It is only three days since Rosenborg had to travel home from Sarpsborg with a disappointing 4-1 loss in the bag and less than a week until Lillestrøm visit Lerkendal. Nevertheless, the Trønders are playing a training match today against the English giants Manchester United. Lerkendal is sold out, and United fans from all over Scandinavia have made the trip to Trondheim. The group of friends from Nordland news meet on Monday morning tell that they have driven over 40 miles just to watch the game. – We come for beer and football, they say. Star players such as Mason Mount, Marcus Rashford and Casemiro are in place in Trondheim on Monday. At the same time, Rosenborg’s own supporter group is not satisfied. They will not show up. – From our point of view, we are fundamentally against this type of show match which only has a commercial purpose, said Kjernen manager Bjørn Skar to Adresseavisen when the match was announced. news has been in contact with Kjernen, who has no comment on the match beyond this. – The highlight of the summer Bernt Hjørnevik is the daily manager of Manchester United’s Scandinavian supporters’ club. He says that they expect many thousands to come to Trondheim to see their favorite team. On Saturday and Sunday, they organize activities such as a quiz, sale of new kits and meetings with old United players. He doesn’t care much that Kjernen boycotts the match. – They will be responsible for that. We think it’s a big happening for fans, clubs and cities when United come to visit. Supporter groups Ultras Nidaros and FN13 are not satisfied either. They believe that the visit from England could affect the support around Rosenborg. Supporter groups Ultras Nidaros and FN13 showed their displeasure on social media when the match became known. – United coming to visit is seen as a competitor against interest in and around Rosenborg, this is how we have never experienced these campaigns, says Hjørnevik to the criticism. Hjørnevik acknowledges that the fight is also very much about finances. – Manchester United is and will be one of the world’s biggest football clubs. United will of course exploit that potential commercially. It’s a commercial enterprise, you can’t get away from it. – We like to think of it more as a family and public celebration that United are coming to Norway. He does not think it is without reason that the Brits are coming to Norway for the third summer in a row. – The Scandinavian supporters’ club is the largest Manchester United has outside the UK. – If United had only been interested in winning as much as possible, they would have rather gone to the USA or Asia to play such matches. Sports doctor and financial reasons – It was an overall assessment that made us think it was right to arrange a match against Manchester United. That’s what Tore Bjørseth Berdal, daily manager in Rosenborg, says. He says that there are both sporting and economic reasons why they organize the match. – It’s about getting the international references in a year when we don’t play in Europe. At the same time, it is about creating a bit of a show in the city, and there is also a financial incentive for the club to arrange the match. He is not worried about Kjernen not showing up for the match. – That they do not show up is their choice. The stadium is sold out, we are looking forward to the match and hope it will be a good performance tomorrow. Rosenborg’s sporting director, Mikael Dorsin, also says the match against Manchester United is a good possibility. – It’s nice to get matching also in the middle of the week in a year when we don’t play in Europe. – It provides a reference at the level we will hopefully return to. Berdel says there will probably be many United supporters in the stands. – We hope some of them fall in love with good football from Rosenborg and come back when we play elite series matches. Published 15.07.2024, at 11.50 Updated 15.07.2024, at 12.10
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Rosenborg plays a “show match” against Manchester United – Kjernen boycotts the match – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio
