The season of the departures

The last season could be defined as the "season of the departures". Why? Because we have lost 4 players good enough for the Tippeligaen and the Europe League. However, when a society is in crisis, doesn't have money and doesn't have ideas, the best thing it can do is to start over. 

NIELSEN - We've lost Nicki Bille Nielsen, a player that gave us many problems, it's true, but the one that in 50 appereances scored 24 times, almost 1 goal in 2 matches. Yes, the club was able to sell him the double to the Evian (in euros, he was bought for 675.000€ and sold for 2 millions), but the fact is that now we've lost one of the best players we had. How the club will use that money?

CHIBUIKE - The nigerian midfielder left us with 87 appareances and 32 goals. But the statistics cannot explain the importance that the player had in the matches. Strong, powerfull, one of the best midfielder able to stop the opponent's counterattack. Obviously he wasn't the best player at all all over the world, sure, but for our dimension, for a club that wanna play the Europe League and win the Tippeligaen, John Chibuike was really good. And we lost him.

DISKERUD - Unacceptable. This departures cannot be justified. No money can explain it, also because he left us free. Totally free. Our club wasn't strong enough to let him sign another contract, and so he was totally free to go to anoher team. It is said to Mexico, or USA soccer league. Sure, he's strong and Rosenborg cannot let him to win anything, and so he wanted to go away. But the fact is that we have lost a real good player. USA national midfielder, the 24 aged player has a glorious future. And we wasn't able to sell him. 

GAMBOA - Nothing to say. I've just repeat the same thing I wrote about Diskerud. You have just to change his role, fullback. After his very very good World Cup in Brazil everyone in Trondheim could bet on his departure. And so, West Bromwich Albion bought him for almost 3 millions (in euros). I can bear his departures, because he didn't leave us for free, but I'm very sad because he's a very good fullback. 

Start over, it's the only way left. Everything depends on the way the club will spend his money. Rosenborg, revive!

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2014, the review. Rosenborg 2015: a new beginning?

This 2014 is finished, fortunatly. Rosenborg lived one of his worst season ever. I think it's necessary to review the season, and so... begin!

TIPPELIGAEN - Everyone hoped that in this season Rosenborg would have fought to win the league, but soon our dreams became nightmares. During the season the team has dissolved , like snow under the sun , so the society had to fire one of the worst coaches that Rosenborg have ever had during his recent history, Perry. Fortunately there was a general review , which led to remove also Erik Hoftun , degraded to assistant coach .

EUROPE - We was afraid of a unknown irish-team, Sligo Rovers, that was very close to leave us from the Europe League qualifications. But Rosenborg preferred to be cut out at the climax, and so waited the turkish team Karabuskpor to be leaved off of the tourney. Nothing to say, we hoped we could play the final phase of Europe League, but we knew we didn't have a good team in order to arrive in that phase.

NM CUPEN - Last sixteen. The previous year we was defeated by Molde, and it was very frustrating and humiliating, but this year we was able to overcame ourselves. Ranheim, a Trondheim team of the second league in Norway, a sort of Rosenborg second-team, defeated us and leaved us from the NM Cupen, the only trophey we could have won. This year.

DEPARTURES - Bille Nielsen, Chibuike, Gamboa, Diskerud: all of them , for different reasons , have decided to leave Rosenborg to try new experiences abroad .The problem is that these four players were the only ones able to make the leap to the team , which now has to start from scratch.

2015: It's time to start from scratch, for serious. We have to bet on youngsters , respecting the history of the most successful club in Norway, our. The supporters, that'll never give up Rosenborg, deserve something special this year.

MondoRBK: Thanks for reading my blog, even if in this season I was constricted to abandon for a while (while? .... ) the blog (but not the RBK!). My promise is to improve this blog , and inform How much more I'll can the supporters of Rosenborg all over the World.

See next year!

@mondorbk

Where were we?

Hi guys
I was very busy, and so I couldn't write anything about Rosenborg from July untill now. What happened? So many things, I saw the last post I wrote was about Per Joar Hansen, the former coach. It was substitued by Ingebrigsten, the one who is still coach today. Our team arrived at second place in Tippeligaen 2014: it means that e shall play the Europa League qualifications. Last year, this season, we did not win the last qulification match, and so we had not the possibilities to play the play-off match.
What's the situation now?

MIX DISKERUD - The Norwegian-USA midfielder  during his permanence at Trondheim was often tempted by very important soccer teams, all over the european leagues, but he decided everytime to stay in the Tippeligaen. Now his future is doubtful, because the tension is high at Trondheim.

IT'S HARD TO BREATHE - The Rosenborg economic state is in a bind: the managers said that the sponsors money are not enough, and the tickets too. So it was necessary to sell someone: Berntsen, that went to Djurgarden. The causes of this situation are three: Nielsen, Chibuike and Brede Moe, good players sold or few moneys.

FRIENDLY MATCHES - Seeing that the training for last season was injurious and deleterious, this year mr. Inge decided that was necessary to have few friendly matches against weak teams. The hope is that this decision will be a good decision.

I'm glad to write in this blog, after so many complicated months of silence. I whish you had understood what I wrote!

Forza Rosenborg

@mondorbk

Ghosts above Trondheim / Rosenborg-Stabaek 2-3

An embarrassing show was played on Sunday evening between Rosenborg and Stabaek . We have indeed lost 2-3 against the team placed second last season in Adeccoligaen (the second division in Norway of course). A match that showed the weaknesses of our team, a team that can not score wihout 2-3 players, essential to get results during the season. 

One of these is Chibuike , that started on the bench , and when he entered, took only ten minutes to score the 2-3. Another player who played very well on Sunday's match, (that was the last pre-season friendly), was Gamst Pedersen , the newcomer , who signed the goal of momentary 1-2 . The third player that I would count is Bille Nielsen , but it must still find his best physical condition . The match seemed to be easy for Rosenborg ( That would be the limit, seeing that the opponent played in the Adecco last year ), which was very dangerous in attack, in particular at the 5', when there was an interesting cross, but Soderlund headed very weakly, and so the ball couldn't enter in. However the reaction of Stabaek didn't wait, and at 16 ' scored with Boli . The action of the opponent's advantage denotes the weakness of the defense department of Rosenborg . The action that leads to the goal in fact stemed from a ball throwed towards the half of the field , that surprised the two central defenders ( Reginiussen returning from injury to the heel, and Ronning, returned after six months cause of an injury ). The defneders didn't opposed to the opponent, which easily overcomed the goalkeeper Lund Hansen. 

The two defenders didn't seem to understand each other, neither of them tried to hinder the attacker , who was able to run through them and be face to face with the goalkeeper . Perry had said this week that his team had some evident defensive problems, but it seems he does not want to do anything to better the situation. On the other hand it is also true that the two central defenders didn't play togheter from six months, but that does not justify the behavior that they took throughout the match. I've seen a team that's already tired, and this is particularly serious at this point of the season, that the league it still not started. Perry during the pre-season had said he would have worked in a way that he would have led the team to be in top condition quite before the summer. It seems to me that this plan is already stillborn . In fact, the only one who seems to be in good condition is Gamst Pedersen , who has not done the preparation with Rosenborg this winter. 

Rosenborg hardly got a reaction to the goal, and the most irritating player of the day was, undoubtedly, Mix Diskerud . The U.S. National player, played without desire , even if he had a chance to equalize, but he missed, pulling a ball on the defender. That's didn't sound like him , seeing his enormous ballistic qualities .  

On the ongoing of the action , Reginiussen tried to redeem himself from the preceding error kicking with a powerful shot that touched the top of the crossbar . I can not say that Rosenborg did not tried to equalize , because it had occasions during the match, but it lacked a little courage and a lot, too much imprecision in the penalty area . Imprecision that was personified in the figure of Soderlund , which even Sunday not lived up to expectations, but missed a goal practically made. Didn't Rosenborg score? So, Stabaek did, trying to have some fun to the audience (his audience of course, not our).  Still goes on the disastrous day of Reginiussen , which that made a foul into our pnelaty area . The referee assigned a penalty. Penalty that was scored at 30 ' from Stephens . After three minutes , however, came the equalizer, with Gamst Pedersen . After a cross by Bille from the frontline, an unfortunate touch of the defender of Stabaek promoted Pedersen, that from outside doesn't wrong : 1-2 . Luck still does not assist the defense, which gets caught by the corner. The usual Boli,  headed the ball on a cross and the ball slowly came into the net. Rosenborg - Stabaek 1-3 . 

The first half was over (thankfully), and Perry continues to hold the same eleven on the field. Maybe he is satisfied with the performance of his team, as opposed to the fans. Both during the first half, that during the whole match , Rosenborg kept losing the ball in the attacking actions, giving the opportunity to the opponents to do a counter-attack. The pace was incredibly low, which could encourage opponents, who controlled the match. One of the few opportunities to reopen the match it had the usual Pedersen, that with a free-kick was almost to score. But there was a great save by the keeper of Stabaek . Riku Riski also tried to redeem his match, but his shot was blocked by the goalkeeper with his fists. 

Perry finally decided to change something, and Svensonn entered in place of the evanescent Diskerud, and Chibuike for Reginiussen . The only smart move of the match , because Chibuike scored at 85 ' after a great counter-attack action ended with the passage of Midtsjø for the Nigerian. The match ended, but we all are very disappointed, becuase this match reflected a state of agony of ours. Maybe we are slowly returning to our origins, when Rosenborg was nothing more than a small team from the suburbs. Hopefully I will be denied , I'd be happy to apologize.

Rosenborg-Odd 1-3

....

You cannot see a good team in the pre-season but... I really hope that we play in this way because we are not fit. But Perry said that soon we would have been really fit. I'm starting not believing it.

It was a year we didn't lose in Abra Hallen, but against Odd we did. 
Something that jumped out it was that on the opponents cross we couldn't take the ball at all. And it's a great problem, maybe one of the main problem of this team.
Perry still wants Dorin as central defender, but he cannot play there at all! Not only for the owngoal, but also because he's not able to move in that zone. Dorsin played for a life as a fullback, and now, that's finishing his career, he cannot settle into central defense.
We were carried by the Odd, that did most of the game. Before the owngoal they crossed perhaps twice, and took us unprepared, untill finally they scored. In a previous chance for them, the forward was lonely in the area, and easily could head, but he didn't take the net. Dorsin wasn't able to mark the forwards, lost his position, but he wasn't the only one. Skjelvik too did the same thing in the second goal, but I'll talk about it later on.
We were absent minded, but maybe something was clear: we have not players in the role they are best. 
Bille cannot play as a wing, as I said Bille can play as pivot, maybe at most as playmaker (but we have Chibber that's the best in that role).
Soderlund... I'd rather not to talk about him.
Riku disappeared. He did only one good match then vanished. I really hope he soon get fit. Because i hope the all team isn't fit.
But it was also a problem the concerned all the squad, because Gamboa too easily was overcomed by the opponents. 
After the second goal we lost our minds, and the situation got out of our hands, and happened the Orlund presented the goal for the 0-3, passing the ball to the opponents.
But maybe the real main problem is that without Chibuike we aren't in the match. But we cannot play every match with Chibuike at the top, also because Chubike won't be able to play every match at the top (we saw it in the last season: as he got out of fit, we lost the league).
I think this season could be the last season of Mr. Hansen, I hope. Because, yes these are friendlies, but something jumped out in this pre-season, tattically, is that we don't have a midfield. The opponents easily overcomed our midfield, and the matches we won, was because we had Chibuike that was the only one that ran, intercepted the ball at midfield, and passed the ball to the forwards. But, as I said, we cannot relyed on him. 
But the society gave us a present for this loss, we bought Gamst, a youngester.
Seriously, the experts says that he can be the difference beetwen the gold medal and the silver one. Are we fighting for any medals? I didn't see it...
He's a man with experiences, he's a wing, well-know because he played for almost ten years in the Balckburn. He's expertises, yes, but we have three wings (Riku, Helland and Mikkelsen) and I cannot see him as a regular. Yes, indeed, he's a good player, but this is the king of the problem in this society: we don't have money to buy anyone. It's useless to complain, we should turn back to 2004, and take the philosophy that Hoftun gave away. We have to focus on the youngsters, in order to create a competitive team, like we were many years ago.

Zibaldone - 25 Feb 2014 (Waiting for Rosenborg- Odd)

Few considerations about the match we are going to play against the Odd. First of all this is the squad, the starting line-up

Orlund-Gamboa, Moe, Strandberg, Skjelvik- Jensen,Mix, Berntsen- Bille, Søderlund, Riski

1) Perry understood that Mikkelsen couldn't be a fullback (fortunatly) and put Gamboa in the place of the wing forward. As we can see Dorsin is out of the starting line-up, so Perry give Moe the chance to show him off. Moe said that he's much improved during the last season, and so he's sure he can do very well this year. Perry several times in this friendlies rejected Moe as central defendor, preferring Dorsin, that instead is a fullback. Now Moe can shows him off, and we are all hoping he can demonstrate what he's able to do in the field.

2) We have, also in this match, injuried so many players: Reginiussen and Selnaes (as you can read here) but we have still injuried Strandberg, that probably won't play against Odd. What I wonder is: why we have so many players injuried? This is a great problem, and I think could be a big danger all along the season. We haven't many players indeed, and so if we have injuried the only players able to play, we are out of the games. I have to remind that this summer we have to play the european qualifications for the Europe League, and going in this way we won't able to do great thing (remembering also that in summer Mix and Gamboa will be out for the World Cup)

3) Berntsen said he's ready to compete with Selnaes and Mix for a role in midfield. I saw Berntsen in the last match against Sudnsvall: yes, he didn't drive me crazy, but at the end did a nice match. But I don't know how he can compete with Mix and Selnaes. He can compete maybe with the last one, but just because he's always injuried (it's just a joke, I'm hoping we can have him soon of course )

4) Riski did very bad according to me the last match, maybe against Odd can show him as the player we hope he is. Fast, precise and insidious. Not like the last matches. I'd rather have Helland as pivot and not Soderlund, but, let's see what he can do. Seeing this squad (the strikers sector) it comes to my mind that during the match the module can change. Starting with a 4-3-3 he can become a 4-3-2-1 or a 4-2-3-1 with Bille as playmaker, however he can play behind the two forwards. Maybe Perry put Soderlund because he saw that every cross in the area was sliced by the forwards, nobody took the ball. Soderlund maybe can do this kind of job.

Rosenborg-Sundsvall 0-0

As I said in the last post, we had problem with some players, that couldn't play because they were injuried. They were Mix, Reginiussen, Saelnes, Soderlund and Strandberg. So we played with the usual squad (4-3-3) but as fullback Mikkelsen, and Berntsen from the beginning. The other "new" thing was Dorsin as centrale defender, but we've seen him in that role in other matches yet.

It was a very boring match, of course, but we must trust Mr. Hansen, who said that he's preparing the team to gradually improve during the season. I wish he's right. 

In order to analyse this match I will consider three players: Mikkelsen, Bille and Chibuike.

Mikkelsen

No, if Perry had any doubt about Mikkelsen as a substitute for Gamboa during the World Cup, I sincerely hope that he has quickly realized that the thing cannot be done. Mikkelsen is a forward, not a fullback, and it was clear during the match. He was ever in attack, and rarely came back in defense when opponents attacked ("attacked", tried to create some small problem to us, just to create a minimum of show).

They easily overcame him, like in one occasion for them, when Mikkelsen sliced the ball with the head and the opponent went in the area. Fortunatly the opponent wasn't CR7, so he didn't score.

Perry understood the problem Mikkelsen could create in that role, so he made him go in attack, replacing Riku with Gamboa in the second half.

Obviously Perry had to do this, because Riku never entered in the field yesterday, he was really out of the game. He slept all the time, and when he took the ball, every time did the wrong thing. It was really incredible, and of course he was replaced. 

But the problem reamin: who can replace Gamboa? Dorsin is used as substitute of Reginiussen, and we haven't a real fullback who can replace Gamboa this summer. If he won't buy someone in the next transfer market, safe bet we'll run the risk of coming to a bad end.

Bille

Bille, according to me, is an excellent player, if he wants to. But in that squad (4-3-3) he rarely find a good position to play. During the match he often played as playmaker 

(untill Chibuike came in replacing an absent Svensonn), but when he had to come into the area (in order to take the ball with the head and then score) he didn't do it, and nobody took the ball that Helland or Mikkelsen crossed. 

I think it's better to play with a 4-2-3-1, because with the 4-3-3 we can win only if we meet weak teams or the midfielder go into the area to score. But this rarely happen with our pkayers, Chibuike is a good player, but he stopped himself when he has the ball, in the borderline of the area, and seldom he come inside. Mix the same, is more a halfback, and Berntsen, as we saw yesterday, like Chibuike, doesn't come into the area. The only one who can do this is Bille, but isn't in a good mood I think, and the other one is Soderlund. I'd rather not to talk about Soderlund.

Chibuike

Just few words about Chibuike. He brings the light in the team when he plays. Yesterday, as he entered, made only good passes; and as playmaker, he was an excellent assist-man. We've to make him resign the contract with Rosenborg, very soon, because without him, it will be very hard to win something.

Zibaldone 02/21/2014: waiting for saturday

As we knew, Ole Saelnes and Tore Reginiussen won't play that match saturday because they're still injuried. With them, we have unvailable also Mix, Soderlund and Strandberg.

Mr. Hansen, then, has to try in the squad the substitutes of them. But he has also to try the substitutes of Gamboa and Mix. Both of them, unfortunatly for us, fortunatly for them, will have to play the World Cup in Brazil this summer, in the middle of the season. In this way spoke Mr. Hansen

Yes, it is true that we have struggled with injuries and it is sad. But it also gives other players the chance to show what they are good for. We have three young players in the squad against Sundsvall. It is Aslak Witry, Bent Sørmo and Martin Lundal

Nevertheless Chibuike will be in the bench in the starting line-up. Indeed this is the squad:

Örlund; Mikkelsen, Moe, Dorsin, Skjelvik; Jensen, Svensson, Berntsen; Helland, Bille, Riski

In this way I think, during the match, we will see more of a 4-2-3-1 than a 4-3-3 classic. This because Helland and Riski use to take the ball in the midfield and then cross in the area, or go in the center and try to kick. Bille will be the pivot, but if necessary will be able to play behind the two forwards Helland and Riski.

However Berntsen has to improve himself in that role, and Perry did very well to make him play in that role and not Chibuike or Bille. He has to test every player to create a good team. He has to know how much a player can give to the team and how.

We can see also Mikkelsen as fullback, in place of Gamboa. That's because, as I wrote, Gamboa won't be in Norway during the summer, and we have to find out a subsitute (seeing that the society has no money to buy anyone...)

This could be strange, because Mikkelsen is a forward. Maybe Perry had seen during the workouts that he can play as right-fullback. We hope so, but we need too the forward-Mikkelsen, we'll not be able to use Mikkelsen as fullback so long.

It's strange that Perry won't use Dorsin as right-fullback, but... we can only see if this will be a good choice or not.

Chibuike won't leave. RBK's searching the Gamboa subsitute.

Now it's certain: Chibuike will remain at Rosenborg. 
This guy had been given, by the media, "sold" to almost all teams in the world, but apparently he doesn't wanna go away from Trondheim.The news was given by the same player last night to Adresse.no.

I don't wanna go to the Dinamo Minsk or in another teams in Belarus or Russia. There is no aim for me to go to a club that is on par or lower level than Rosenborg.

He had only words of praise for the supporters of Rosenborg

I just don't want to become rich, money aren't everything compared to other things. If I change the club I need a better league where I can develop myself and become better. I must respect my own values, and can not travel only for the money. Dinamo Minsk is certainly a great club, but I must be a 100% sure that I like where I'm going. 
I'm happy to be in the club and the city. The supporters are amazing, and I have only positive things to say here. We'll take it as it comes. 


At the same time it received bids from an Israeli club, but it was so low that it was not relevant to sales. And the RBK is ready to offer a contract extension to the Nigerian player. 

We talked about the extension just before, but now here we go again. Then we will have to discuss it with his agent, says Hoftun.

I have to congratulate him for the sincerity, and we all hope that he'll sign that contract.

So it seems that the joke Bille and Gamboa will not result in reality. Fortunately.


Bille is ok, but maybe the destiny make Gamboa sick cause of that joke for the match against Djurgarden. So Perry has the chance to test the substitute of Gamboa during the World Cup Brazil 2014. The idea is to place Svensonn behind. But he'll not be the unique player "tested". Also Witry has to demonstrate his skills during this months. Mr Hansen has to find out a good substitute, because in that period we'll have to play against Sarpsborg, Strømsgodset, Lillestrøm and Start, and so it will be hard to play without that players. Not only Gamboa, but also Mix of course. 

Maybe it will be very important the summer transfer market

News

Here I am to inform you about the latest news from the Rosenborg world. In this post I'd like to focus on the players that are almost leaving Trondheim. Above all Chibuike and Alexander Lund Hansen.

We all thought that Chibuike would leave RBK in this transfer market, but in the facts this didn't happen. That's because the club from Trondheim had asked for the Nigerian midfielder a very high offer, an offer which would be difficult to come, because the player is almost out of contract. On the Facebook page and the Twitter account I told you the negotiations that revolved around the player. There were many teams that wanted to buy Chibuike, first of all the Dinamo Minsk, that was ready to buy the player at almost 10 milion €. When the transfer market was next to close, there was another team ready to buy Chibber, the Eskisehirspor, and the Maccabi Haifa too. But nothing happened, and in the last match against Costuleni Chibuike didn't play, and the doubts begin to feel more strongly. 
The only thing we know about Chibuike and his "transfer" is the joke that Bille and Gamboa did. They made a fake newspaper article that showed the Chibuike agent saying Chibuike was very close to sign a 4 year contract with the Crusaders. 
Nothing more.

The other one, Hansen, is very angry with Mr Hansen, the reason for the dispute is that he didn't use the goalkeeper in the match against Costuleni. The keeper was very angry because he was a regular once, and now is overcomed by Orlund. It is said that he would leave the team, because of this. He wants to play more in this season. He wouldn't be in the bench all along the season. This is the reason why he would leave the Norway. 

Both of them maybe would leave to other leagues that have the tranfers market still open, like the Turkish market, the Israelian one, but also the Finnish one.


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Rosenborg - Costuleni 3-0. Copa del Sol is over

Yes, we were already out of the tournment before this match, but we played very well indeed. I could see how the team has really enjoyed it. The line-up was the usual 4-3-3, with the three forward that were Mikkelsen, Riku and Soderlund, like the first match against Astra. 
We had several opportunities throughout the course of the match. Such occasions we have had playing a very fast game ( a kind of game that has become the prerogative of Rosenborg) , in an offensive way and running a lot on the wings, but in the meantime we did not neglected the defensive phase. The Costuleni had only one opportunity to score with a header from a corner kick , but the defense has been able to clean up. Rosenborg on the other hand had two great occasions with Soderlund , the better of the first half according to me , which attempted to score with a header in the middle of the penalty area , and later took the bar with a powerful shot . In the second half there was no match : Rosenborg covered well all over the field , with numerous entries inside the area of the midfielder and building a good game, based (after Bille entered) on a filtering passes. The Danish has been able to juggle the ball in midfield , playing behind the wings forward , Sørloth and Riski.
Mr. Hansen has therefore changed, in the course of the match, the line-up , playing with a 4-3-1-2 , which allowed the construction of all three goals . Since Bille came in the Rosenborg has shown more dangerous.

The first goal was scored by Strandberg. There was a corner kick, Strandberg headed the ball and scored the 1-0. Since then only the Rosenborg seemed to play the match. 
The second goal was scored by Bille: Helland took the ball in the area, then passed the ball behind to Bille that shoted a powerful kick and the keeper couldn't do anything to save the ball. 
The action that led to the third goal was started (just for a change) by Bille, who fed the ball to Helland, that made a lob and scored easily.

We made three goal in almost ten minutes, then the match went over: the Costuleni didn't anything to score and Rosenborg controlled the game. 

We went out of the tournment because Astra won against AIK (we would come out of the tournament because we had also lost the head to head against the Astra), but we had played a good match, we won easily, I've to admit, and I liked the way the players played. I'm a bit doubtful about the red card to Strandberg, I didn't understand very well why the referee did it. 

I know that this matches (pre-season friendly matches) are not very important (they aren't important at all) but indeed (like all the other friendly matches all over the world, of course) they're very important to understand what kind of line-up is better to win the matches of our league, or to win in Europe, in order to go in Europa League. I think that the newcome Riski will be very usefull. I'm very doubtful (and I was already the last season) about Soderlund as first string, but Mr Hansen played in this few friendly with him as regular. I'm very happy that Chibuike didn't leave us in this transfer market, because he's very important as playmaker, but also as halfback. With a 4-3-1-2 we are more dangerous on the wings, thanks to players that run a lot, and are able to overcome the opponents easily (like Helland) and with this line-up we're very dangerous also with Bille that is more free to create the actions and make opportunities to score. Chibuike is able to run, create opportunities and intercept balls. The only great problem that I saw also the last season, is that we get tired in the last league matches. This year, then, there is also the World Cup, which will see us without key players such as Mix and Gamboa. We must be careful not to waste our energies at once, in the first few games (this is a task that must be able to do the technical staff),  and it is essential to buy some important reserves in the summer market. Lastly, I think this should be the line-up:






                                            Orlund

Gamboa                 Strandberg         Reginiussen              Dorsin
                            (Moe)                                                (Skjelvik)  

         
     Chibuike                             Mix                                 Svensonn
                                                                                   (Strandberg)                                   

                                             Bille
Helland                                                                   Riski                         
(Soderlund)                                                             (Mikkelsen)

First win of 2014: Rosenborg-AIK 5-2

Finally a good news! Rosenborg won its first match in the second journey of the Copa del Sol tournment. As usual we went in the field with our 4-3-3 line-up, with Chibuike in the role of playmaker, behind the three forwards: Helland, Bille and Soderlund. I have to apologize for what I said in the previous vlog, the team fortunatly proved me wrong. 

We made a very offensive game, with Chibuike that set up the actions, in role of playmaker, in order to pass the ball to the wings forward (Helland and Nielsen), that tried to cross the ball in the area, or went in to the center, near the borderline of the penalty area, then tried to shot. But we were very absent-minded in the defensive phase, above all on the wings, our fullbacks (Skjelvek and Dorsin) weren't very careful, indeed the action of the first AIK's goal, began in the wings. Dorsin let the opponent cross and Bahoui Igboananike scored. But we were playing quite well, indeed we didn't change our way of playing, and at 9' we had the opportunity to equalize with a penalty. Soderlund scored the 1-1, six minutes after the goal by AIK. The game was very enjoyable, not at all boring, and both teams played in an offensive way, allowing the opponents to create the actions. 
At the 12' AIK scored again, with another action started in the wings. Another cross and Markannen, lonely in the penalty area, was able to kick in the goal. 
Now I was afraid that, like the other matches, we got depressed, and didn't play as well as before the goal. But, maybe unexpectedly for me, Rosenborg still tried to score in the same way, very determined to equalize. In this phase of the match we were very messy, but at the same time very determined to score, And we did it, with another kick (free-kick) by Helland (according to me the best player in the first half). 
So, a very good and enjoyable first half ends 2-2. 

In the second half, there was the turning point. All along the second half, the AIK wasn't dangerous at all. We played very well, like in the first half, but at the same time (perhaps the opponents players were tired) we were more careful at the back wings. At 56' entered Gamboa in place of Skjelvek (not a good match for him, at all) and at 60' Chibuike scored with a great gol from a long range. Nielsen made the assist for Chibuike the threw the ball under the bar, so strong that not even the goalkeeper saw it. 
Chibuike was the best player of the second half, because, with the scoring 3-2, had to make counter-attacks in order to close the match. So, he did it, with a great action in counter-attack, he overcomed the midfield and four opponents with great strenght, then he passed the ball to the left to Bille, that passed again the ball to Chibuike that easily scored. 4-2. The AIK wasn't able to react, and so was easy for us to score again, the 5-2, with Mikkelsen at 81', entered in place of the tired Nielsen, with Riski in place of Helland and Jensen of Svensonn. 

The match is over: 5-2. 

It was a great test of determination, physical strength, and I finally saw a lot of movement by the forwards. The only weakness is the defense, which today has been able to hold the opportunities of the opponents (perhaps for the lack of determination and lucidity of the opposing team) but that we must absolutely correct. There is an obvious problem of concentration, mainly on the cross from the wings, which easily come into the penalty area and are easily diverted into the net.

But I've to admit that I've enjoyed it.

John Chibuike, best player today

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Il Rosenborg risponde allo Stromsgodset e vince contro il Sarpsborg

 Una partita che andava vinta, e che il Rosenborg ha vinto. Forse è stata la svolta della stagione. Una partita complicata, contro una squadra che ha dato molto filo da torcere all'RBK, sebbene sia l'ultima in classifica. Come al solito il Rosenborg domina la partita, a parte gli ultimi dieci minuti del primo tempo, dove infatti la squadra di casa trova il gol su rigore. Un rigore assolutamente inesistente, per un fallo di mano che non c'era affatto. Il pallone tirato basso aveva trovato il corpo di Stranberg, che aveva colpito la palla con il braccio sì, ma chiaramente attaccato al corpo. Già qualche minuto prima il Sarpsborg aveva chiesto un rigore che forse ci sarebbe potuto anche stare, ma che l'arbitro non ha voluto assegnare. La stagione sembrava compromessa, ma il Rosenborg c'ha messo il cuore e il coraggio, e dopo un secondo tempo passato a spingere e cercare la vittoria (il pareggio non sarebbe stato un risultato né giusto né buono ai fini della classifica), ha trovato il gol con Chibuike, che aveva preso la traversa nel primo tempo di testa da distanza ravvicinata. Il Rosenborg continua a spingere e trova il gol del vantaggio con Helland, che si alza la palla e insacca in fondo alla rete, facendo scoppiare di gioia i tifosi giunti fino a Sarpsborg. Il giocatore più tenuto sott'occhio è stato Nielsen, a causa dell'episodio di qualche giorno fa. I suoi tifosi gli hanno addirittura fatto uno striscione in un perfetto latino: "Humanum errare est". Nielsen è stato l'assist-man per il pareggio di Chibuike al 72', che riceve il cross basso e teso e insacca. Si è mosso bene il danese, e ha cercato più volte di segnare. Sì è sacrificato parecchio per la squadra. L'arbitro è stato protagonista in negativo della gara, che ha assegnato un rigore non giusto, non ha espulso il portiere avversario (e avrebbe potuto, avendo preso la palla di mano fuori dall'area), e ha preso molte decisione secondo me sbagliate. E' stato invece molto intelligente mister Hansen, che ha saputo gestire bene le sostituzione, facendo entrare prima Selnaes Ole, che ha avuto l'influenza fino a poche ore dall'inizio della partita, e che ha iniziato l'azione del pareggio del Rosenborg, e dopo Helland, autore del gol del vantaggio, esattamente ottantadue secondi dopo il gol del pareggio. Finalmente è arrivata la mentalità del vincente, per una squadra che sta dimostrando di meritarsi il primo posto e la finale di Coppa di Norvegia. E che potrà fare molto bene il prossimo anno per le qualificazioni in Champions League.