It was Molde who could cheer for the club’s sixth NM gold after winning yet another cup final against Bodø/Glimt. Saturday’s final finally ended with a 1-0 victory for the blue shirts at the Ullevaal stadium after a goal in the 89th minute by Fredrik Gulbrandsen. He took advantage of a sleeping Brede Moe in the Glimt defense and poked the ball in behind an outplayed Julian Faye Lund in dramatic fashion just before the end. – Extremely unnecessary late goal by Glimt, said news expert Carl-Erik Torp after the goal. – Surreal The defense game was anything but patent for the northerners before the decisive goal. Match winner Fredrik Gulbrandsen is on a high after scoring in another cup final, as he also did for Molde against RBK in 2013. – Coming back to Molde and getting to experience this is completely surreal. It’s absolutely fantastic. It’s a fantastic group and I’m almost at a loss for words, he says to news. – How does it feel to be a match winner? – It is fantastic and difficult to put into words. A fantastic turnout and I think it is fully deserved. It’s been a difficult season for us, but to crown it with cup gold … Now we’re going to drink tonight, he says with a smile. Secured European play After an intense and dramatic final, it was therefore Erling Moe and Molde who were able to stretch their arms in the air, and the victory is extra significant for the Roma, who have now secured a place in the Europa League qualifiers for next season as well. – It is emotional. It wasn’t a pretty game, but we wanted it the most. It is fantastic to win a title once again, says Molde captain Magnus Wolff Eikrem to news. – There has been a lot of struggle this season, but it is fantastic to crown the season with a title. If Molde had lost the cup final, it would have been the first time since 2016 that Molde would not play European Cup matches. It is worse for Viking, fourth place in the Eliteserien, who are now losing their place in Europe due to Molde’s cup final victory running away with the fourth European Cup place to which Norwegian football is entitled. They would not have done that if Glimt had won the final. The triumph is a big boost for a hard-pressed Erling Moe, who this season has struggled to get the Molde machinery to work in the Eliteserien, where it eventually ended in fifth place. The match itself opened at a high pace, and it only took a minute before Molde created the final’s first chance when Emil Breivik tested his shooting foot, but Julian Faye Lund made a fine save. The final was even, full of duels and intense from the start on a pitch that did not exactly invite dancing for two teams that usually like to keep the ball on the grass. Pellegrino-bom Therefore it was somewhat typical that it was in the air Glimt was about to take the lead when Isak Helstad Amundsen headed over from short range in the corner. INTENSE: The 2023 cup final offered high tempo and tight and tough duels from the start. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB After 18 minutes, it was Amahl Pellegrino who had a good opportunity to score when Patrick Berg found his teammate with a fantastic 40-metre pass. Unfortunately for Glimt, Pellegrino lobbed over goal when he finished on the half bounce from 10 metres. When the teams went to the break, it was 0-0 after an evenly played half, where Glimt gradually took over more and more. Out on a stretcher The second half got off to a bad start for Molde, who lost midfield engine Emil Breivik after just ten minutes. Breivik had to be carried off the field on a stretcher after sustaining an injury following a collision with Julian Faye Lund, and Anders Hagelskjær came in. – We know very little, but it looks like a knee injury. We hope it’s not bad, but it didn’t look good, said Molde assistant Trond Strande to news during the second half. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB A short time later, Glimt was about to take the lead when the Danish sensation Albert Grønbæk got the ball unpressed in front of the goal from 10 metres. Unfortunately for the yellow jerseys, the finish was brilliantly blocked by a national team-launched Casper Øyvann in Molde’s central defence. Just over fifteen minutes before full time, Molde coach Erling Moe took action and threw on Veton Berisha and Martin Linnes for Mathias Løvik and Magnus Wolff Eikrem. And Berisha was to make himself known. Right on the brink, the decision fell when a Berisha cross opened up the Glimt defence, the ball ended up at the feet of Fredrik Gulbrandsen, who was alert and scored 1-0 two minutes before the end. That was also the end result.
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