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New problems for Kolstad: “We are naive”
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New problems for Kolstad: “We are naive”

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Defending Norwegian champions Kolstad lost their opening two league games and remain without a point after two rounds.
  • The club began the season with a two-point deduction for licensing breaches and had feared relegation because of negative equity.
  • Coach Christian Berge said the team had much to improve, while Gøran Johannessen criticized early shots and simple technical errors.

Kolstad’s season has started with another setback. The reigning Norwegian champions lost their first home game against Runar and now sit without a point after two league rounds.

The defeat followed a difficult financial period. Before the season began, Kolstad lost two points for breaching licensing rules, while the club feared relegation to the second tier because of 9 million kroner in negative equity. Its previous annual accounts showed a loss of 2.9 million kroner.

It is important to keep Kolstad on zero points.

— Christoffer RamboThe Runar veteran commented after scoring nine goals in the victory over Kolstad.

Runar, one of the league’s top teams, won clearly in Kolstad Arena. Christoffer Rambo scored nine goals against Kolstad’s goalkeepers and said, “It is important to keep Kolstad on zero points.” The home team’s goalkeepers did not save a shot in the second half.

Kolstad coach Christian Berge acknowledged that the team had a lot to work on. “It is not a crisis at all, but this will take some time,” he told TV 2. Gøran Johannessen was more direct about the performance: “We are naive. We shoot too early in attack and make too many simple technical errors.”

It is not a crisis at all, but this will take some time.

— Christian BergeThe Kolstad coach assessed his team’s poor start after the home defeat.

The club beat newcomer Bergsøy in the league opener last weekend, but could not compete with Runar at home. Many of the players who helped Kolstad beat Drammen in the playoff final three months ago have since left. Swedish international goalkeeper Andreas Palicka and national-team player Simen Lyse departed during last season, followed afterward by Sigvaldi Gudjonsson, Martin Hovde, Magnus Søndenå and Benedikt Oskarsson.

Six years after launching an ambitious project aimed at competing among Europe’s best clubs in the Champions League, Kolstad has seen many of its stars disappear. Last season, it finished bottom of its Champions League group with four points from 14 matches. Its European campaign begins on Sept. 9 away to Bundesliga champion Magdeburg.

We are naive. We shoot too early in attack and make too many simple technical errors.

— Gøran JohannessenThe Kolstad player criticized the team’s attacking decisions and technical mistakes.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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