As so many times earlier this season, the fiery wing set Aspmyra on fire. After 37 minutes, Joel Mvuka (19) sent a precise cross into the box, which went just over the hair of Danish Rasmus Lauritsen in the Dinamo defence. Pellegrino was waiting just behind, who promptly put the home team in the lead 1–0. – Zagreb’s goalkeeper splashes like a lost fish on the goal line and has no chance when the Eliteserien’s top scorer gets to lie on the five meter and smell the goal, said news’s commentator Bjarne Brandal at the stadium. Pellegrino is the clear top scorer in the Eliteserien so far with 17 goals in 16 games, and scored two goals in the warm-up against Sarpsborg 08 last Friday. GOAL GOAL: Amahl Pellegrino cheers like so many times before this season in front of the crowd at Aspmyra. Photo: Kåre Riibe Ramskjell / news And there could easily have been even more goals for the yellow jerseys before the break. Lars-Jørgen Salvesen rose to the air at a corner from Elias Hagen, but the crossbar stood in the way of the southerner. Pellegrino came close to scoring two goals after 54 minutes when he finished just wide of the goal from 15 meters, while a gasp went through the crowd. JUBILEE: The home fans take off after Pellegrino’s goal. Photo: Kåre Riibe Ramskjell / news The guests from Croatia were shaken for a long time in meeting the yellow jerseys, but after about an hour of playing in Bodø they perked up. Substitute Bruno Petkovic headed the ball into the roof of the net, before Mislav Orsic finished wide. After 70 minutes, Mahir Emreli hammered the ball into the roof of the net behind Glimt’s goalkeeper Nikita Haikin, but both the linesman and VAR waved for offside three passes earlier. Before the match, Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen warned that the away team were cynical and were going to play on results. You could see that ten minutes before the end, when Zagreb goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic took a long time to put the ball in play from five metres. Nine minutes before the end, Glimt’s record purchase, 21-year-old Albert Grønbæk, came on for Mvuka to make his debut. After 85 minutes, Zagreb’s Petkovic had a huge chance to equalize after breaking away from both Glimt stoppers during a transition. But the finish whizzed just wide of the crossbar behind Haikin, to the great relief of the home fans. JUST OUT: Dinamo Zagreb’s Bruno Petkovic came so close to leveling the score at 1-1 five minutes from time. Photo: Kåre Riibe Ramskjell / news The second leg will be played in Zagreb in a week’s time on Wednesday, at 21.00. The winner of the double leg can enjoy both games in Europe’s most prestigious club tournament, but also several hundred million in prize money:
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Bodø/Glimt won 1-0 at home against Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League playoff – news Nordland
