A rare incident took place a few days ago in Norway.
In the Eliteserien (league) match between Viking and Gerv, the goalkeeper of the first team that eventually won 3-0 decided during the match to move the goalposts and shorten the distance between them by a few centimetres.
21-year-old Icelandic Patrick Gunnarson did not explain why he did it, but the bottom line is that his team won. The video was released several days after the match and caused a reaction in Norway.
In a statement to "Aftenbladet", the goalkeeper claimed: "It's a ritual I do before matches, which makes me feel comfortable. It's nothing more than that. I just kick the goalposts."
The assistant referee wrote on the score sheet that Gunnarsson did something to the post! His team argued that it might be a ritual and on the merits did not take a position on the matter.
Viking are in 3rd place in the first division league in Norway. Lillestrem is in 1st, followed by Molde.
The perpetrator was born in 2000 and from 2018 to 2020 belonged to Brentford, with whom he only played once. He has also played for the Icelandic national team.
Source: protothema.gr
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