Goal celebration in the series premiere / Fire

• Photo: Rune Stoltz Bertinussen / NTB

Brann started the season by far the best away against Tromsø, and should have scored more in the first quarter. But it took a penalty kick to get the first score.

Bård Finne was put down in Tromsø’s 16-metre area, but got nothing. Then VAR intervened and it was a penalty kick. There, Joachim Soltvedt was as confident as he has been all year and sent Brann into the lead after 17 minutes.

Five minutes later Brann doubled. Niklas Jensen Wassberg won the ball, stormed forward and played through Ulrik Mathisen. He dragged himself into the field and finished via Bård Finne to make it 2–0.

After Brann’s second score, Tromsø took over the game for a few minutes, and had some chances to reduce. But Brann resisted and led by two when the teams went to the break.

In the second half, Brann took just seven minutes to score another goal. And once again Soltvedt. This time he received the ball 20 meters away and tapped it into the goal.

Five minutes later, Niklas Jensen Wassberg had a ball in the net, but it was canceled after a VAR check.

Then Tromsø countered, and despite a brilliant save from Mathias Lønne Dyngeland, he was unable to save the rebound which reduced the home team’s lead.

With barely 20 minutes left, Tromsø reduced the lead once again.

With 14 minutes left in the game, Tromsø were reduced to ten men, when Anders Jenssen picked up his second yellow of the day.

Brann took advantage of Tromsø being one man down, and after less than a minute on the pitch, Aune Heggebø scored Brann’s fourth goal of the evening!

There were no more goals, and Brann had a perfect start to the season.

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Match facts:

Tromsø–Brann 2–4 (0–2)

Goal:

0–1: Joachim Soltvedt (17th st.)
0–2: Bård Finne (23.)
0–3: Soltvedt (52.)
1–3: Lasse Nordås (65.)
2–3: Nordås (73.)
2–4: Aune Heggebø (84.)

Elite series, round 1. Romssa Arena. Judge: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad, Valder IL. Spectators: 4890. Red card: Anders Jenssen, Tromsø. Yellow card: Kent-Are Antonsen, Tromsø. Japhet Sery Larsen, Fire.

Fire (4–3–3): Mathias Dyngeland – Svenn Crone, Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen, Ruben Kristiansen, Joachim Soltvedt (Japhet Sery Larsen from 68.) – Emil Kornvig (Sander Kartum from 68.), Sivert Heltne Nilsen, Niklas Jensen Wassberg – Ole Didrik Blomberg (Aune Heggebø from 83 .), Bård Finne (Aune Heggebø from 83), Ulrik Mathisen (Niklas Castro from 42).