Viking recorded their biggest victory of the season as the traditional 16th May match saw the dark blues of Stavanger run out 4-2 winners.
The talk in the build up to the match was all about how Viking were going to be able to score without there suspended topgoalscorer Peter Ijeh. Things didn’t start to well either, as after only three minutes former Rosenborg full-back Ståle Stensaas struck a free-kick under a jumping Viking wall, and the ball crept in the nearest corner to give the visitors from Oslo a one goal lead.
It wasn’t long though before the Stavanger team were back in the match. On thirteen minutes, Alexander Ødegaard got the ball in a bit of space and from 25 yards the former Sogndal favourite blasted the ball into the top left corner for quite a magnificent goal, causing the whole stadium to explode.
The goal seemed to give Ødegaard the confidence he has been looking for since his multi million transfer move last year, as he came to two big chances and created another two in the next fifteen minutes. Viking were playing some wonderful attacking football in this period, and were unlucky not to increase their lead.
In the final quarter-of-an-hour Viking were getting closer and closer, and it was starting to look like one of those days again. Søren Berg and Hannes Sigurdsson had a couple of good chances, whilst Iven Austbø kept the Stavanger team in the match at the other end with a superb save from Lyns Erling Knudtzon.
Then in injury-time of the first half, Andre Danielsen fought himself into the area and was brought down. Captain Nikolai Stokholm had no problems from the spot and the stadium exploded once again.
In the second half things couldn’t have started better. Four minutes into the half, Razak Pimpong received a wonderful pass on the right from Alexander Ødegaard, and the Ghanaian placed a brilliant shot into the far bottom corner.
Viking were dominating completely now and it with Ragnvald Soma winning every ball in defence, Lyn were struggling to cope in the sunshine at Viking Stadium. Christian Brink came close for the visitors on 57 minutes, but his header was a fraction over the crossbar.
Pimpong had a good chance with half-an-hour to go, but his shot was saved. The Ghanaian international had to go off with a knee injury straight afterwards, but this didn’t hamper Viking as with 18 minuets to go, the Stavanger team were 4-1 up. Nikolai Stokholm played a magnificent long ball into the path of fellow Danishman Søren Berg and from five yards out he placed the ball elegantly into the far corner. The home crowd can hardly believe what they are seeing and go absolutely bonkers.
With thirteen minutes to go, Allan Gaarde came on as a substitute to big cheers from the Stavanger crowd. The star midfielder broke his leg earlier in the year and had made it back in record time for his first appearance of the season.
Little happened for the rest of the match, until Edu, with one minute to go, got one back for the visitors from Oslo. The Nigerian took advantage of the lack of concentration in the Viking defence and connected with a cross to header home. However, it was too little too late for Lyn and the National day celebrations could begin.
Man-of-the-match Alexander Ødegaard was over the moon with his performance saying: “A lot went my way today and I have been feeling in great form lately.”
Captain and penalty scorer Nikolai Stokholm was also pleased to see how the team coped without Peter Ijeh and Jone Samuelsen saying: “Today we showed that other people than Peter (Ijeh) can score and that gives us a lot of confidence. It was very important to win this match and I feel we showed great morale to come back after conceding early on.”
The game also saw the record attendance being recorded at Viking Stadium, as 16,448 people turned up for the magnificent victory.
Match Facts
Viking – Lyn Oslo 4-2 (2-1)
Goals: 0-1 Ståle Stensaas (3), 1-1 Alexander Ødegaard (13), 2-1 Nikolai Stokholm (45pen), 3-1 Razak Pimpong (49), 4-1 Søren Berg (72), 4-2 Edu (89)
Yellow Cards: Hannes Sigurdsson, Iven Austbø (Viking)
Attendance: 16 448
Referee: Espen Berntsen
Viking (4-3-3) – Iven Austbø – Maurice Ross (Jørgen Tengesdal 80), Ragnvald Soma, Peter Abelsson, Thomas Pereira – Søren Berg, Nikolai Stokholm, Andre Danielsen – Razak Pimpong (Birkir Bjarnason 67), Hannes Sigurdsson (Allan Gaarde 77), Alexander Ødegaard
Lyn Oslo (4-4-2) – Eddie Gustafsson – Rasmus Daugaard, Christian Brink, Indridi Sigurdsson (Mads Dahm 21), Ståle Stensaas – Erling Knudtzon, Stefan Gislason, Jo Tessem, Espen Hoff (Ezekiel Bala 46) – Magnus Powell, Edu
League Table (After 7 matches)
1.Lillestrøm, 16pts (GD 16-6)
2.Brann, 14pts (15-11)
3.Tromsø, 13pts (13-9)
4.Stabæk, 12pts (8-6)
5.Rosenborg, 10pts (15-11)
6.Start, 10pts (11-11)
7.Viking, 9pts (9-11)
8.Strømsgodset, 9pts (7-11)
9.Lyn Oslo, 8pts (11-12)
10.Sandefjord, 8pts (8-10)
11.Vålerenga, 8pts (6-8)
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12.Fredrikstad, 8pts (12-15)
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13.Aalesund, 5pts (10-16)
14.Odd Grenland, 3pts (6-10)
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