Bodø / Glimt’s 20-year-old kept up with both scoring and assists, but says that if it had been an Elite Series match, he might have left the field after five minutes.
MILANO / OSLO (Nettavisen): Bodø / Glimt said goodbye to the Europa League when Hakan Calhanoglu sparkled for AC Milan on Thursday night. Another who shone under the floodlights at the San Siro was the comet Jens Petter Hauge.
The Norwegian star shot delivered a brilliant match for the guests and contributed with both assists and scoring in Milan. In addition, he created a lot for Bodø / Glimt.
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Hauge put teammate Ulrik Saltnes in a good position, but the midfielder shot over goal and thus the chance was wasted.
Hauge admits after the match that he would like to see it online.
– Only then are you disappointed to see it go over. It was a nice attack from us and we got a golden opportunity for extra innings, so it’s boring that it crept over, but we can not do anything about it now, Hauge says when asked by Nettavisen.
Reveals unknown drama
Although Hauge impressed tremendously on Thursday, and occasionally ravaged the Italian stars, he tells if a drama happened early in the settlement.
– I am of course happy, but what happens there after five minutes, it means that I actually play at 85 percent through the match and do not get to ask really.
He says it felt like a bang on the back of the thigh.
– It’s a little difficult to say what it was, but at least it did not feel good. We will spend the next few days finding out what it was, Hauge says after the match.
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To Nettavisen, he explains that the opportunity gave him a little extra motivation to complete the match, despite the fact that he was not one hundred percent.
– It is clear that when you come to such a large stadium, it gives inspiration and extra strength. In an Elite Series match, I might have left after five minutes due to the acquaintance, so the opportunity helped, says Hauge.
– A golden opportunity
Hauge has ravaged the Eliteserie teams this season and it did not seem that the big stage in Milan scared him significantly.
– It is of course very fun to be noticed, but right now I am most disappointed that we smoked out of the tournament, because I felt it was a golden opportunity to take a step further, says the Bodø / Glimt player.
The 20-year-old has already been disconnected from Norwegian football and earlier this year he will have been close to a transfer to the Belgian club Cercle Brügge.
After the recent achievements, there are probably even bigger clubs that have the Norwegian comet on the block now at the end of the transfer window.
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Hauge himself thinks that it is most important to take the right step at the next club change.
– It is clear that you have ambitions and dreams in football. Now I have shown that I can deliver at a high, high level in a single match, but then it is that you have to get it over time.
– It is a bit difficult to say if you are ready for that step already now, or if I still have to take a small intermediate step, he says in the press zone after the match
Pioli impressed
The AC Milan tenant was also impressed by the Norwegian.
The online newspaper asked Milan coach Stefano Pioli at the press conference held at Zoom after the match what he thinks about the Norwegian profile.
Pioli makes no secret of the fact that he had already noted the 20-year-old before the match.
– We knew in advance that he was strong and fast. But I was impressed by what he showed today. He is a player at a high international and European level. «Bravissimo».
The result in Milan means that Bodø / glimt is out of the battle for a place in the Europa League this season, but the yellows from northern Norway can take comfort in the fact that they will probably already next year have the opportunity to play for a place in the Champions League .
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