RBK lost 2-1 against Stjørdals-Blink in the second round of the cup on Thursday evening. When Rekdal meets the press on Friday, he is clear that he is in no way considering retiring as coach. – I have no pain threshold, says Rekdal. After the meeting with Stjørdals-Blink, Rekdal has told the players that he is satisfied with the attempt. – It was a huge disappointment yesterday. And we feel it is undeserved too. But that’s the way it is in football sometimes, when things don’t go your way, you are brutally punished for not scoring goals on chances. – My focus is now on the meeting with HamKam. He also added that some media outlets have contacted his children, asking them to stop contacting them. – There is only one thing I want to say to the media, and that is to stop contacting my children. They have nothing to do with this, and I think it’s terribly bad to put it bluntly, says Rekdal. – It is going way over the line. Feel free to attack me, but stay away from my children. – The bottom line – I have been involved in top football for 40 years, and these are brutal times we are experiencing now. It’s not often that I’m as disappointed as I am now, said Kjetil Rekdal in the press zone after the match on Thursday. Photo: Jøte Toftaker / news Chairman Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen was also clearly disappointed. – I expected us to win today. This is perhaps the bottom line, but we have to look towards the weekend as there is a new match. The Rosenborg supporters’ club has demanded that Kjetil Rekdal must leave as coach. But in the board meeting on Wednesday, it became clear that he still has the board’s full confidence. – Are you still going to pacify Rekdal? – Right now I am not taking a position on anything. We cannot act on every situation. We create chances, but we don’t create them, Gotaas Johnsen said on Thursday. Kjetil Rekdal on the sideline in the match between Stjørdals-Blink and Rosenborg. Photo: Ole Martin Wold / NTB Jubilant scenes in Stjørdal After the referee blew the match off, there were wild jubilant scenes for Stjørdals-Blink. The 2nd division team scored two quick goals in the second half. Then there were some dramatic final minutes when Rosenborg scored on a penalty kick and reduced the score to 2-1. But they were unable to fight their way to extra time in the seven extra minutes that were added. – I’m completely foggy in the head. I said yesterday that if I was selected for the U21 team and won against Rosenborg – I was going to walk on water, said the home team’s goalkeeper Rasmus Sandberg.
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Rekdal is clear that he will not resign – news Trøndelag
