In the first round of Mjøndalen and Kristiansund, a tackle from Martin Rønning Ovenstad on Amidou Diop created great reactions from both coaches and experts.
– Grisestygt!
– It’s a red card. There is no doubt about that. Poor assessment. It’s just to apologize, says referee Tommy Berntsen after the match.
Christian Michelsen was also clear in his speech after the match.
– Crystal clear red card. It’s too bad. It is clear that this will affect the match. Then we were below 0-1, and I do not think we would have lost 0-5 if it had turned red, Kristiansund coach told TV2 after the match.
He was supported by TV2’s experts:
– Zero belief that there is a future in Norwegian football without VAR
– He should have been sent straight to the locker room. He must take the consequences of it. It was very ugly. It was just before the shin splints in two. Mjøndalen should have been down to ten men there. He probably understood that himself too, and it looked like he was breathing a sigh of relief when he received the yellow card. Pig ugly, was Mathisen’s verdict after the tackle.
– I can barely see that, former Tromsø and Start striker Ole Martin Årst followed up.
Vegard Hansen threw himself on.
– There we were lucky. Idiot tackle, Hansen said during the break.
Elegant details and long-awaited three points
– He will not be talking to after that assist. He looks like Francesco Totti. It is one of the most elegant goal scorers of the year. It is so smart and intelligently done, it sounded from Jesper Mathisen about Christian Gautseth’s assist on 1-0 scoring.
37 minutes into the match, the home team had a corner. After a bit of clapping and babbling, the ball falls to Mjøndalen’s captain, Christian Gauseth. The 37-year-old flicked the ball on nicely to Isaac Twum who put 1-0.
– That’s where my level is then. Not surprising. I still know a trick or two, Christian Gauseth flashes in an interview with Eurosport during the break.
Not long after and more elegant details from the brown jerseys. Benjamin Stokke followed up Gauseth’s “fixed” pass and passed the ball on to Lars Olden Larsen who had plenty of time to think before he doubled the lead.
The home team continued the party football in the second round. Scores by Stokke, Larsen and Kent Håvard Eriksen made Mjøndalen deliver a convincing 5-0 victory. It was their first victory since July 10.
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