Perry coward leaves Rosenborg.

All we wanted Perry leaves us. Do not take it personally, Perry, but you are not fit to be a coach. Or at least to do it in Trondheim. Or at least with Rosenborg. You say that there was too much pressure, what should tell your colleagues working in England, Spain or Italy? If you complain of pressure, trust me, change job man. 

You leave Rosenborg before the match against Sligo Rovers, as a captain when leaves the sinking ship. And who does it (and we know something in Italy, with Schettino and the Concordia), is disgraced and shunned by everyone, because he's coward. 

Perry, have a little more courage in life. You had to remain untill the defeat with Sligo Rovers, in order to close definetively your "era". 

Maybe you could have won, who knows?

Gamboa pride of Rosenborg

In a video-interviews posted on Adressa.no Gamboa shows us how happy it was to be back in Trondheim. Yes, it would be best to be still in Brazil, maybe playing against Germany this match, but with his national team he played very well, with courage and passion, in order to make his countrymen happy and pride to be Costaricians.

Welcome home Cristian, we miss you a lot, and we wanna be back in Europe. We need you for this, and we absolutely want you. 

Heart, courage and luck

How could we won yesterday? It was crazy, we were 2-0 then... the darkness. Strandberg did himself, the defense turned off itself, and Haugesund could overcome us. How could they do it?! 
Incredible, we could win just because they had the, according to me, worst keeper in our league. Yes, he's young and he has to improve himself, but fortunatly against us wasn't good. 
But in Europe we cannot hope in the keeper of the other teams, we have to stay in the match, concentrated. 

Helland, Riski and Jensen well done, but we're dependent on Gamboa and Diskerud!

C'mon Rosenborg, let's going on! Perry: finally you're lucky! At least...

Immense Gamboa, but don't show you up!

I wanted to write a post about Gamboa, because of his magnificient match against Uruguay with his CostaRica. He showed to the world how strong he is, how powerfull and fast. But now we all know how does it work: a great team sees him, obviously it likes him and wants to buy him. So, I just want to make a plea: Cristian, don't show you up!

Of course I'm joking, and we all love you. Cristian, be the pride of all us.

Perry, are you kidding me?

That's incredible. Ok, you won, Perry. You're winning, and maybe you were right when you talked about the pshysical condition of our players. But, are you kidding me? Incredible, the more I criticize you, more you win, and when I say you're a good coach (very rarely) you lose. How does it possible Perry?! Ok, I don't wanna be so egocentric, surely my words don't touch anyone, but just to...

Perry you're bad. You're ugly and maleficient. You stink.

Now win.

The Saelnes' hoop. A scream for a victory

That's finally what I wanted to see! Courage, anger, desire to fight and win, even suffering. And all this has been well summarized by the hoop, the scream of Saelnes after the first goal. But it was also visible in the shot of Mikkelsen, shot full of anger and desire to win that damned game. Well done guys, this is your victory. Deplorable behaviour adopted by Strandberg, the team cannot be never left alone. But, my point of view does not change: Hoftun and Perry have to go away, because a victory today may unfortunately mean a defeat more devastating in the future, and this is what every fan wants to avoid.

Open Letter to Mr. Per Joar Hansen

On "Adressa.no" were written six points that explain why Perry should go away. What I noticed, and interested me, were the points about the training: this is the main reason why Perry lost the trust among the players. I read:  low-intensity exercise, uncertainty 
formation, tactics and team selection. I wrote something about, when I said that Perry was a liar when he said that before the summer the team should have had the best physical condition (and the latest matches showed us the truth).

So, Perry, How long must we wait before you understand that your sad adventure in Rosenborg is finished? First you will understand it, the best will be for everyone. You have everyone against you: players, staff, supporters. What do you want to do? 
Think about it tonight. 

With love, 

Mondo Rosenborg

Here I am - News

Obviously everyone in the earth wondered himself: "Where is Mondo Rosenborg? I cannot live without his news about the most succesfull team in Norway!". So, here I am, and there's a reason why I didn't write anything. Rosenborg is my passion, sure, but my life (and the life generally) is full of other things, more important that soccer. I won't go into details, but I've taken this opportunity to change the way of writing in this blog (yes, I'd made too much changes since I've started, but... this is me). I will not write the analysis of the matches, that were very boring and written in a bad english, but I'll write (as in every blog in internet) my impressions on the match, and seeing the Rosenborg situation, I think I'll write only vets, words full of anger. 
So, I hope you'll read my blog in future, and... Forza Rosenborg!

P.S.: I write the analysis of the matches in Italian on "Tribuna Italia", an online newspaper. If you wanna see something...

Rosenborg knocks down Brann, and ricovers Bille Nielsen

That this Rosenborg-Brann could finish in this way, it was told by the history: in the 23 matches played there was a scoring average of 3.8 goals per game: it was too easy to bet. It was just easy also to bet on the victory of Rosenborg , that in the last four matches beat Brann three times , scoring 15 goals . So this match could have been the turning point of the season for the team from Trondheim, which brings back to goal the striker Danish director Bille Nielsen , who had missed the last match for the well known facts with the police. But the game didn't start in the best way , as usual this season. At 14 ' Brann took the lead with Skaanes : lightning counter-attack of the guests, who were three against three , Huseklepp passed the ball to Skaanes , and midfielder couldn't go wrong , and scored the 1-0 . Now it seems an unsolvable problem the defense of Rosenborg , who can not find balance. Being this problem , mr . Hansen saw that it must push the team in attack , even if it was easier for the opponents to score . We are in the 5th round, and Rosenborg took almost 2 goals per match. The tactic of Perry began to glimpse already in this match , and we could wait only five minutes to see the goals from captain Reginiussen , who had already scored in the national cup match last Wednesday valid for entering the second round. The assist was usually by Gamst Pedersen on a free-kick, the man most important at this moment in the team, an infinite resource . Rosenborg began to attack persistently, and after nine minutes the goal of the advantage with Svensonn : on a corner kick by Mix Diskerud , Strandberg protracted with the head the ball in the box , Svensonn pounced on the ball and beat the goalkeeper : 2 -1. The goal was greeted with a standing ovation, and the midfielder born in Levanger celebrated the goal as if he had scored the goal of the life , the ninth with the shirt of Rosenborg . This creates the conditions for a spectacular second half , which gave for all viewers four goals . The first of these four goals , however, was marked once again by Skaanes , although just few minutes before Rosenborg had a chance to close the match with Bernsten , author of a powerful shot from outside the box deflected in corner by the keeper. As mentioned , however, was Brann to score the 2-2 , at 60 ' : Lindemann Jensen lost the ball in midfield, Brann again on a counterattack , Badji fed the ball to Skaanes that hit it into the net for the draw. Brann also risked to score the goal of 3-2: Lund Hansen erred the launch on which pounced Barmen , which replaced at 59 ' Huseklepp , author of a good first half . Barmen let it go a powerful shot that was deflected in corner by Hansen . But Rosenborg didn't lose the head and threw himself headlong into the attack to try the advantage goal . Jensen wanted to redeem the error committed shortly before, that had led to the equalizing goal, and scored a spectacular goal : a shot five meters outside the box that bag in the corner of the net , 3-2 . Brann holded for another ten minutes, but then was forced to collapse, inevitably , under the weight of the supporters at Lerkendal Stadion . Riku Riski was brought down in the penalty area , and the referee had no doubt , penalty. Reviewing the action , the foul is no doubt , but Soderlund presents himself in the box, in order to strike. And he scored the 4-2. It  was done , but in order to end the party in the best way, we had to see another goal, a goal by Bille Nielsen. Once again, was committed a fouil in the box on Riku Riski (this time it is the fould was  clear) and the referee whistled a second penalty , which beat Bille , scoring the final 5-2 . The exultation that followed may be saw exaggerated for the fifth goal , but entirely justified if it is aware of the dark period that he has passed the Danish striker. A beautiful game well played by Rosenborg , that is four points behind the league leader, and champion of the last Tippeligaen, Stromsgodset . The problems remain the defense , but what matters is to win, and if this happens...

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow: but Rosenborg doesn't smile

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow said H.G. Wells, but how does it take this crisis? Another draw for Rosenborg , which has only two points after two rounds. The draw was less dramatic than the one in the first round, but very irritating. The only extenuating circumstances may be two : the field factor and obviously the opposing team, wich yesterday was in a very fine form. A draw that is actually tight for Aalesund , that could  have won the game If it had not been for the skills of Lund Hansen ( on Saturday author of at least two small miracles) and the imprecision of the striker Barrantes ( like Berisha  in the game against the Viking Barrantes was very inspired). The match begins immediately in the worst way for Rosenborg , who in the ninth minute is forced to replace the right fullback Cristian Gamboa for an injury (it should be out 4-6 weeks) with Skjelvik , author of a bad first half on the first journey against Viking . In the first few minutes should have been read the plot of the match: the hosts did high pressure and prevented the build up of Rosenborg actions , and then closed themselves in defense when the team from Trondheim overcame his half of the field. The whole game was played on this scheme, and the music was directed by Aalesunds, whereas we would have expected a game administered by Rosenborg . The counterattacks by Aalesunds were deadly for the team from Trondheim, who suffered terribly in defense , as he had suffered terribly against Viking . The couple Reginiussen - Ronning offers really very few guarantees, and if we will have not a good substitute the season will take a turn for the worst. The coach Mr.Per Joar Hansen is already risking the dismissal, with his strange ideas about football. He showed the team saturday with a new 4-2-3-1 instead of the usual 4-3-3 , but the hosts constructed actions of attack, not Rosenborg , which was struggling to recover, and remained entangled in the net made by Aalesund . Aalesund was dangerous since the beginning of the match: after the first ten minutes, began to attack with more continuity; at 13 ' Barrantes missed an almost penalty on the move, sending the ball just outside the right post. At 21 ' Pedersen was picked up on time by James , who found himself face to face with Hansen, who made a miracle rejecting the ball. Barrantes pounced on the rebound but took the ball with a bad impact and Hansen could throw the ball out. Rosenborg was slow on the counterattacks , and Aalesund had so many time to close in on the defense. The few chances we had ended with weak and central shots. At 30 ' James was once again pulling undisturbed from the edge of the box , having in front of him Ronning, that still does not find his best form. Two minutes later Barrantes again went close to score , but the ball came out . Only in the last minutes of the first half Rosenborg started to become dangerous, and a great shot at the last second by Riski went off. The second half opened with an incredible opportunity for Aalesund : four our players lost the ball in midfield, which was recovered by James . The Nigerian feed the ball to Barrantes, that was face to face with Hansen, but sent the ball high and hit the bar . At this point the Rosenborg seemed to wake up , and came with more continuity and ideas in the hosts midfield . When the Rosenborg was attacking with many intensity , Aalesund scored, with a counterattack orchestrated by Barrantes , who ran along the whole right wing , made the cross for James, who badly stopped the ball, so he passed it to Larsen wich undisturbed kicked the ball with a powerful shot that Hansen couldn't save 1-0 . The situation was harder for Rosenborg, because Aalesund more than before could express its way of playing, closing itself in defense and making counterattacks with Barrantes or James . Mr. Hansen so decided to change something and entered Soderlund in place of a tired Mikkelsen , author of a poor match. Perry then returned to his favorite 4-3-3 , with Bille shifted on the wing and Soderlund as pivot . The home team seemed to be very tired, and was no longer able to make counterattacks as it did before , but on the other hand also Rosenborg did not seem to be alert. Then came an unexpected gift : at 74 ' by a lack of Aalesund , Chibuike recovered the ball , passed it for Soderlund that feed the ball to Riski , who kicked and sent the ball to the inferior corner of the net : 1-1 , Rosenborg drew with his mysterious object . We should have made many attacking actions to find the opening goal , but it did not come. The two teams were tired and the final minutes of the match were not as fun as you might have expected . Only at 91 ' Rosenborg had a good chance to score , with Reginiussen , which was so close to scoring on a free kick with his head. Therefore ended the match at the Color Line, where Aalesund stopped Rosenborg on 1- 1. Still goes on the crisis of Rosenborg . More than results, the most dramatic problem is caused by the lack of a way of playing; Mr. Hansen seems to have no idea about what to do, how to play, how to prepare tactically the match , and we're only in the second round. Rosenborghas reached a critical juncture in its season. We all hope something go better in future.

Whistles at Lerkendal

Rosenborg could not start worse. A bad game , where opponents (Viking ) has dominated for almost all the time, except in those ten minutes that the Rosenborg managed to score two goals.

And so the team from Trondheim has to face the music with this first false step . The first half was completely dominated by the team from Stavanger; in the first ten minutes, Viking was able to go close to scoring twice , first with a cross that went across the penalty area, then with a shot that went out. Viking was the uncontested ruler of the field , it was able to monopolize the game during the entire first half , brushing several times the goal . Rosenborg was hard to get out of its own half of the field, with a non-existent midfield that made everything easier for the opponents . Svensonn looked like a ghost in the field, and Jensen helped few times the defense. Moreover, the choice of Perry has been to not put into the field from the first minute Mikkel Diskerud.

At 24 ' the first incredible opportunity for Viking : the central striker Berisha was spoon fed by a companion and found himself face to face with Lund Hansen ( that replaced the injured Örlund ) , who was able to wrest the ball from his feet , making a miracle. Rosenborg did not seem to be playing in a game . The two central defenders still do not understand each other, as had happened during the last friendly , and Berisha was very good at take advantage of the situations. Fortunately for us, the number ten always wrong at kicking, even if was very dangerous when he was in the penalty area, when he got over, with a disarming easiness, throughout the defense. He looked like Messi, but he ain’t him.

At 32 ' still Berisha, wich Saturday was very inspired, with a in a serpentine pattern came face -to-face (again) with Hansen , who saved a weak shot easily and centrally located.

Rosenborg was not concentrated , got wrong so much, but the main problem was that it was impalpable. It looked more like a training match than the first round of a league that you wanna win. Surely, with this performance, you will never win it, it will be hard only to be protagonists. Just an opportunity for Rosenborg in the first half : at 40 ' a cross, on the developments of a corner, there was a small scrum in the penalty area, but the ball slammed twice on the defensive wall pulled over by Viking , first on a close shot by Söderlund, then on a shot from the long-range by Tore Reginiussen.

The first half ended 0-0 , but it must be admitted that the Viking deserved to be in the lead , maybe even with two goals. Perry finally realized that something had to be changed , and put into Mix Diskerud and Dorsin , respectively in place of Svensonn and Skjlevik . I don’t dare to say that they played badly , they had just not played.

In the second half all of us expected a reaction from Rosenborg , we expected to see they fought. Well it didn’t happend: the second half began as the first ended. At 50 ' Viking was again close to scoring with the usual Berisha ( just remind you : he is not a talent , it was the defense that was embarrassing), which on the development of a cross was once again alone in front of Hansen , who made a miracle for the second time.

Thirty minutes before the end finally something snapped, and the Rosenborg changed gears and started to become dangerous . On a cross from the corner Ronning tried to redeem him for the disastrous game with a header, but it was out (even if he had scored he would not have redeemed for the bad performance ) . Even Riku Riski made him seen (after having been in the shadow for the entire first half) with a shot that ended up. Grow more and more the doubts about the former player of Hoenefoss . The team from Trondheim began to appear more often in the frontline of the opponents penalty area , until at 64’ Viking defensive inattention led to the goal scored by Diskerud : Bille intercepted a ball deflected from the defense, feed it to the U.S. midfielder who scored with a powerful shot: 1-0 for Rosenborg . The goal gave us more confidence, and at  68 ' we scored again, with another player that started from the bench, Dorsin.

Bille passed the ball on the wing to Gamboa , who tried to cross to the center but the ball was picked with an hand by an opponent. Pedersen was in charge of beating the free-kick and crossed to Dorsin, that headed and scored: 2-0 .

A terrible match put into the right railroad tracks by Diskerud and Dorsin, both of them started on the bench. A day that seemed to ended in the best possible way, with the three points. And this seemed obvious, until five minutes from the end. At 73 ' the coach of Viking Jonevret entered Bodvarson in place of the tired Berisha. Both of the coach were very inspired, because even Bodvarson ( as Diskerud and Dorsin for Rosenborg) went to the goal . Twice in five minutes.

Rosenborg thought it was able to control the match, but at 87' the new entry Bodvarson stood alone in front of the goalkeeper, who failed to make the third miracle, and was overcome with a beautiful lob . The Viking began to believe in the draw, and the draw arrived at the ninetieth , with a long ball from midfield that overcame the entire defense of Rosenborg . Ingason headed the ball , leaving the usual Bodvarson lonely in front of Hansen, and for the second time overcame the goalkeeper with a delightful lob .

A defensive inattention threw Rosenborg inside the tunnel of the crisis, even if the Tippeligaen is still long . There are many questions, few answers : why Perry put into the field only in the second half Diskerud and Dorsin? Why he still goes on playing with this module? Why the defense is always deployed in a bad way? It obvious that a player like Ronning is not yet ready to return to the levels he had before, and the pair formed with Reginiussen could be decisive. For the opponents .

Reports:

Lund Hansen: 7

Gamboa: 6

Reginiussen: 4

Ronning: 4

Skjlevik: 5

Svensonn: 5

Jensen: 5

Pedersen: 6.5

Bille: 6

Soderlund: 4

Riski: 4.5

Diskerud: 6.5

Dorsin: 6

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.

Zibaldone 15 March 2014

Here I am again to talk about, of course, Rosenborg. Tomorrow we'll play against Kalmar FF, the real first test of the season, and we won't have some players, that are still injuried. 
Tore Reginiussen is still injuried, he had also to stay on ultrasound, in order to see when he could come back, but from the medical staff it is said that we've to keep calm, because it's better to have him at the best, even if this would mean to have him later on the weeks.
Perry had to compose the defense with Gamboa, Ronning, Dorsin and Skjelvik. But Ronning is still not ready for the whole match. Indeed this will be the squad, with the 4 defenders Perry tested: Daniel Örlund-Cristian Gamboa, Micke Dorsin, Per Verner Rønning, Jørgen Skjelvik - Mike Jensen, Mix, Gamst Pedersen - Nicki Bille, Alexander Søderlund, Riku Riski.

Someone said that at midfield we have many problems, because we have so many players, like Mike Jensen, Jonas Svensson, Mix, Daniel Berntsen, John Chibuike, Fredrik Midtsjø, Pål André Helland and Bent Sørmo, the "magnificient seven". I've to say that Midtsjo could be a great resource for us later on, as subsitute of Gamboa. He demonstrated against Levanger what he can do as fullback, but we've to see him against a stronger team. With the Kalmar could have been a good chance to see him, he could demonstrate how he good he was, but Perry decided in a different way. Maybe he'll shift him as fullback during the match. 
I insist on Midtsjo because Perry tested so many players as fullbacks, but nobody did like Midtsjo did (I repeat, Midtsjo played against a weak team). He tried Mikkelsen, Dorsin, but none of them did well. Now, that we've find out a good substitue, he didn't test him. 
In that list of midfielder, there's Helland. But Helland is a forward instead, we all know it. 
He could be considered as lateral midfielder if Perry played with a 4-2-3-1, or something like this. But Perry insists on the 4-3-3, and so that problems doesn't exist.
But reading the squad we can see a great surprise: Gamst Pedersen as midfielder, lateral midfielder. Yes, he can be a midfielder, but as I could see, he's very good at attacking. We have so many forwards, Perry in the last matches used to place in the field a lot of strikers, but according to me in the wrong roles. 
Bille, for example, did very bad when he played as a wing in attack. And we've to consider also that he broke up with his girlfriend, and maybe he could not be perfect tomorrow. But he's a professionist, we know it, and he'll have to play at his best. 
Perry still wants try Soderlund as pivot, with Riku near him. No comment, I wrote about Sode many many times in the past.
What make me laugh, is that Perry seems to test new kind of squads and modules, but indeed nothing changed during this pre-season. We've seen only players shifted in many roles, but nothing clear. The match we played demonstrated two things, according  to me: the first one, that we need Chibuike in every match, and the second one that we cannot play with the 4-3-3 at all. Using almost 4 forwards, it's impossible to win, we could have perfect halfbacks, but we don't have. Mix is very good, but he cannot work lonely in the defensive phase. 
Concerning Mix, still goes on the discussion with the society after he wasn't allowed to play with his national team against Ukraine. Hoftun maybe is yet thinking about a way to sell him. 
In this week Arni Vilhjálmsson trained with us, but the society rejected him. As I wrote on twitter, starts the countdown to see when he'll become a talented. Hoftun pay attention. 

Finally, it turned out that Rosenborg asked to have the UEFA Supercup in its stadion, at Lerkendal, in 2017, for the centenary of the club. 

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 18/02/2014

I decided to create a new "column" called Zibaldone, where I summarize all the most important news of the last days.

First of all I'd like to say to you that at the right side you can see the Twitter Widget, where you can interact with @MondoRBK, the official account of Mondo Rosenborg on Twitter. There's also the link to the Facebook Page.

Then, let's review the week's news.

Ola By Rise

The former goalkeeper of RBK (then assistant and coach of Rosenborg untill 2004) should be included in the Rosenborg board. Rosenborg indeed has a board of directors that decide how to rule society, and it was suggested Ola By Rise.

So, however, a problem arises. In fact, now there is, as team manager, Erik Hoftun, which in the past has helped to oust the former coach of the team. 

Probably there's no good blood in the water between the two, and maybe one of them will have to leave the team. Between the two,the one who deserves to go out of the society should be Hoftun, that ousting Ola By Rise from the team in 2004, ended the golden age of Rosenborg, filling only failures, as history shows.

Witry, Selnes and Reginiussen

Good news about the National soccer team. Witry was convocated to play with the Under 18 Norwegian team. Good luck to Aslak!

But we've problem with Selnes and Reginiussen. Both of them are still injuried, and the problem of Selnse seems to be serious.

The player said he was frustrated, he still has problem with his knee. Selnes had hoped to play RBK's next game against Sundsvall in Abra this Saturday, but it is now out of the question.

Like many other players his contract is going out, so the society and Selnes have to discuss the new agreement soon. Very soon.

Reginiussen is still injuried because of his problem on the heel, but it should be in the field very soon.


Meanwhile we're waiting for the match against the Sundsvall this Saturday, at Abra Hallen.

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