HAMAR (VG) (HamKam – Molde 0-0) Magnus Grødem (23) had a brilliant opportunity to continue both his strong scoring numbers and Molde’s winning streak, but was stopped by HamKam goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen (25).
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The Guatemalan went out in star formation and stopped the Molde offensive which has filled the void left by the injured Magnus Wolff Eikrem in an otherwise good way with six goals in the series and cup since 16 May.
The opportunity after 63 minutes was the goalless draw’s by far the biggest chance to get a winner. The gap up to league leader Lillestrøm is now at four points for Molde, after that LSK turned to a 3-1 victory against Kristiansund.
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– It was a good team performance. I am happy with the result, even though we wanted three points, Hagen says to Discovery + after the match.
Grødem was not the only one who was denied by Hagen: The striker David Fofana was stopped when he suddenly had to finish alone within the 16-meter in the first half, and in overtime the occasionally criticized HamKam goalkeeper was quickly down and kept the heading to Sivert Mannsverk after and Emil Breivik corner.
–– I think we were the best team in the first place. But in the second half Molde was better, so a draw is probably fair. Molde is a good team that are probably favorites to take the Norwegian championship, says HamKam coach Jakob Michelsen to Discovery +.
– They defend well and are compact. I think there was good progression in the match, and we take one point with us – then we get to take three next time, says Molde colleague Erling Moe to the channel.
– We created enough to pull it ashore, but were not skilled enough today, he adds.
Seventh points division
It ended 0-0, and thus Molde could not take their tenth straight victory in the series and cup. While the Hedmark team played a draw for the seventh time this season (the record is Sarpsborg with 14 in 2019).
But they kept a clean sheet for the first time in seven league rounds and were able to score even in the first half, where they pushed the Molde team and were the best.
However, Pål Alexander Kirkevold did not manage to connect with it, as his team mates had hoped, and the ball went out.
After the break, Molde used the ball far better, without the match ever catching fire.
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