Rosenborg wins but doesn't convince.

Rosenborg back to win after having drawn its first two matches of the season. Two games that should have win easily , but from which it brought home only two points. This was beacuse of a defense very weak, that allowed opponents to score easily. So the choice of Mr. Hansen to replace Ronning (author of two bad games), with Strandberg . Instead of us Odd came from a draw with the newly arrived Sandnes Ulf , and with the resounding victory at home against Molde, one of the favorite teams to win the Tippeligaen , after the fluctuating season of last year. The match against Odd was a game that Rosenborg had to win. Fortunatly it was, but the risk of drawing ( or even losing ) this time was enormous , against a team that is able to create problems to the opponent. Rosenborg made it seen in the opponent's box and scored from a corner kickat 4' with Strandberg (once again Mr. Hansen nailed the change , as had happened in the opening match against Viking , although there had been changes during the game) . Already in the other two matches Rosenborg started in a very strong way, going in the opponent's box in order to score, but this didn't happened, and this is the difference between us and the good teams in Europe. Then Rosenborg has the unfortunate idea to leave the field to the opponents , and so they began to attack . Rosenborg freaked out, and the opponents were very close to score the 1-1- In short , apart from the initial goal , the game seemed to be canalized in the wrong railways , as against Viking and Aalesund . Unlike the other two teams , in Odd lacked a little of determination (and especially class) that prevented Rosenborg to make another bad show in front of their home supporters . Fortunatly we have a great goalkeeper, maybe the best keeper of our league, Lund Hansen. After a match played at a pace quite bland , Odd was done under in the last minute , and 83 ' Strandberg risked to ruin his day of glory , making a foul in the penalty area . The penalty kick was beaten by Rashani , who kicked central, and so Hansen could reject the ball easily. The real miracle happened later, when, on the rebound , Rashani hit the ball sure that he would have scored, but Hansen made a incredible save , which proved crucial to the team in Trondheim. At the last minute Nicki Bille Nielsen fixed the issue , and starting on the offside line, overcame the Odd goalkeeper and closed the match . At the end of the match the supporters of Lerkendal Stadion breathe a sigh of relief, but this time he could end badly.

Ok, we had to win and we did it, but we've to pay attention. We have lotta lack of concentration during the match, and this could nullify the work Rosenborg does during the week. This is a problem that Perry have to better, because win a battle is important indeed, but we wanna win the war.

Rosenborg-Odd 1-3

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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.

Notizie Flash da Trondheim

Tanto per cominciare cominciamo a dire che nel torneo di Marbella una delle due partite amichevoli sarà giocata contro il Kalmar, nota squadra svedese. E si è scoperta anche l'avversaria del Rosenborg nella prima amichevole stagionale il 23 gennaio all'Abra-Hallen: è il Kristiansund.
In settimana sia Mike Jensen che il nuovo arrivato Bent Sormo hanno rilasciato delle interviste. Mike Jensen si ritiene soddisfatto della stagione appena finita, dicendo che grazie al Rosenborg è riuscito a ritrovare la nazionale. Tutti noi ricordiamo il suo debutto con gol alla prima giornata in casa dell'Odd, che fece vincere la partita. Poi altri due gol contro il Tromso in Coppa e anche contro lo  Strømsgodset per mantenere viva la lotta al vertice.  Il danese è stato giudicato come miglior giocatore della Tippeligaen 2013 nel Rosenborg (ed a ragione, aggiungo io), battendo la concorrenza del capitano Tore Reginiussen. Jensen fa i complimenti anche a Ole Selnæs e Mikkel Diskerud, altre due giovani, forse non più promesse, ma consolidate realtà, del Rosenborg.
Bent Sormo invece si presenta con un contratto di tre anni e tanta voglia di far bene. Tore Gronning afferma che sebbene sia giovane, è un ragazzo molto determinato, e sicuramente lavorerà bene. E' un centrocampista, e lo scopo principale, continua Gronning, è quello di farlo crescere come calciatore in modo tale da farlo diventare un perno principale della squadra di Trondheim.

Nel frattempo Mix continua a postare video su Instagram in cui mixa, coerentemente con il suo nomignolo, basket e calcio, facendo divertire i suoi follower. Il ragazzo statunitense sta già cominciando a pensare al mondiale Brasiliano, ed è pronto ad essere chiamato in causa da 

Jürgen Klinsmann, qualora dovesse servire.

E infine, anche un piccolo orgoglio nazionale: Andrea Loberto, che aveva già lavorato per il Valerenga come vice allenatore, approda anche a Trondheim, pronto a risollevare le sorti, sia nazionali che Europee, della squadra più titolata in Norvegia. Sarà vice-allenatore e anche mental coach.

Per ora è tutto da Trondheim. Alle prossime news.

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