Levanger – Viking 4-2 (eeo)
In the previous round, Brann was knocked out. In the cup’s fourth round, Viking also had major problems.
Levanger knocked the Siddis out of the Norwegian Championship with 4-2.
Thus, the quarter-finals await the only remaining team in the tournament from Trøndelag.
There, Levanger meets his divisional colleague Sandnes Ulf.
– It is absolutely fantastic for Levanger. It’s just a matter of giving up when they win 4-2 against Viking. It is absolutely incredible, says NRK expert Åge Hareide from the commentator’s booth.
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– I’m a little lost for words, says Levanger coach Per Verner Rønning to NRK.
The atmosphere was naturally completely different with the away team:
– We met an insanely good team in a tough away arena, where they fight and have a much better attitude than us today. We get off to the worst imaginable start, says Viking captain Zlatko Tripic.
– Very disappointing. Levanger were good and we were not good enough today, is the verdict of Viking coach Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim.
FIASKO: Viking had a lead-heavy evening. Photo: Ole Martin Wold
Perfect start
Arne Gunnes fixed a dream start for the Obosliga team with a goal even before a minute had been played.
– That I would score after forty seconds, I had not imagined, says Gunnes to TV 2 after the match.
Viking got back on the hook and equalized through Peter Christiansen after 16 minutes.
The elite series players from Stavanger got another cold shower when OBOS profile Sanel Bojadzic made it 2-1 just after the break.
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2-2: Substitute Kvia-Egeskog was on the field for less than ten minutes before he got on the scoresheet. Photo: Ole Martin Wold Read more
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Jærbuen is the top scorer in the OBOS league with eight complete hits.
An insane pressure from the visitors resulted in 2-2 at Simen Kvia-Egeskog quarter before the end.
The home team had several aces up their sleeve. Captain Håvard Lorentsen won 3-2 in the first extra period after a dead ball.
– What Lorentsen is doing here is absolutely fantastic, commented NRK expert and former Rosenborg coach Åge Hareide.
Ådne Bruseth cemented the advancement to the cupaskeladden. 4-2 it ended.
Viking had two men expelled in the battle. Djibril Diop was sent off shortly after the 4-2 score, while Gianni Stensness saw the red after the end of the match.
SO RED: Gianni Stensness. Photo: Ole Martin Wold