Åge Hareide praised the players for standing together well when they became ten men. He’s not sure if anything could have been done differently.
KBK- RBK 1–0: Red card after 17 seconds destroyed the entire battle plan of RBK on Nordmøre. Kristiansund scored only one, and there was excitement all the way in. At the same time, the home team came to 20 finishes and 17 corners during Sunday night.
Afterwards, Adresseavisen went through the match with RBK coach Åge Hareide:
– We have a kick and the ball is kicked up a long way, then it just very random. Of course, we should be much more than we are, but it is difficult to put our finger on it. Julian saves the penalty and it should lift us. It is difficult to be wise afterwards in football, it can only be journalists, says Åge Hareide to Adresseavisen after the match against Kristiansund.
Only 17 seconds were played when Adam Andersson was sent off the field after to have torn down Moses Mawa right in front of goal.
– Simple question
With ten man, Rosenborg was at times overplayed by the home team, and the loss could quickly have been much greater.
After the match, Hareide was asked if he could have been better prepared for the pressure as expected from the home team.
– It’s damn easy to ask the question you ask. It’s getting a little too easy. That’s fine, but we’re down to ten men. First we have to get the message in that we have to be even “tighter” in the game. We tried to fix it during the break, but it’s difficult along the way.
– Could the response have been different after the sentencing?
– It’s bad of us not to respond even more strongly to that he saves that punishment, says Hareide.
– Could you have taken action earlier? Should Even Hovland come in even earlier for example?
– Maybe . I considered that Emil (Konradsen Ceïde) was the one with the speed to create something on counterattacks. Then there is the balance that he is not good enough defensively, but very good offensively. So we chose to play like this until the break. It is easier to give the instructions inside the wardrobe than out here, says Hareide.
– Then you replaced Hovland for a break. Why did you take out Konrasdsen Ceïde?
– He is far stronger offensively than defensively and we had to to get Hovland in with height, Hareide answers.
– 17-2 in corners, 20-6 in finishes. Is it surprising even with ten men?
– When you lie low you will get many finishes and corners towards you.
– What do you think now about the gold match?
– I do not think about that at all.
– Do you have a group of players who are tough enough to stand together when it boils like tonight?
– They got along very well today, after having become ten men after such a short time. For us, it is a brutal start to a match, and it affects them.
– Could you have done something different in the heat of battle?
– I do not know.
Reitan: – Viste moral
Erlend Dahl Reitan thinks the Rosenborg players really showed the morale in the group against Kristiansund.
– We talk well together. It becomes a violent change when we have been practicing one thing all week and then suddenly you have to turn your head after ten seconds. The morale in the group is incredibly strong. We work and fight for each other. It is difficult and a pity that we do not get anything with us, he says.
– We sacrifice ourselves, throw ourselves for shots and work until the cramp takes us. What is lacking today is that we are unable to create more than we do. I never think I have ever played with ten men for 90 minutes, Dahl Reitan adds.
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