It has not been a perfect start to the series for Kjetil Rekdal and Rosenborg, who stand with nine points after eight games. Against Trygg/Lade, it took a quarter of an hour before Agon Sadiku sent Rosenborg into the lead, but it was also the only goal in the match against the team from level five in Norwegian football. When news spoke to Rekdal after the game, he took a long break, before making harsh criticism of the team’s performance. – I don’t really have much to say. Embarrassing. It’s on a level that you have to experience to actually believe it. From the first minute and really throughout the match. There are some exceptions with us who are present, but …, says Rekdal and continues: – If you want to succeed in football, you have to have a big heart, today there were many who lacked that. LONG OUT: Kjetil Rekdal. Photo: Ole Martin Wold / NTB – You say it’s embarrassing, what do you do about it? – We will have to come back to that. I have never in my career experienced a match like today. I have been involved in difficult matches and smoked in the cup and things like that, but when you are unable to dominate a match against a 4th division team, there is a fundamentally big problem with the mentality. When asked what is missing, Rekdal replies that “you can pick out pretty much everything”. – There’s really no point in talking about it, because you won’t finish, he says. He is clear that he himself is responsible for what Rosenborg delivers. – I’m not trying to blame anyone else here. I’m in front of it here. Right now I don’t have a good answer to that, I think I have to think about what I’ve experienced. Because it is reasonably shocking. Rekdal: Advancement the only positive Rosenborg coach says Isak Holmen was Rosenborg’s best player and a player who delivered with great heart and empathy. In addition, he believes there were a couple of others who delivered at an ok level, but says: – I have never played against a 4th division team with an elite series team and it is an even match. – You are very honest. Do you feel it is important? – Today there is only one thing we can take as something positive, and that is that we are further in the cup. There are no other things to take away from this match other than that. Results in the first round of the cup The matches that have been played: Alta – Bossekop 7-0 Lysekloster – Os 1-0 Nordstrand – Lyn 0-1 Finnsnes – Skjervøy 1-3 Rana – Stjørdals/Blink 0-2 Hammerfest – Tromsø 0-8 Bjarg – Fana 2-3 Brumunddal – Raufoss 1-4 Eidsvold Turn – Strømmen 1-2 Eid – Aalesund 0-4 Elverum – Gjøvik-Lyn 1-5 Fjøra – Florø 4-0 Flint – Ørn Horten 0-4 Fløy – Start 0-2 Frøya – Brann 0-5 Gjelleråsen – Lørenskog 2-1 Holmlia – Skeid 0-2 Hønefoss – KFUM Oslo 1-4 Junkeren – Innstranda 5-0 Kråkerøy – Kvik Halden 1-2 Loddefjord – Åsane 2-3 Mandalskameratene – Jerv 0-3 Melhus – Kolstad 2-0 Nybergsund – HamKam 0-5 Orkla – Levanger 0-5 Pors – Notodden 0-2 Rosseland – Bryne 1-3 Skjetten – Grorud 0-3 Sprint/Jeløy – Fredrikstad 0-3 Spjelkavik – Hødd 0-5 Surnadal – Molde 0-4 Trygg/Lade – Rosenborg 0-1 Urædd – Odd 1-7 Vard Haugesund – Egersund 3-1 Forus and Gausel – Viking 0-5 Herd – Brattvåg 1-2 Førde – Sogndal 1-3 Åssiden – Stabæk 0-4 Two teams from the Eliteserien in extra rounds As late as Saturday it was the cup final for the 2022/23 edition of the men’s cup, but already on Tuesday the first round of the cup for 2023 got off to a flying start with four games. On Wednesday there were no less than 49 games and twelve of the elite league teams were going to be in action. But the cup bombs were far between. Tromsø was first out and won 8–0 away to Hammerfest. In the matches that started at 18.00, most of the teams from the top level went into an early lead, but at half-time there were several matches that had not been decided. Sandefjord led 1–0 against Eik Tønsberg and Heming held Strømsgodset to 0–0 at the break. – Now things are on fire for Strømsgodset, said Vålerenga player Christian Borchgrevink after 75 minutes of play in the news studio. Strømsgodset came close to scoring several times, but Heming defended himself masterfully and took the match to extra time. There, Strømsgodset now leads 1–0 after scoring from Jonatan Braut Brunes. Sandefjord also play extra innings. Despite the fact that they took a 2-0 lead early in the second half, Eik Tønsberg fought back. And five minutes into overtime they equalized at 2-2 and ensured extra time. Kongsvinger with a strong turnaround One place where it looked like there might be a cup bomb was at Lillehammer. After Kongsvinger, from the second highest level, took an early lead, Lillehammer turned the game around. The team from level five led 3–1 at half-time, where the last goal came after a long throw from a man with a specialist expertise in just that. Håkon Kveseth has three NM golds in the javelin throw, most recently in 2019. Kveseth also has NM gold in disc golf and NM bronze in poker. THROWS LONG: Håkon Kveseth. Photo: Berit Roald / NTB – It’s a nightmare for us. We get off to a good start and have good control and then we concede a goal every time they approach our 16-metre area. Terrible defensive play means that we are 1-3 behind, said Kongsvinger coach Vegard Hansen in an interview shown on TV 2 Play during the break. Kongsvinger’s second team also tops the division in the 4th division where Lillehammer plays and in the second half Kongsvinger rose. Hansen made three changes at half-time and in the second half it took less than 20 minutes before 3-1 had become 3-4. In the end, Kongsvinger won the match 5–3.
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