There was a war of words between the managers, but on the field Viking made an impressive comeback after going one goal down to take all the points in Drammen.
Viking almost had the perfect start after five minutes when Peter Ijeh connected with a Søren Berg cross, with his header striking the crossbar. Strømsgodsets Christer George came close a few minutes later, but Viking goalkeeper Iven Austbø made a good save to keep the scores level.
The rest of the half was uneventful, until the last five minutes when both teams had their chances to take the lead. It was again Ijeh who came close for the visitors, whilst former Viking Peter Kovacs had his shot sail just over the crossbar.
Eight minutes into the second half the visitors Maurice Ross, facing his own goal and under pressure from Strømsgodsets Kovacs, tried to clear the ball to safety, but instead he lobbed it over his own goalie Iven Austbø into the back of the net to give the home side the lead.
The Scottish fullback said after the match: “It was an awful mistake. I was trying to clear the ball, but mis-kicked it and it just flew in.”
The home side from Drammen were now dominating the match, with Keijo Huusko coming very close to increasing the lead, but a good Iven Austbø kept the visitors from Stavanger in the match.
Then in the 68th minute, Peter Ijeh won the ball on the right and set off towards the opponent’s goal. After racing past Samir Fazlagic, he slotted the ball with his left-foot into the far corner to send the traveling Viking supporters into complete mayhem.
Both teams were now looking for the winning goal and with eight minutes to go the visitors Icelandic striker Hannes Sigurdsson found the space in the area and coolly lobbed the ball over Espen Johnsen in Strømsgodsets goal to give Viking a 2-1 win and the three points. In the final minute Ijeh was almost clean though on goal, but was brought down by the home sides Glenn Andersen and the referee Tommy Skjerven had no option but to show the red card.
The matchwinner felt the goal was a fluke saying: “I was out of balance in the moment I hit the ball. I was lucky to get the touch I did, and if I scored goals like that on purpose then I would not be playing in Norway.”
Vikings manager Uwe Rosler and Strømsgodsets Dag-Eilev Fagermo were in a bit of war of words after the match. Fagermo was the first to talk to the media after the match saying: “He (Rosler) was acting like an idiot on the sidelines and it is a shame that we have people like him in Norwegian football.”
Rosler did not have anything positive to say about his colleague either saying: “He belongs to the group of managers that spend a lot of time criticising and talking about other teams. He has to learn how to behave himself”
Match Facts
Strømsgodset IF – Viking FK 1-2 (0-0)
Goals: 1-0 Maurice Ross (53sm), 1-1 Peter Ijeh (68), 1-2 Hannes Sigurdsson (83)
Yellow Cards: Hannes Sigurdsson (Viking), Peter Kovacs (Strømsgodset)
Red Cards: Glenn Andersen (Strømsgodset)
Attendance: 5 943
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
Strømsgodset (4-3-3) – Espen Johnsen - Andre Bergdølmo, Ronny Deila (Glenn Andersen 19), Alexander Aas, Samir Fazlagic – Ousman Nyan (Kenneth Dokken 75), Keijo Huusko, Christer George – Stian Ohr, Peter Kovacs, Trygve Åse Lunde (Thomas Sørum 80)
Viking (4-2-3-1) – Iven Austbø – Maurice Ross (Børre Steenslid 90), Peter Abelsson, Ragnvald Soma, Thomas Pereira – Andre Danielsen, Nikolai Stokholm – Razak Pimpong (Alexander Ødegaard 59), Søren Berg, Allan Gaarde (Hannes Sigurdsson 59) – Peter Ijeh
League Table (after 8 matches)
1.Brann, 20pts (GD 20-12)
2.Lillestrøm, 17pts (18-10)
3.Stabæk, 16pts (12-9)
4.Viking, 15pts (13-12)
5.Rosenborg, 14pts (18-13)
6.Start, 13pts (16-15)
6.Tromsø, 13pts (16-15)
8.Fredrikstad, 12pts (14-16)
9.Strømsgodset, 12pts (11-15)
10.Lyn Oslo, 11pts (17-18)
11.Vålerenga, 9pts (7-10)
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12.Sandefjord, 8pts (10-15)
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13.Aalesund, 8pts (12-18)
14.Odd Grenland, 4pts (7-13)
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