Post shots, huge chances and new penalty opportunities. All to no avail. At least in terms of points. That is the conclusion for a Rosenborg in crisis after a visit to Brann Stadion on Monday evening. Markus Henriksen reduced from the penalty spot 20 minutes before the end, but to little help. Instead, it was the hosts who got to cheer the most after their three goals – in the match they won 3–1. SUPER FORM: Bård Finne. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / NTB – He is in fabulous shape, Bård Finne. – He has never been better. He delivers in match after match after match, shouted TV 2’s Øyvind Alsaker when Finne sent the home team into the lead before the break. The same man also punctuated the match with his 3-1 scoring and ensures that Brann continues the good start to the season after promotion. – It’s heading for a half-honorable loss for Rosenborg, and you don’t accumulate that. It will take time before Rosenborg is at the level that Brann is at now, summed up TV 2 expert Simen Stamsø Møller during overtime of the match. This means that the nightmare start to the season continues for Rosenborg, who have nine points after nine games. After the cup match against Trygg/Lade, during the night, several protest banners were hung around Rosenborg’s training facility and clubhouse. “Take däkker together” and “OBOS?” it said on two of them. Slet The teams went into the break at 1-0 to Brann, and after the break Ole Didrik Blomberg doubled, despite the fact that it was Rekdal’s men who played their way to the biggest chances. DOUBLE: Ole Didrik Blomberg has played big this season and also scored against Rosenborg. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / NTB – We have to get better at taking care of the ball. And then we have to turn the game around a lot more. Brann are intensive in their pressure, was Rekdal’s order to his players during the break. The battle scene was occasionally chaotic, and the pace was high. An apparently nervous and uneasy Rekdal sat on the bench and watched as his chosen eleven missed chance after chance. Penalty despair and joy Kristall Máni Ingason had an adventurous opportunity to reduce in the second half, but missed the penalty mark. Fortunately for the Icelander, Brann goalkeeper Mathias Dyngeland stood a little too far out when he saved the penalty and it had to be taken again. – Even more drama, Alsaker commented when it became clear that the visitors got another chance from the penalty spot. REDUCED: Markus Henriksen was sure of his punishment. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / NTB Rekdal was then clear that he wanted a new penalty taker in action, which the Brann players and supporters were very unhappy about. But to a loud pipe concert, Henriksen put the ball safely into the goal. – Now it will be exciting. Now we have a football match, commented Stamsø Møller, as Rekdal jumped up from the bench and urged his crew to hunt for an equaliser.
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