(KFUM – Bodø/Glimt 1-1) Substitute Kasper Høgh (23) celebrated after completing Bodø/Glimt’s comeback. Then came the counter-message.
Ekeberg
After a two-minute long VAR check, referee Svein Tore Sinnes lifted his arm in the air. The referee team believed there was offside.
“Hate, hate, hate f***ing VAR,” sang the crowd of Bodø/Glimt supporters dressed in yellow.
After the 1–1 match, VG showed images of the offside situation involving several Glimt players.
“I don’t know whether to laugh or cry? Where are the lines and radar images? I don’t understand how they can decide that this is offside,” says Ulrik Saltnes, the man behind Glimt’s equalizer, to VG.
It was Patrick Berg who provided the pass to Kasper Høgh beforehand.
“I find it difficult to assess myself. And I understand that it is difficult for them in the VAR bus when we have the cameras and images we have,” says Berg.
Ekeberg meadow is once again dressed for the Norway Cup. This time the children could also experience a top league match on the meadow. But Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen was not completely satisfied with the conditions.
“We are playing on a Norway Cup pitch. It is almost impossible to play. It bumps and bounces, and it’s no coincidence that KFUM chooses to be as direct as they are – and that they have earned many more points away than at home. The pitch doesn’t suit them either,” said Knutsen.
“It is pointless. KFUM just plays long – and we should have done that from the start. That is the consequence you must accept given what we are playing on,” says Ulrik Saltnes.
With 3,299 tickets sold, it was a record crowd at KFUM Arena. And the home team also fought hard against the league leaders Bodø/Glimt.
The red and white team dominated the first half on the artificial turf at Ekeberg. The corner statistics showed 7–1 before the break, which said a lot about how the match was unfolding.
Consequently, it was not unwarranted that Mame Mor Ndiaye sent the hosts into the lead midway through the half.
Bodø/Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen tried several adjustments. He seized the opportunity to substitute wing player Jens Petter Hauge when Brice Wembangomo had to leave due to a hamstring injury before half-time, and at half-time, he took off August Mikkelsen and brought in Isak Dybvik Määttä.
The northerners looked better after the break, but it took a dead ball to equalize. Patrick Berg pinpointed the ball to Ulrik Saltnes’s head, who nodded in the equalizer.
Knutsen brought in Kasper Høgh for Oscar Kapskarmo at the top, and the Dane thought he became the match-winner in the final minute of the match. But it was ruled offside.