BRISKEBY STADION (VG) (HamKam – Bodø / Glimt 0–2) It looked like for a long time that HamKam would steal points from another top team. Then Kjetil Knutsen took hold and put on Amahl Pellegrino.
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40 seconds after he entered the field, Amahl Pellegrino sent Bodø / Glimt in the lead. And just five minutes later, the substitute made it 2-0 to last year’s league champions.
– I do not thrive at all as a super substitute, so I should not wear that I am a super substitute. I want to play football from the start, but there was a reason why I did not start today as we agreed, says two-goal scorer Pellegrino to VG.
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Pellegrino has had trouble with his ankle the last period, and that is why the 32-year-old started the match on the bench on Saturday.
–– The body is nice, even though it could have been better, but I have been out for a week where I could not do anything. I have had a body that has promised that I must stay calm, says Pellegrino who also believes that the course at Briskeby was not ideal to start the match for his own part.
Teammate Marius Høibråten was full of praise for his teammate.
– I don’t think I need to say very much about it, because those who follow and watch, it stinks of him. It’s an insanely nice timing when he comes in and does what he does. He has that x-factor and is raw in front of the box, so it’s nice to have him on the team, Høibråten says to VG after the match.
After a close and even start to the match, it was the reigning league champions who connected a grip on the match. Glimt besieged HamKam’s penalty area for much of the first half, and the hosts had more than enough to defend themselves.
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Knobs in the stomach
Still, none of the teams were able to make a hole in the boil before the break.
However, the most dramatic thing that happened in the first 45 took place in the middle of the field.
In an attempt to win the ball, HamKam’s captain Aleksandser Melgalvis put the knobs in the stomach of Glimt stopper Marius Høibråten. The stopper pulled up the suit after the tackle, and showed some clearly marked “speed stripes” after the knobs from Melgalvis.
–Canceled goal
After the break, however, it would become more fast-paced.
The whole Briskeby stadium thought HamKam had taken the lead just five minutes into the second half, when Nikita Naikin messed up the ball into his own goal.
However, referee Daniel Higraff was quick to cancel the case. The replay showed that it was the right decision, as Haikin had received too harsh treatment from Hasan Kurucay in the duel that led to the own goal.
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After 60 minutes, Sondre Sørlie tested the shooting foot with what must be said to be Glimt’s first big chance. Nicholas Hagen hung on to the notes in the Kamma cage, and kept away with a proper TV rescue.
With a small quarter of an hour left of ordinary time, Kjetil Knutsen took hold of the sideline. The match clock showed 76:10 when Amahl Pellegrino asked. 28 seconds later the game was started again with a corner kick and then it took only 12 seconds before the ball was in goal.
40 seconds after he first came in, Pellegrino first lasted up with a nice first touch that tricked the “half” HamKam defense, before he rolled the ball past HamKam goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen and into goal.
– Wow, exclaimed expert commentator Jonas Grønner about the first touch to Pellegrino.
– The first touch is good, the end is the ass. A little trip, but it’s nice when it flows that way too, says Pellegrino himself.
And after 82 minutes, the same man was to double the lead. Nicholas Hagen could not do anything to stop the goal; Pellegrino was waiting for his return, who could easily walk in 0-2 for the guests.
Thus, Kjetil Knutsen’s change was decisive in the match, and Glimt took all three points up to Bodø.
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