Brann Stadion, 22 November 2023 at 18.45. A historical blink of an eye. Up to 9,000 people from Bergen have turned up in rain, wind and barely ten degrees Celsius. Apparently a fairly ordinary evening in the city. But what is starting now has never happened before in world history: A Champions League match in Bergen. At home, the women’s team of Sports Club Brann will face Slavia Praha. Just over a month before Christmas Eve, Brann fans get the gift they’ve been singing about for years: a championship game in their hometown. This is matchday two of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. The fasit shows 8,589 tickets sold tonight. – Brann is right at the top of Europe when it comes to the number of assists in this tournament, states news’s commentator Erik Dahm Rise. Kick-off is just a few moments away. A referee quartet from Romania is ready at “Staddaren” – which is Bergen slang for Brann Stadion. If you can’t wait: here is the only score of the match: Lowest ranked team Few have dared to predict how good Brann are compared to their opponents. The red shirts are the lowest ranked team. But in the qualifying match against Glasgow FC it meant very little. Then Brann was far better than the Scottish favourites. And also in Austria they proved to be a better team. In the first group stage match, Brann took a brilliant 2-1 victory against St. Pölten. Slavia Praha, on the other hand, had a heavy start to their second straight Champions League group game, and the French group favorite Lyon did not give up until it was 0-9 in the Czech capital. This November evening in the Bergen rain, the Brann women invite to a historic Champions League showdown in the wake of the triumph in Austria. In the meantime, the previous Saturday they drew 2–2 against LSK Kvinner in the last series round of the Norwegian Toppserien. Fourth place in the secret league will naturally be a bracket compared to the adventure this autumn in the Champions League. Because the European history of the Brann women is becoming increasingly rich in content. A win for Brann this evening will probably mean six points down to St. Pölten and Slavia Praha before the Bergen team have their two meetings with Lyon. Brann gets ready for battle. Photo: NTB Watch the full match report here: Scoring after 21 minutes Then the match is underway. Brann has most of the ball in the first ten minutes, but the visitors show hints of the will and ability to counterattack. – Carelessness can be punished here, commentator Rise points out. But in the 21st minute, Brann’s Australian striker Larissa Crummer scores 1-0 in the net behind Slavia’s last defence, after a goal from Amalie Eikeland. After half an hour, Rise states that the position is pleasing for the home fans, but that the match “has died down a bit in the wake of the goal”. During the break, he summarizes the first half like this: “The red shirts have shown promise against the visitors from the Czech Republic. Not that many great scoring chances. Crummer stands for both.” He believes that Brann has already got “a lot of hints and hints”, well helped by creators Marit Bratberg Lund and Amalie Eikeland on their respective pages. Signe Gaupset also makes good contributions against an away team that sometimes struggles to keep up. “Going forward in the field, the Czechs have the benefit of putting Aurora Mikalsen to real tests. All in all, I’m halfway through home ownership,” says Rise. Photo: NTB Triumph at home The second half ends without more goals. The historic match on Bergen soil thus ends with success for the home team. – Slavia have certainly risen after the break, but travel from Bergen without a single clear scoring chance to show for it. Brann has two in the same statistics, scoring included, sums up Rise.
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Historic Champions League match in Bergen – Brann vann 1-0 against Slavia Praha – news Vestland
