Tonight’s match will go down in the history books. Bodø/Glimt have finished the first ever group stage round in the Europa League. It ended with a 1-1 draw against PSV Eindhoven. The first goal of the evening was scored after 44 minutes played. Grønbæk with a masterful finish, and then it is Glimt who takes the lead in Eindhoven. The PSV defense backed and backed, which punished itself as the Dane was able to shoot from around 10 metres. Glimt shocks the home crowd with a lead after the first half. After 62 minutes, however, the cold shower came for those in yellow. El Ghazi hit Gakpo some distance outside the Glimt box. Suddenly the latter was very alone. He was ice cold and put the ball in the goal. Despite the fact that Glimt pushed towards the end, and had a huge chance just before the end when Vetlesen shot straight at the goalkeeper, it all ended 1-1. – I think all in all it’s good, says Marius Lode to TV3+ after the match. The centre-back recently returned home after an unsuccessful stay in Germany’s Schalke 06. There he played little. He was clearly happy to be back on the pitch. – Incredibly fun to be able to play a football match, and nice to be able to start. A little cramping at the end, but the shape is fine. Joel Mvuka pulls off a PSV player during tonight’s match. Photo: Frida Brembo / news Strong from both teams Already after five minutes of play, PSV delivered two strong shot attempts on the rebound, but Haikin saves both once and twice. The home team keeps the pressure up from the start and creates several dangerous chances against Bodø/Glimt. PSV takes advantage of Glimt, who is high on the pitch, but after 15 minutes played, Vertessen has to see that Haikin can stop it all. Haikin is far outside his own box to cut off. He succeeds in that, but it is with difficulty that he manages to tackle the ball away. Almost a sure score for the hosts. Vertessen again with a great chance in the 33rd minute of play. As news’s football commentator says: “with every chance daughter, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother”. It all starts with a shot from Gakpo. It creates a dangerous return from Haikin. Vertessen is quickly in place and tips the ball millimeters outside the right post from close range. Just before the break, Grønbæk provides leadership for Bodø/Glimt. Patrick Berg with card 2 minutes into the second half. 6–1 fresh in the memory Before the match, there was little to indicate that Manchester United legend and PSV coach Ruud van Nistelrooy was going to underestimate his opponent from the north. The Dutch media painted with broad brushstrokes in their coverage of Bodø/Glimt. Eindhoven Dagblad wrote, among other things, Glimt’s previous achievements as the adventure that enchanted the football world. They also have the Rome match in 2021 fresh in their minds, where Bodø Glimt in one of the matches broke all Norwegian records by beating the Italians 6–1. “PSV can expect that and more from the first opponent in the Europa League group stage”. Before Thursday’s match, Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen was also clear that they will attack the opponent. – Our approach to what we do is always to read opponents. In that image, we must be ourselves as much as possible. We go to some trouble, but we have chosen the hard way, he told news. First game between the two teams Tonight is also the first time the two teams meet. The Dutch in PSV have previously faced Norwegian teams such as Brann, Rosenborg and Haugesund. Glimt also met Dutch AZ in the round of 16 in the Conference League last year. In total, around 250 people dressed in yellow have made the trip to the Dutch city of Eindhoven, PSV’s hometown, and to the Philips stadium, which holds close to 37,000 people. From the start, Glimt made three changes from the starting eleven against Molde. Isak Helstad Amundsen, Head coach Kjetil Knutsen promised the day before match day that Bodø/Glimt would play in the spirit of Bodø/Glimt. Photo: Andreas Nilsen Trygstad / news Lars-Jørgen Salvesen and Amahl Pellegrino were replaced by Marius Lode, Runar Espejord and Albert Grønbæk. Stopper Lode started his first match after his return from Schalke 04. PSV manager Ruud van Nistelrooy, as expected, mustered a strong eleven tonight, and in the hosts’ 4-3-3 formation it is worth noting, among other things, that Manchester United -current Cody Gakpo started. Norwegian Fredrik Oppegård is also injured. Tonight’s judging quartet is Bulgarian and consists of Georgi Kabakov as the main referee, Martin Margaritov and Diyan Valkov as assistant referees, while Radoslav Gidzhenov is the fourth referee. The Germans Marco Fritz and Bastian Dankert are VAR referees. Group stage for the second consecutive season. Bodø/Glimt almost played for a historic Champions League participation, but with the Europa League, the Bodø væringen are in a group stage for the second season in a row. Last year’s season ended with an impressive quarter-final in the Conference League, a journey that included a group stage in which they went six games unbeaten. Glimt begins this group stage in the wake of qualifying matches against Klaksvik, Linfield, Zalgiris and Dinamo Zagreb, and four away games have yielded 0-1-3 before the showdown in Eindhoven.
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Draw between Bodø/Glimt and PSV Eindhoven in Glimt’s first round in the Europa League – news Nordland
