With 6-0, Glimt kept alive its slim chance of league gold – at least for a couple of hours. For Vålerenga, the loss means that they will probably have to look far for league medals and European Cup games. And Molde got no help. They have to do the job themselves in the game, which took place at about the same time when the tally of goals in Glimt’s game was finished. – Three years ago we lost 6-0 here. It tastes far better to win 6-0, said Patrick Berg. – Did the early dismissal affect the match? – It is clear that the match will be affected. We focused on long attacks so they could run a bit. It gets worse for them when there are ten men, says Berg. – We are really good today. We should have scored even more, said two-goal scorer Amahl Pellegrino. Goalkeeper expulsion This match was more or less decided before a quarter of an hour had been played. Glimt’s and the elite series’ top scorer Amahl Pellegrino was played through beautifully and went alone towards the goal. Just outside the 16-metre area, he was brought down by Vålerenga goalkeeper Magnus Sjøeng. The expulsion was imminent, and the home team had to hold on with ten men. From then on, everything was hopeless for the home team. – We were unable to adapt. We went forward as if we had 11 men on the pitch, and made it easy for them. It took a while before we managed to pull back and become more compact, said VIF captain Jonatan Tollås Nation to Eurosport during the break. The free kick after the sending off went into the wall and over. The subsequent corner even after a bit of back and forth by Runar Espejord, who headed Glimt into the lead from close range. THE GOAL KING: Amahl Pellegrino scored his league goals number 22 and 23 this season Photo: Christoffer Andersen / NTB Then it became clear that Molde would not get help from Vålerenga to secure league gold, and rather do the job themselves. It became even clearer after half an hour. Pellegrino’s shot from the 16-metre line missed Tollås Nation and went into the goal. It was Pellegrino’s 22nd goal in 23 league games this year. Number 23 came just seven minutes later. He got the ball inside the field, pulled past Vålerenga’s reserve goalkeeper Sondre Rossbach and scored 3–0. – Glimpses are good enough from before – I think we are good. We slowed down a bit when they got a red card, we can pick up the pace and score even more goals, Pellegrino told Eurosport during the break. – No, Glimt is good enough from before. When we are ten men out there, it will be heavy, said VIF captain Tollås. – The battle is lost. We just have to show morale and not concede more goals, said coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo during the break. They couldn’t do that. Ola Solbakken scored 4-0 from short range and an acute angle a quarter of an hour into the second half. And four minutes later: Patrick Berg gets a rebound from the defense and slams the ball hard and low into the net close to the foot of the post. 5–0. Another 15 minutes, and it was 6-0. This time by Danish Albert Grønbæk. Joel Mvuka came to the dead line on the right, and the cross was met by a completely unmarked Grønbæk who headed hard into the goal.
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