Before Saturday’s game, the visitors from Bodø were at the top of the table, and the home team had to settle for being “underdogs” with the last place in the Eliteserien. However, Glimt had a very hard time in the old whale town.
Sandefjord surprised Glimt and won the match after goals from Alexander Ruud Tveter and Stian Kristiansen. Since Molde pulled away against Fredrikstad, Glimt has a five-point gap down to second place.
After going one goal down before the break, Kjetil Knutsen made three substitutions at half-time, but Jens Petter Hauge, Fredrik André Bjørkan and Nino Zugelj were unable to leave their mark on the game.
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Instead, it was former Glimt player Stian Kristiansen who was to make his mark. The goalkeeper doubled the feat against the club he was sold from as recently as February.
– It is extremely delicious. I said before the game that we have good conditions to do well in this game. It’s so nice to win, I’m so happy and proud of the guys, says Kristiansen to TV 2 after the game.
Captain Patrick Berg immediately took charge and reduced the score shortly after, but despite fierce pressure from Glimt for the rest of the game, the league leaders were never able to equalise.
Before the game, there was tension over whether star player Albert Grønbæk would be in the starting line-up. The Dane is on his way out after Nettavisen revealed that Glimt has accepted a record offer.
The midfielder is on his way to French club Rennes. The transfer will have a total package of 15 million euros, which corresponds to over 170 million Norwegian kroner.
After the game, Grønbæk confirmed that he played his last game in the yellow kit.
Odd visits Glimt on Friday. After that, the winner of RFS and Lorne await in the second round of Champions League qualification. The first game is played at Aspmyra.