Article by Adrian Duţă – published on Sunday, September 28, 2025, 12:47 / Updated Sunday, September 28, 2025 13:01
Sarpsborg has succeeded in an incredible return with Vikingsat home, in stage 23 of the Norway Championship. The match ended 3-3, although the guests had 3-1 in the 90+7 minute.
Viking left home with only one point and risks losing the first place in favor of Bodo/Glimt, who has a minus point, but also a less disputed match.
VIDEO. Viking, incredibly matched from 3-1 in the last few minutes
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With Sarpsborg, Viking opened the score in the 7th minute, through Austbø. Reinhardsen He equalized 10 minutes later, but the guests scored twice in the first half and entered 3-1 at the break. Falchener ('40) and Christiansen ('43) pointed out for Viking.
When it seemed that the guests were going to victory, having 3-1 in the extensions, the hosts succeeded. Gudjohnsen reduced the difference in the 90+8 minute. He sent a wicked shot in the vine, with the left, free kick, at the long corner.
At the last phase, Opoku He succeeded a short dribbling and shot strongly under the bar, with his right foot, at the long corner. The phase started after a recovery at the center of the land, followed by a ball thrown in Viking's box.
It ended 3-3, and Viking only took one point. It reached 50 and is in the first place, but Bodo/Glimt comes from the last last, with 49 points in 22 stages.
Sarpsborg has 29 points and is in 9th place. In Norway, the first two ranked at the end of the season plays in the Champions League preliminaries. The difference is given by the difficulty of the route. The champion enters the champions route, the team on the second place on the non-champions route.
