Viking escaped with a scare against the 4th division team Torvastad

(Torvastad – Viking 3–4) The 4th division team was close to detonating another cup bomb.

Wednesday 24 April at 20:04

Torvastad sent shock waves through Fotball-Norge when they knocked out Haugesund in the 1st round of the cup. Then goalkeeper Jørgen Kaldheim Grønningen became the big hero after he saved four out of four penalties.

On Wednesday, they were close to doing the same again – against a new Eliteserie team.

– The performance they did in the previous round is out of this world. What they did today is even better, says Jonas Grønner in NRK’s ​​studio after the match.

However, it looked bleak after 16 minutes played. By then, Lars-Jørgen Salvesen had already scored twice.

Then Torvastad started the collection.

• Just before the break, Georg Grønningen reduced and ignited hope for the home team.
• Right after the break, Torvastad, led by Fredrik Lippestad and Roy Miljeteig, took over the show. Lippestad equalized at 2–2 – assisted by Miljeteig. At 3–2, the roles were reversed.

In five minutes, Torvastad had turned the game around.

Viking responded by making four changes after the hour had been played.

– Viking is struggling, they have to fight for it here, said NRK’s ​​expert Carl-Erik Torp in NRK’s ​​studio broadcast.

But Viking and Simen Kvia-Egeskog created a balance in the accounts with an equalizer at 3–3 in the 73rd minute.

A few minutes before the end, Viking received a penalty. It set up Lars-Jørgen Salvesen, and scored his third of the evening. That was the last thing that happened in the match.

The teams also met in the cup 20 years ago, when Viking won 7–0 – that was also in the 2nd round of the cup.

The biggest surprise of the day so far was that the Obosliga club Moss was knocked out by the 4th division team Råde.