Heltne Nielsen scored a controversial penalty: – Like marrying his wife
– Top scorer Siffert Helten Nielsen tells NRK Getting a penalty kick is like proposing to your wife.
Brann’s packed stadium was already lifted into the sky after six minutes. Bård Finne crossed to the back of the field, where Fredrik Borsting put it wide. Cash in the net and an early lead for the home team.
However, the joy did not last long. Barely ten minutes later, Japhet Seri Larsen scored against his side. The center back pushed forward and beat Matthias Dingeland.
Things were boiling in Bergen, with the hosts clearly looking the strongest before the break. Sery Larsen, Finne and Ole Didrik Blomberg were all dangerous up front, but the visitors escaped with a panic.
Brann was the best at home and kept running after the break. Vålerenga silenced the home crowd for a short while when Seedy Jatta found his way into the goal, but the goal was ruled out for offside.
Soon after, the referee pointed to the penalty mark. Bård Finne was kicked in the ankle by Enga’s Fredrik Oldrup Jensen inside the 16-metre Vålerenga penalty area and fell to the ground.
– I feel like when he runs a trick, he hits me just as hard, Uldrup Jensen tells NRK.
Bård Finne disagrees.
– Get away from the defender. When he’s with me, Finne tells NRK, “I don’t think there’s anything to change anyway.”
– Do you go down a bit easily?
i don’t think so.
As Sivert Heltne Nilsen warmed up at the penalty mark, an angry Dag-Eilev Fagermo shouted a yellow card at him.
– There is no interference. There has never been a free kick on the field once. Standing there, there is a connection. But if there are penalties, there will be many more this year, Fagermo tells NRK.
Captain Brann kept his composure, rolling the ball in the opposite direction as Magnus Sjøeng threw himself, and the crowd went off the hinges again.
— I used a “non-Gordet strategy,” says Nielsen of how he kept his composure in that important moment.
Six minutes after being substituted, Aune Heggebø made it 3-1. Felix Horn-Mayer played his teammate with precision, and the ending was great to help.
Brann has six points after three matches, with Valerenga far behind the table with its three points.
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