One of very few highlights during Hege Riise's reign was actually a 2-0 win away against the Netherlands 18 months ago. If I recall correctly, that was a back-against-the-wall win. Last night's performance showed that we have the capacity as an away team to put pressure and disrupt a possession based team enough to keep them at bay for long stretches. It looked like an even game. The quality on the final third wasn't there for us to score, but there were positive aspects if we look behind the result.
Maybe I underestimate the Dutch but I feel like without Roord and Miedema (or at least a fully fit Miedema), they just aren't that special or good as a team and their recent results without them prove that. Norway had options and could have done better even without Caro Hansen and Hegerberg. That 2-0 friendly game in 2022 is pretty much the last time Norway played against a top 5 team in Europe AND won.
TOPPSERIEN 2024 - Matchday 3 LSK Kvinner 3 - 0 Arna Bjørnar Kyvåg 39, Stenersen 90(og), Ivanovic 90+3 Rosenborg 1 - 0 Stabæk Dorsin 84 Vålerenga 4 - 0 Kolbotn Tvedten 30, Thorsnes 39(p), Lindwall 88, 90+2 Åsane 0 - 1 Røa Folland 82 Brann 2 - 1 Lyn Aahjem 39, Haugland 58 --- Røsholm Olsen 35 TOP SCORERS 2 goals - Julie Klæboe (Røa), Sara Hørte (Rosenborg), Tilde Lindwall (Vålerenga) No other players with more than one goal. NEXT MATCHDAY - 19/20 April Lyn - LSK Kvinner Røa - Vålerenga Arna Bjørnar - Stabæk Åsane - Brann Kolbotn - Rosenborg
TOPPSERIEN 2024 - Matchday 4 Lyn 1 - 0 LSK Kvinner Røsholm Olsen 57 Røa 0 - 2 Vålerenga Sævik 11, 21 Arna Bjørnar 1 - 2 Stabæk Nigardsøy 81 --- Kruse 8, Omarsdottir 16 Åsane 0 - 3 Brann Gaupset 16, Renmark 44, 73 Kolbotn 0 - 1 Rosenborg Sørum 86 TOP SCORERS 3 goals - Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 2 goals - Johanna Renmark (Brann), Jenny Røsholm Olsen (Lyn), Julie Klæboe (Røa), Sara Hørte (Rosenborg), Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk), Tilde Lindwall (Vålerenga) NEXT MATCHDAY - 27 April Kolbotn - Arna Bjørnar LSK Kvinner - Åsane Rosenborg - Røa Stabæk - Brann Vålerenga - Lyn A rescheduled game, Vålerenga - Stabæk, is coming up already on Tuesday (23 Apr).
LSK Kvinner on the brink of bankruptcy - Immediate partial layoffs of practically all employees (except players). - The administration switches to the use of a home office. - Consider cutting meals for players. - Reduction of practice sessions in the LSK hall.
Well, the short version is that the attendances are very poor. Lack of spectators means less lucrative sponsor contracts and so on. The domino effect. At the same time they want to keep up with teams like Brann, whose economy is healthy. Now they are paying for stretching it too far. LSK Kvinner are a stand alone women's club. They are not a branch from the major men's club in the region, Lillestrøm SK, which doesn't help either.
TOPPSERIEN 2024 Vålerenga 3 - 2 Stabæk Tvedten 14, Sævik 23, Tennebø 51 --- Omarsdottir 17, 84 RC: Jönsson 90+5 A rescheduled match. A bizarre incident occured in this match when Stabæk coach Jan Jönsson was sent off in stoppage time for running onto the field to stop a counter-attack! He decided the ball was out of play before the referee signalled for it. Tenk å prøve å være Gunnar Prokov og Trond Gikse 20 sekunder! Det må være en slags rekord pic.twitter.com/XI5812rMDd— ENGA Løgner’n (@madridseb) April 23, 2024
Maybe you say "understandable" because the ball looked to have actually gone out of bounds, but I don't anyway find "understandable" at all the way he reacted and I guess the ref deservedly sent him off.
TOPPSERIEN 2024 - Matchday 5 Kolbotn 4 - 1 Arna Bjørnar Fridlund 20, Larsen 28, Preus 46, Mikkelsen 54 --- Ose 23 LSK Kvinner 3 - 1 Åsane Erikstein 3, Ivanovic 36, 49 --- Sunde 86 Rosenborg 1 - 0 Røa Hørte 89 Vålerenga 3 - 1 Lyn Kovacs 36, Lindwall 42, Arnesen 69 --- Hernes 50 Stabæk 0 - 1 Brann Aahjem 61 TOP SCORERS 4 goals - Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk), Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 3 goals - Miljana Ivanovic (LSK), Sara Hørte (Rosenborg), Tilde Lindwall (Vålerenga) 2 goals - Anna Aahjem (Brann), Johanna Renmark (Brann), Johanne Fridlund (Kolbotn), Tonje Erikstein (LSK), Jenny Røsholm Olsen (Lyn), Julie Klæboe (Røa), Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga), Katarina D. Sunde (Åsane) NEXT MATCHDAY - 4/5 May Lyn - Stabæk Røa - Arna Bjørnar Åsane - Vålerenga LSK Kvinner - Kolbotn Brann - Rosenborg
Maybe this is the season when Arna Bjørnar finally get relegated, they've come really close a couple of times already since 2019 or so.
Not at all though we did have a player who played there for 2 years (Marija Aleksic) before she got an ACL injury. But generally speaking I'm not a fan of teams surviving for years in a first division at the expense of others.
Maren Mjelde is leaving Chelsea at the end of the season following 7 years at the club. 🚨Chelsea has confirmed that Maren Mjelde will depart the club this summer, concluding a remarkable seven-year stint. pic.twitter.com/7aQmrMezLz— DAZN Women's Football (@DAZNWFootball) May 3, 2024
She has been valuable for Chelsea over many years, but it's about time to head home. She is 34 and I can only think of Brann as her next destination.
TOPPSERIEN 2024 - Matchday 6 Lyn 1 - 7 Stabæk M.Melgård 73 --- Bjånesøy 25, Loennecken 52, Bølviken 59, Østerås 62, Abrahamsen 84, Omarsdottir 89, 90+2 Røa 4 - 0 Arna Bjørnar Fuglem 11, Klæboe 55, 68, Svastuen 86 Åsane 0 - 3 Vålerenga Tennebø 2, Sævik 36(p), Tvedten 61 LSK Kvinner 2 - 1 Kolbotn Ivanovic 31, 84 --- Hegg 50(p) Brann 2 - 1 Rosenborg Østenstad 49(p), Aahjem 80 --- Dorsin 32 TOP SCORERS 6 goals - Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk) 5 goals - Miljana Ivanovic (LSK), Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 4 goals - Julie Klæboe (Røa) 3 goals - Anna Aahjem (Brann), Sara Hørte (Rosenborg), Tilde Lindwall (Vålerenga), Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga) 2 goals - Johanna Renmark (Brann), Johanne Fridlund (Kolbotn), Eline Hegg (Kolbotn), Tonje Erikstein (LSK), Jenny Røsholm Olsen (Lyn), Frøya Dorsin (Rosenborg), Melissa Bjånesøy (Stabæk), Ylinn Tennebø (Vålerenga), Katarina D. Sunde (Åsane) NEXT MATCHDAY - 10/11 May Vålerenga - LSK Kvinner Kolbotn - Lyn Rosenborg - Åsane Stabæk - Røa Arna Bjørnar - Brann
TOPPSERIEN - Matchday 7 Vålerenga 1 - 0 LSK Kvinner Tennebø 88 Kolbotn 2 - 2 Lyn Preus 8, 77 --- Røsholm Olsen 44, 64(p) Rosenborg 2 - 1 Åsane Rogde 6, Sørum 64(p) --- Kokosz 15 Stabæk 1 - 0 Røa Omarsdottir 32 Arna Bjørnar 0 - 10 Brann B.Lund 14, Engesvik 22, 70, Eikeland 30, 39, Aahjem 45, 81, Renmark 66, Garen 75, Ose 79(og) TOP SCORERS 7 goals - Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk) 5 goals - Anna Aahjem (Brann), Miljana Ivanovic (LSK), Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 4 goals - Jenny Røsholm Olsen (Lyn), Julie Klæboe (Røa) 3 goals - Rakel Engesvik (Brann), Johanna Renmark (Brann), Marie Preus (Kolbotn), Sara Hørte (Rosenborg), Tilde Lindwall (Vålerenga), Ylinn Tennebø (Vålerenga), Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga) NEXT MATCHDAY - 15 May Brann - Røa LSK Kvinner - Stabæk Lyn - Arna Bjørnar Åsane - Kolbotn Vålerenga - Rosenborg
TOPPSERIEN 2024 - Matchday 8 Brann 1 - 1 Røa Svendheim 79 --- Nyhagen 53 LSK Kvinner 3 - 2 Stabæk Halldorsdottir 10, Jørgensen 36, Erikstein 70 --- Bjånesøy 19, Anderdal 87 Lyn 1 - 0 Arna Bjørnar Galteland 77 Åsane 1 - 1 Kolbotn Sunde 52 --- Hegg 45+2 Vålerenga 0 - 1 Rosenborg Dahl 72 TOP SCORERS 7 goals - Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk) 5 goals - Anna Aahjem (Brann), Miljana Ivanovic (LSK), Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 4 goals - Jenny Røsholm Olsen (Lyn), Julie Klæboe (Røa) 3 goals - Rakel Engesvik (Brann), Johanna Renmark (Brann), Eline Hegg (Kolbotn), Marie Preus (Kolbotn), Tonje Erikstein (LSK), Sara Hørte (Rosenborg), Melissa Bjånesøy (Stabæk), Tilde Lindwall (Vålerenga), Ylinn Tennebø (Vålerenga), Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga), Katarina D. Sunde (Åsane) NEXT MATCHDAY - 20 May Kolbotn - Brann Arna Bjørnar - Vålerenga Røa - Lyn Stabæk - Åsane Rosenborg - LSK Kvinner