Vålerenga’s 3-2 victory against Brann means that Geir Bakke, who sent shock waves on Wednesday morning after his transfer to the Oslo team, gets a new opportunity in the cup. He will now lead Vålerenga in the cup semi-final after the team turned 0–2 to 3–2 against Brann. Earlier this year, Bakke’s former employer Lillestrøm quit the Norwegian championship after losing to Ull/Kisa. – What is Geir Bakke thinking now? Will he lead Vålerenga in the cup semi-final? Not many would have believed that after six minutes, said news commentator Christian Nilsen just before the end. – For some scenes, added news expert Carl-Erik Torp after Mohamed Ofkir scored the 3-2 goal with a hard shot into the roof of the net. WATCH: The goals from Vålerenga’s 3-2 victory. Lead-heavy start It was also the same man who was to equalize for Vålerenga and in many ways become the great hero of the game. Because just before the winning goal, Ofkir made it 2-2 after being assisted by Stefan Strandberg. – Very good effort by the boys, at least after that start. It’s really cool, says Ofkir to news after the match. Outgoing head coach in Vålerenga, Jan Frode Nornes, was naturally satisfied after the match. Photo: Astrid Pedersen / NTB – It means an enormous amount. We get off to a terrible start, but we’ll come back. We win the match and get to the “semi-finals”. We are very satisfied with that, he says to news. It was a slightly unimaginable development of the match if you take the first six minutes as a starting point. Because then it was mostly about the reigning cup champions Brann. First, Japhet Sery Larsen nodded in the lead goal for Brann, in what could possibly have been called off for offside. An offside Brann player appeared to disturb Vålerenga’s last defender Jacob Storevik before the ball went into the net. – It is weakly judged, concluded news expert Kristoffer Løkberg during the break. Photo: Astrid Pedersen / NTB Shortly afterwards, things were to get worse for Vålerenga. Bård Finne doubled the lead after good counterplay by the away team. – They seem shaken here in Vålerenga after the first ten minutes, said news commentator Nilssen. However, the hosts were to fight back quickly. Seedy Jatt nodded in the reduction in an elegant manner and started what was to become a wild turnaround for Vålerenga. – Boring that we are unable to maintain the lead. We deserved to win today. Vålerenga are effective. It feels a little unnecessary that we cannot manage the marking game in a good way, says a disappointed Brann captain Sivert Heltne Nilsen to news after the match. Presented Thus, Vålerenga’s new head coach Geir Bakke had a lot to cheer about from the stands. Bakke was presented to cheers from the home team’s fans at half-time. The transfer from Lillestrøm to main rival Vålerenga caused quite a stir on Wednesday morning. – Even though these are two rival clubs, I am actually yellow and blue. It is quite difficult to swallow for quite a few people on both fronts, Bakke said, among other things, to the press on Wednesday.
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