The match is in progress – follow it live here. Rosenborg now leads 1–0. Just before the break, Vålerenga’s Mimmi Löfwenius was in a duel with Rosenborg’s Anna Jøsendal. As she was about to turn around, she apparently suffered a twist. She went straight to the ground and screamed in pain. The players around her, including opponent Jøsendal, immediately alerted the support equipment and asked for medical help. – I don’t see what’s happening, I just hear her screaming. It is a scream that is absolutely terrible to hear on a football pitch. It’s absolutely terrible. I hope it is better than what it looks like, said Vålerenga goalkeeper Guro Pettersen to news during the break. In a press release, Vålerenga writes that Löfwenius has been sent to hospital for further examinations. INJURY: Mimmi Löfwenius immediately took to his knee after the situation towards the end of the first half. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB Out on a stretcher The Red Cross entered the pitch shortly after the injury on a stretcher and carried Löfwenius off the pitch to applause from those present at Ullevaal – still at 0-0. On the way into the car, Löfwenius was still lying on the same stretcher and was holding his head. – Mimmi has been sent to the emergency room to check her knee. It was a knee injury, so we are doing a bit more research there, said Vålerenga’s physiotherapist, Ida-Renate Fyksen during the second half. – How does it work to go with her? She seemed devastated here? – Yes. We have to look into it. She was in a lot of pain. Vålerenga coach Nils Lexerød himself had not spoken to Löfwenius when he was on his way out to the second half. – It looks like it’s a serious injury, but I think the players want to win this final for Mimmi now, he said to news. Löfwenius was ready for Vålerenga in July and was central to what became a golden season in the Toppserien. This autumn she also made her debut for the Norwegian national team, after she received Norwegian citizenship in 2022. Löfwenius has also been selected for the squad for the national games at the beginning of December, but it is now uncertain whether she will be able to play there. Chance-poor first half Apart from the injury, it was a first half where the teams felt each other out, without huge chances. Mimmi Löfwenius was played through on the right, but the angle was too sharp and the Norwegian-Swedish shot wide. While Elin Sørum was allowed to take the ball down in the corner of the 16-metre area for a much better shot. That ending also went outside. Elise Thorsnes in the VIF defense had, in her ninth cup final, an unsafe start to the match and presented Camilla Linberg with a huge opportunity after half an hour. She was all alone with Guro Pettersen in the VIF cage, but the latter came out well and caught the ball. Vålerenga were crowned league champions after a victory over Stabæk on 11 November, when Rosenborg only managed a 1-1 draw against LSK Kvinner. Thus, the last series round, last weekend, between the two teams became a sort of dress rehearsal. Rosenborg came out victorious with 3–0. The reigning cup champion until today was Brann, who won last year’s cup final against Stabæk 3–1. Vålerenga last won the cup in 2021. Rosenborg had not won since 2002 – at that time they were called Trondheims-Ørn. Mimmi Löfwenius and Vålerenga are ready for Saturday’s cup final, but there is still a celebration from 2012 that haunts the Norwegian/Swedish star striker.
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