Earning a place in the national team and the Gold Cup on the same weekend was a joy

The past few days have been eventful for Anna Jøsendal. On Saturday, she won the cup final with Rosenborg, and the next day she was called up to the national team.

“It’s a very nice, nice weekend,” Gossendaal tells Discovery.

The 22-year-old has nine caps at senior level for Norway, both being part of the European Commission squad in England and the World Cup squad in Australia and New Zealand. Most recently, she has been a regular in the national under-23 team.

– It’s been a while since the last time, so it’s nice to be back again. There are good people here, a good atmosphere and a good “push” in training. I will do my best to do well in training and help in the best way I can.

– A stab in the heart

The national team’s place still has flavour. She was brought into the team after Mimmi Löfwenius Veum had to report for failure. She suffered a cruciate ligament injury during the cup final between Rosenborg and Valerenga. The blow came after a duel with Gossendal.

Jøsendal immediately knew it was dangerous when the Swedish-born player went down.

– I heard from the sound she made that it was very painful. I was literally stabbed in the heart as it happened, and I tried to get help as quickly as possible.

Löfwenius was sent to hospital, and on Tuesday Valerenga confirmed she would be sidelined for at least a year.

– Even if it’s not my fault, I feel a lump inside me anyway. It is very embarrassing and a shame for Mimi and the Norwegian national team.

Anna Gossendaal had a close-up shot by Mimi Luvinius Fiume.

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He was nominated for the Player of the Year award

Rosenborg emerged victorious from the cup final. Trondheims-Örn, as Rosenborg was called before the name change in 2020, has reached the cup final 15 times and lifted the trophy eight times, but this was the first time the team had experienced that. at recent days.

-Winning the Gold Cup was very cool. It’s something we’ve been playing for for many years, and we’ve finally nailed it. There have been a lot of upsets lately, so it was nice to have that carrot at the end of the season.

But the dream weekend didn’t stop with a gold medal in the cup final and a place in the national team. Jøsendal was at the top of the full selection for Toppserien’s Player of the Year after rising to the top of the NTB stock exchange this season.

– I wouldn’t have been able to do it without my good teammates who play me in good positions. “I’m the one receiving this award, but I feel like it belongs to the whole team,” Gossendal says.

In total, the Rosenborg star has scored eight goals and nine assists in 24 appearances for the Trondjörs.