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Aalesund end more than 100-day wait for victory

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Aalesund beat Start 2-0 at home for their first Eliteserien victory in 107 days.
  • Elias Hagen and captain Mathias Christensen scored in the first half as Aalesund ended a nine-match winless run.
  • Aalesund remain 14th with 18 points from 19 matches, while Start are bottom with 13 points.

Aalesund finally had something to celebrate again in the Eliteserien, ending a 107-day wait with a 2-0 home victory over Start.

The team’s previous league win came on May 20, when Aalesund beat Brann 2-1. They had gone nine league matches without a victory, but succeeded on their 10th attempt under Kjetil Rekdal.

Both teams hit the crossbar early in the match. Aalesund opened the scoring after 21 minutes, when Elias Hagen reacted from close range to turn in a rebound from Uba Charles’s shot.

Three minutes later, captain Mathias Christensen doubled the lead with a strike from outside the penalty area. Neither side scored again, giving Aalesund their third Eliteserien win of the season.

Aalesund sit 14th, a position that leads to a relegation playoff, with 18 points from 19 matches. Start remain last in the table on 13 points.

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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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