– I asked the YMCA players during the match. “How do the docks manage this? My body is completely destroyed.” – Then they just said that they have become water to a ruined body. Kudos to them for that. I don’t think my body would handle it, he smiles after limping over to news after the match between the two teams on Monday. After a draw against the newly promoted Oslo club, Molde striker Ola Brynhildsen (25) was primarily annoyed by two lost points in the fight for a medal. When it comes to the track surface at the YMCA Arena, he just has to laugh. – I noticed the body got used up, yes, says Brynhildsen, who got a lift with Molde’s 5-3 win at home against Tromsø on Saturday. YMCA Oslo centre-back Momodou Njie was one of those who were asked the question by the Molde player. He grins when news asks about the conversation that took place during the match. – We don’t have much choice. That’s how it is. They have it a little nicer in Molde, says Njie. MØRBANKA: Ola Brynhildsen (25) is Mørbanka when he meets news in the press zone after the match against YMCA. Photo: NTB news’s football expert Kristoffer Løkberg has played on the field himself. – To put it that way, you’re happy if it rains when you play away to YMCA. It is a dry and very hard mat. – If you come from Molde with a brand new artificial grass mat, the mat will feel like a shock to the body, he says of the Brynhildsen designation. Challenging Molde to train on the artificial grass Coach at the YMCA, Johannes Moesgaard, does not hide that the surface eats away at his squad. – The training day is tough. – Is there more wear and tear on YMCA players than others? – You don’t need to wonder about that. He points to the Molde players around him in the press zone. – The group back here can try to train on this artificial grass every day. It’s pretty tough. My boys are mentally robust, I can say that. – And physically, right? – They will be from this here. But you can also see it in our bodies now, we are missing a number of players who are injured. CHALLENGING MOLDE: – The gang back here can try to train on this artificial grass every day, says YMCA coach Johannes Moesgaard playfully. Photo: NTB – Has rarely played better And exactly mental robustness, which the coach of “Kåffa” points to, is a key word. YMCA players Dadi Gaye and Momodou Njie say that growing up in Oslo is the key. – Many of us have grown up on this type of track in Oslo. We have rarely played better than this, says Dadi Gaye. – We are used to this. It is definitely an advantage for us that we have become accustomed to these bananas since childhood, says Njie. Løkberg buys the explanation of the Oslo boys on the team. – In a strange way, you also get used to it. The YMCA players never use the pitch as another excuse. The body gets used to that being the norm. Now, however, two away games await for “Kåffa” against Odd and Stabæk (in the cup). The Oslo team is far better away than at home. – Their home statistics are not good either, and it is probably closely linked to the track itself, believes the news expert. The team has taken 18 of their 30 points in the Eliteserien away from home. There they have five victories. They have two at home. The first came as late as July. NOT GOOD WATER: Dadi Gaye is one of many players in the YMCA who have grown up in Oslo football. Because he does not distinguish himself as anything worse than others he has grown up with. Photo: NTB Meiner KFUM deserves better After the match on Ekeberg Monday, it was clear to Molde coach Erling Moe that the artificial grass is home to both games and bodies. – A team as good as YMCA, with the adventurous history they have, deserves to have a stadium with a surface that matches what they do. – That’s probably what I can say without seeming grumpy, he smiles slyly to news and emphasizes that he doesn’t want to complain about the base. news expert Løkberg agrees. – One thing is the opponents who play one game there a year and complain about the mat. Think for the YMCA who use her as a training ground every week. It’s sad. 13-year waiting period Løkberg points out that Fredrikstad is another elite league club where the support apparatus has had to scale back the number of sessions at the stadium, simply because the artificial grass wears too much on the players’ bodies. 13 YEARS WITHOUT LUCK: YMCA has been working to get a new track in place for a number of years. This summer, the project got a big boost. Photo: NTB YMCA has worked for 13 years to get a new track in place. Many thought the proposal for development would be approved these days. But this summer, a leaden letter dropped into the mailbox at Ekeberg: The state administrator would not approve the project. They believed that Oslo municipality had not assessed the risks in the project well enough. Thus, it is still highly uncertain when “Norway’s worst artificial grass” will become history. Published 29/09/2024, at 11.50 Updated 29/09/2024, at 11.57
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