– A serious mistake by Guro Pettersen, stated news’s expert commentator Carl Erik Torp after Røa equalized at 2-2 in the 85th minute. Julie Hoff Klæboe shot from a long distance, and the shot apparently went right into the pinch of Guro Pettersen in the Vålerenga goal. But the World Cup-ready goalkeeper was unable to keep the ball, which instead went straight into the goal behind her. – Klæboe shoots from a long, long distance, and Pettersen fumbles the ball in the goal. A rare big mistake by such a good goalkeeper, stated news’s commentator Olav Traaen. – It becomes very visible when you are the goalkeeper and make a mistake, and it is terribly boring to let in something like that at the end. It’s a goalkeeping mistake. Klæboe had a couple of tries in the match and this shows that it pays to shoot, because you never know what will happen, says news’s new football expert Ingrid Kvernvollen. – Terribly boring Pettersen lays flat after the incident. – It’s a mistake, that’s what happens. I thought I was going to save us a corner, then I changed my mind and tried to keep it at the last minute. It is very boring when it becomes decisive for the result, she admits to news – How do you get affected? WC-READY: Vålerengas Guro Pettersen is in Norway’s WC squad. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB – I can’t be too affected by it. I just have to get back up at once. I don’t have time to stand on the pitch and cushion the last ten minutes of the game. Making mistakes in battle is never fun. It’s a shame, because I think I have a good fight otherwise, says Pettersen, who was comforted by teammate Andrine Tomter after the mistake. – That’s how we feel in Vålerenga, we support each other no matter what happens, when things are going well and when things are bad. It’s nice to have good teammates, she states. At the same time that Vålerenga conceded points, Rosenborg won 2–0. This means that Trønder are getting a little closer, but despite losing three points in the last four games, Vålerenga have seven points to go on with one more game played. Controversial penalty It was the league leaders who scored first at Røabanen on Saturday afternoon. 40 minutes had been played when Felicia Rogic cashed in to make it 1-0. 20 minutes into the second half, however, the first equalizer came when Røa was awarded a penalty. Guro Pettersen chose an early side, and thus it was easy for Oline Fuglem to roll the ball into the opposite corner. The question is whether there should have been a penalty at all. The TV images suggest that the offense may have occurred outside the 16-metre area. – We can say that goalkeepers make mistakes, players make mistakes and referees make mistakes. Of course it’s crazy. She trips over her own legs, and it’s outside. We can’t do anything about it, but it’s crap that a penalty is awarded, because we probably had pretty good control before that, says Guro Pettersen after seeing the situation in the replay. Judge Abdulhadi Al-Fahad stands his ground after seeing the pictures. – I’m not going to be firm about whether it’s outside or inside, but every now and then I mean that the player is caught on the line, and it’s inside. It’s hard to tell from the pictures, but I stand my ground, he says to news. Al-Fahad also believes there is contact. – I consider every now and then that the player is caught, becomes unbalanced and falls, he says. The Røa coach: – A win – That evens things out. You have to be a bit lucky against Vålerenga, says Julie Hoff Klæboe with reference to the two situations, before pointing out that Røa was probably also stopped by an incorrect offside decision. After 80 minutes, Vålerenga took the lead again, this time through Ingibjörg Sigurdardóttir. But Røa wanted a point, and got it in the end. Coach Geir Nordby is very happy with that. – It is a victory for us to perform so well against perhaps Norway’s best team, he says to news.
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