Brattbakk: "Penalty? I take it!"
By Håvard Lindheim, 10 May 2004, 09:39
Harald Brattbakk has not gotten any more sceptical to take penalty shots, even if he now has missed twice in a row.
HIGH GOALS: Brattbakk still knows where the goal stands.
Photo: Thomas Myren
Both against Lillestrøm and Rissa, the goalgetter got his chance at the penalty spot. Both times he shot feebly, in the middle of the goal, shots that the keepers saved easily.
"Against Lillestrøm I was sure that the keeper (Emille Baron) was going to throw himself into a corner. In the Rissa match I honestly lacked some concentration as we already had a 5-0 lead," Brattbakk says to rbkweb.com.
The Rosenborg striker has no intentions to pass on his job as penalty executor.
"No, I feel safe at the penalty spot. The margins are small, and I can live fine with another miss. Remember: Only one thing decides wether a penalty is good or bad; if one scores or not."
Harald Brattbakk hurt his left knee in a duel with Espen Søgård in the 2-2 match at Åråsen, but this injury has been healed for a good while now.
"The knee is fine. After the Lillestrøm match I was ancious as to how serious the damage was, but everything went just fine against Rissa, so I am fit and ready for the Tromsø match," Brattbakk ascertains.
