanfo 81), Knudtzon (Brinhildtsen 57), James (Bolli 89)
“Ferencvaros“: Dibus, Botka, Frimpong, Blazic, Civic, Kharatin, Somalia (Seeger 71), Laiduni, Uzuni, Boli (Zubkov 73), Nguyen (Isael 88)
Warnings: Aursnes 9, Knutdzon 43, Hussain 58, Gregersen 90 + 7
Chief referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Molde and Ferencváros did not reach the Champions League groups in the 21st century. The teams from Hungary and Norway haven’t been there for 11 years. So his whole country sat on his shoulders. The Fradi were the favorites this time, which was fraught with particular dangers. Although this status was also recognized in Norway. Furthermore, “Molde” lost four of the last five league matches, and “Karabakh” was in the Champions League only on one penalty shoot-out, fighting before. Hungarian forward Frank Boli, who played for Norway, even said that his team would defeat the rival. And probably songs like 2: 0 during the match played a cruel joke.
Frady scored in the opening for Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb and Molde. And strategically, the last goal was perfectly aligned. Two or three minutes of pressure, then it looks like a retreat … and Nguyen’s shot into the right-back Botke’s hole. He found it easily in the goalkeeper’s pain. Then the guests took a step back and repeated the mistakes of the previous two games. Dibus and left-back Civic played poorly, after which James had to hit his head from seven meters. Civic continued to allow dangerous crossings. However, in general, “Ferencvaros”, having returned the ball from minute 20, controlled the situation by fixing a match without a goal.
The second half started very similarly. The hosts pushed quite seriously, and Botka hung Uzuni over the head, who scored the winning goal for the Croats. This time, however, another mistake from the game against the “Dynamo” was repeated: James hit his head unhindered after a corner kick. This time, we still couldn’t calm down and get the ball back. So much so that a good combination from the right wing with a low was completed by the author of the assist James Wolff Eikrem with a clear low kick. And before that, you couldn’t even throw an out under the rules. Sergey Rebrov was also late with replacements, extending the minutes of his team’s defensive defense.
The third goal was not surprising either. Aursnes clearly hung up on Ellingsen’s free kick to the head. And shortly before that, James made his way to the doorman. Kharatin managed to return, the opponent fell into his hand and the Ukrainian was saved by the VAR. After watching the video, the referee correctly decided that the hand covered the body. The VAR rescued the guests in the attack. Zubkov fell into Brinhildtsen’s hand. Here too the decision was correct, because if it weren’t for the hand, the ball would fly further towards the goal. So Ferencváros left the game with a good result. And it can speak of a strong character. But where was this character in other moments of the second half?
Players from both teams did not accidentally leave the field with grim faces. They cannot be satisfied with either the game or the result in general. It wasn’t about integrity and stability. There are many things to fix in Budapest. And it will be even hotter there!
