Sports manager at Start, Magnis Fannberg, provided the information Friends of the homeland that the club is now considering filing a protest. According to NTB, protests must be filed within 24 hours after the match ends.

The reason for the protest was the situation when Alagie Sanyang from Start was sent off, after kicking Tromsø’s Ruben Yttergård Jenssen. In the aftermath, several Tromsø players came and pushed Sanyang, who fell to the ground.

Among them was Kent-Are Antonsen, who at that time had already received a yellow card. Instead of giving him a yellow card, referee Sivert Øksnes Amland instead gave a yellow card to Jenssen and Jostein Gundersen.

– We get very little help from those who are supposed to make sure it’s a fair deal. We have a disallowed score that we think is questionable. Wrong yellow card in the situation where Sanyang received a red card, where they should have also been reduced to ten. The switch on the far end of our fans, without warning. There were a lot of strange decisions we had to deal with, Start coach Sindre Tjelmeland told NRK.

Sporting manager for Tromsø’s A team, Lars Petter Andressen, has gone so far with great composure.

– We didn’t really think about it. We hope that everything will work out and we will meet Lillestrøm next Sunday. That’s what we relate to, he told NRK.

– It could be that Antonsen should have received a yellow card. He who gets a yellow card should probably get a yellow card too. But yeah, we’re not really thinking about that situation, he said.

Issued after “complete head fog”: – What a fool

Scores from Emil Grønn Pedersen from Start and Vegard Erlien from Tromsø made it 1-1 after 90 minutes.

In snowy weather at Kristiansand, the match took an unexpected turn five minutes into first extra time. After a tough duel, Start striker Sanyang was partly under Tromsø veteran Ruben Yttergård Jenssen.

After breaking free, Sanyang kicked Jenssen’s leg.

– It’s a complete fog of the head, said football pundit Aleksander Schau on the NRK cup broadcast.

– Could it be that we have seen the reddest card of the season? What a fool, he continued.

Throwing snowballs at Tromsø players

Vegard Erlien went out first in the following shootout. In front of the Start crowd, the Tromsø players scored easily.

Nearing, several snowballs were thrown at Erlien, one of which landed just a meter in front of the Tromsø player, more or less at the time of the shot.

Then referee Sivert Øksnes Amland stepped into action and ordered that the remaining penalties be taken in front of the other short side, where Tromsø’s fans had gathered.

Former Starter and TV 2 football pundit Jesper Mathisen shakes his head as he throws a snowball.

– Who threw these snowballs? After all, we learned in school that it’s not allowed! Luckily spring is coming soon and no more silly snowballs, he wrote on Twitter.

After all nine of the first nine penalties had been scored, Henrik Robstad of Start missed the tenth. So it’s Tromsø that’s growing.

Experts scared by Odd play: – Disgusting to watch

Alexander Ruud Tveter sent Sandefjord ahead after just four minutes of play and after two goals from Jakob Dunsby and a goal from Danilo Al-Saed the game was nearly decided after 26 minutes.

– It’s a complete massacre, said Aleksander Schau.

Odd struggled defensively on his own, while Sandefjord emerged with dangerous backroom play time and time again.

NRK football expert Andrine Hegerberg was amazed by the body language of the Odd players.

– Instead of taking action, there is even more carelessness, says Hegerberg.

As Sandefjord closed to 5-0 minutes later, he was nearly sent off.

– Odd’s defensive play now is actually a bit annoying. No, Weird, it’s kinda disgusting to look at now. The fact that they couldn’t change it even after playing for 40 minutes surprised me a bit. “Having to defend and keep the straight, it shouldn’t be that difficult, even at the start of the season,” said Hegerberg.

Weird veteran: – Not with when it started

Centre-back Odd Steffen Hagen, who was substituted after just over half an hour, made it clear during the break that the team’s form was not good enough.

– We weren’t there when it started. Now we have a big job ahead of us, he said during the break.

When asked why the defense was not cohesive enough, he replied:

– Hard to say. At least it didn’t work.

Oddly reduced the lead in the second half, but the progress to Sandefjord was never threatened. At 4–1, they set up for the quarter-finals.

Lehne Olsen decided for Lillestrøm

In the last 17.00 match, Lillestrøm started on a dream trip to Sogndal, where former Sogndal player Akor Adams scored after just 73 seconds.

Daniel Arrocha leveled after the half hour, but 20 minutes from the end Thomas Lehne Olsen put Lillestrøm back in front. It was also the final result and thus Lillestrøm was also up for the quarter-finals.

In the final game in the fourth round, the Vikings won 2-0 at home to Rosenborg, in a match which saw Lars-Jørgen Salvesen earn his dream debut for the Stavanger side.

Earlier on Sunday, several matches were played in the fourth round of the cup. Brann won 3–1 at home against Haugesund, while Molde and Stabæk progressed well after losing 3–1 away to Skeid and 5–0 at home to Bryne.

Last week, Bodø/Glimt got off to a flying start in the fourth round of the cup with a 4-0 away win over Ranheim.