– Can Rosenborg land? Yes!

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Sven Maln’s first match as Rosenborg manager did not turn out as well as he, the club or the fans had hoped. After a 0-3 at home against Sarpsborg 08, Rosenborg is 11th in the Eliteserien. Tronder has played at least 1 match more than the competitors below. The distance to Sandefjord in the Qualifying Zone is four points.

Sunday awaits Aalesund, which is at the bottom by four paltry points. Rosenborg’s poor start to the season was noted in Football-Norge. In “Football”, Bodo/Glimt duo Patrick Berg and Marius Lode were guests of Veegard Vagbo and Christopher Luckberg.

Løkberg, Lode, and Berg answer yes to questions about whether a Rosenborg landing is possible.

– They must not think they can’t get off. it’s scary. Once they’re there, you have to fight tooth and nail to get out of it, Berg says.

All the big clubs that end up there don’t realize that until it’s too late. It is, in fact, a struggle for survival. Then you can multiply the pressure a regular drop team faces in the fall by 100, Løkberg chimes.

– Too big to move down

Marcus Henriksen, who left the field injured against Sarpsborg 08, believes that the last match against Ålesund will be very important.

There are no teams too good to be relegated. We’re not done yet, and if I think along those lines, I think it’s just discouraging. But it is important to be realistic. There is a reason we are where we are. What we have achieved is very bad. Then it’s about winning games against the teams closest to you and preferably behind you, says Henriksen.

Carlo Hulse clearly thinks Tronders are too good to go down.

– Yes, we are. In any case, the club is too big to be relegated, so that won’t happen is the clear message from the Dane.

However, the club “lion” does not quite agree with this statement.

– no. We have individual players who are good enough not to go down, but we have to work together. No one is too big to move down, I saw it when Bran moved down. Nobody is too old to come down. You just have to acknowledge it and then stop acting accordingly, Ole Sæter says, continuing:

– The scariest thing I’m starting to think now is ‘We’re Rosenborg and we win at Lerkendal anyway’. You can get it cheap from me. We all have to be up for the challenge here and if not, we can speak at December 19th, RBK-Moss in Lerkendal. I don’t think anyone in the dressing room here would particularly want that.

That should make things easier

Mallen was not satisfied with what he saw in Lerkendal last weekend. He did something with going into the Alesund match.

– I expect progress. Not to lose the ball too much and not to crack too much. So I expect us to go into this match with great respect for the opponent. It’s an away game and we have to start with simplicity. Be a little simpler in our game. That’s the short version, Malin tells TV 2.

Yau Amankwah, TV 2 expert, is excited about what RBK will look like on Color Line.

It’s hard to weigh Mallin – who did his best and promised attacking football – whether he will now revert to a more pessimistic, pragmatic approach after just one game.

– In a way, it’s better for RBK to have Aalesund as the next opponent, because AaFK was so weak. At the same time, it is a battle where they will lose everything. If they lose that match, the specter of relegation will no doubt linger in the minds of some players, says the TV 2 expert.

He is also excited about how Rosenborg will fare without the Commander.

Everyone who has followed RBK knows how important Marcus Henriksen was when things went downhill. He says it will be very interesting to see how this team deals with having to play without its brilliant captain for the rest of the season.

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