Rising young talent gives Viborg flying start to new Danish Superliga campaign

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/viborg/v99EsEjo/"]Viborg[/a] got their new Danish Superliga season off to a perfect start on Friday evening, winning their home match against OB 1–0.[/p][p]The season's very first match was decided by a solo effort from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jorgensen-thomas/hWjX3KN6/"]Thomas Jorgensen[/a] just shy of the hour mark.[/p][p]There was certainly no faulting the attacking intent shown by both teams, especially right from the kick-off, as both sides hit the post with long-range shots within the first two minutes.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brahimi-bilal/W6JaBPra/"]Bilal Brahimi[/a] had the effort for Viborg, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arp-jann-fiete/bTQKqpWl/"]Fiete Arp[/a] tried his luck for OB—and it was no coincidence, as those two players were responsible for most of the dangerous attempts on goal throughout the first half.[/p][p]The former Bayern Munich player Arp was particularly eager to get off the mark, and Viborg goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kiilerich-kasper/nFejLXyK/"]Kasper Kiilerich[/a] had to deny him twice with fine saves to prevent OB from taking the lead.[/p][image alt="Viborg - OB - Player Ratings" id="1b457cb5-4b78-4e80-b12a-f735e29ad555" credit-line="Flashare" guid="46eadd1b-9b48-455e-a371-3096ba00b91c" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]OB went into the match shorthanded for the season opener as goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/myhra-viljar/bsW4WlXB/"]Viljar Myhra[/a] was serving a suspension, and defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/askou-jens/Y5Io0KUp/"]Jens Berthel Askou[/a] had been injured in the final pre-season friendly.[/p][p]Furthermore, their preferred midfield from last season was missing as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ejdum-max/ObysO2pH/"]Max Ejdum[/a] has signed for Brondby, and Rasmus Falk was not fit enough to start and began the match on the bench.[/p][p]Despite this, OB managed to keep the game evenly contested and had actually come closest to breaking the deadlock when Viborg launched a counter-attack just before the hour mark.[/p][p]Thomas Jorgensen outpaced the OB defense, dribbled past stand-in goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hansen-martin/8CmNQlek/"]Martin Hansen[/a], and made it 1–0.[/p][p]Ten minutes later, OB came close to an equalizer, but Jona Niemiec shot straight at Kasper Kiilerich from a position where you would have expected him to find the target.[/p][p]Viborg also had chances to double their lead, but the match was decided by Jorgensen's solitary goal.[/p]