Tippeliga round 23: Vålerenga hand Rosenborg the title
Stabæk were afflicted by an almost Tottenham-esque bout of stomach-problems with several players being sick during their match against Lillestrøm. Maybe just a natural reaction for people from the posh bit of Oslo who are forced to spend time in Lillestrøm, or maybe just a stomach-bug, but anyway it didn’t stop them from picking up a 2-1 win that puts them in fourth place, one point off Odd Grenland. An impressive position to be in at this point if you consider their fairly terrible start to the season.
Finally, Rosenborg actually managed to live up to expectations and give Lyn a proper 4-1 thwacking. Really not a whole lot more to say about that.
For details about just how entertainingly tight this season’s relegation-battle looks, head over here for league tables and all manner of facts and figures.
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Arch Bell:
September 1st, 2009 at 6:06 pm
It almost feels as if Start has been in 6th place with 32 points now for months. They are struggling to put together any kind of offense.
Damn shame for Molde as a couple weeks ago I thought they might hang around with Rosenborg and pull off a comeback. Valerenga needed that W badly.
The Lyn defense and the offside trap are two things that don’t work well together.
Good recap. Enjoyed it!
Fireman451:
September 1st, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Thank you Troy Perkins and Vålerenga!
RBK still needs to focus on the goal of going undefeated and hopefully learn from their horrible 2009 Europa League showing when they enter Champions League play next year.
Is Rade Prica signed on for next season?
Crazy Al:
September 1st, 2009 at 10:06 pm
It looks like all but third is decided at the top. And Fireman, I’m with you. Hopefully, a tough RBK will show up for the Champions League.
The bottom is setting up for a really fun final weekend. I’d hate to be the third from the bottom Tippe team playing the Adecco promotion challengers. As tight as the Adecco is, any of the three teams challenging will be very battle tested and probably on a pretty good playing streek. All that should make November fun.
Speaking of the Adecco. Its Tuesday game. What a nightmare!!!!!! Thank God I could only hear it on the internet.
Finally, my Norwegian sources tell me that Arch Bell is a Texan, like me. Go figure. Texans and Norwegian football. Now, that is a great combination.
Lars:
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:35 am
It`s kinda sad i love that Rosenborg is doing so well but it does kill the excitement in the league and with no cup or european competison i hope Rosengborg use some of the last games to give there younger guys some play time.
Fireman451:
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:16 am
I think Rosenborg should keep busy in the offseason and play some friendlies in the US (California or Florida) against some MLS sides since both leagues will be finished over the winter.
Lars Sivertsen:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:11 am
Fireman: Interesting idea, I’d be interested in seeing that to be honest. Rade Prica is signed up yes, that really was a cracking tree goals this round wasn’t it? Did my fantasy-team a world of good..
Al: You won’t thank me for this, but I had a bit of money on Kongsvinger to win by more than one goal.. :P
Lars Sivertsen:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 am
Arch: Thanks, a pleasure as always. It was such a crucial win for Vålerenga and Martin Andresen in particular, it’ll give the whole place a lift and they can still salvage something from this season by winning the cup (as they did last season)..
Håkon S.:
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Well, if this turns Enga around a bit, it will be so déja vu from this spring, it’s bound to arise a few superstitions. Martin was having a really crucial match after a series of bad results (of course, back then, we thought he’d be screwed over if he lost another game. Now we know better). The match was against Molde, who right before then was reigning supreme in gameplay in their matches. Who won? Enga. And then they went on to climb the league for a while.
And what just happened now? Don’t have to tell you. Of course, we still haven’t seen signs of Enga truly turn around and win a few matches, but the setup is certainly there now. And if there’s anything sports reporters and us bloggers like, it’s silly patterns that looks cool, but aren’t really all that significant. ;)
Crazy Al:
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Lars, At least someone got something positive out of the Kongsvinger game. :-) You should read the editorial ripping Alta in the Altaposten. Yikes. It must have been worse in person than on the radio. Thank God for a short week and not taking time off for international games!