Tromsø - Rosenborg 4-0
By Endre Bakken, 5 August 2008, 06:21
Two quick goals against after 30 minutes ruined the game for Rosenborg, who gave up.
"We create three out of Tromsø's four goals. I'm most of all disappointed with our team morale and attitude the last fifteen minutes of the first half, when only three or four players actually tried while the rest gave up and didn't at all act like winners," Erik Hamrén told TV2.
After the two victories against Viking and NAC Breda there seemed to be no reason to change the team except for a new right back: Lustig became eligible to play on Friday and made his debut.
The newly bought 21 year-old struggled with his positions both ways and caused some unneccessary set pieces in the beginning. Still, Rosenborg took control of the game.
Marek Sapara, Steffen Iversen and Didier Konan all had good opportunities to send the away team in the lead. RBK owned the game, and were happy when Tromsø captain Sigurd Rushfeldt had to throw in the towel early. Unfortunately RBK were lacking in efficiency while the opposition scored on every chance:
In three minutes Tromsø got their two first proper chances in the game and scored on both: Andreas Nordvik lagged behind when Morten Moldskred ran the ball into the goal. After that Adriano Munoz, with Alexander Tettey behind him finished a beautiful TIL attack by scoring.
Rosenborg tried recovering after the shock, but instead Adriano took opportunity of yet another Nordvik mistake into overtime before the break: The central defender tried heading to his colleague Alejandro Lago, but the ball ended up with Ruben Yttergård Jenssen, who sent a pass to Adriano. The Brazilian scored against Alexander Lund Hansen.
"Tromsø weren't lucky, but skillfull and took well care of the mistakes we made. They were efficient and suddenly we were three goals behind," Trond Henriksen said.
RBK never got back on their feet in the second half, and chose to let key players like Sapara and Iversen rest. Kjell Rune Sellin got to play for thirty minutes, and in his first involvement he was rewarded with a yellow card for a late tackle. Too eager after his transfer from Byåsen?
Tromsø had several good finishes, but the fourth goal didn't come until late. Roy Miller tried dribbling a TIL player, but lost the ball. Moldskred got the it, sent substitute Christer Basma flying in the wrong direction and rolled it past Lund Hansen, who played in Rune Jarstein's absence.
"The last fifteen minutes of the first half show that we have a long way to go before becoming a top team. We were on the right path in July with five victories and two losses, but today we were knocked out. We'll have to start over again," Hamrén concluded.
PS! All of RBK's losses this year have been with one goal.
Rosenborg [4-4-2] Alexander Lund Hansen - Mikael Lustig, Andreas Nordvik (Christer Basma 80), Alejandro Lago, Roy Miller - Marek Sapara (Kjell Rune Sellin 64), Vadim Demidov, Alexander Tettey, Per Ciljan Skjelbred - Didier Konan, Steffen Iversen (Jo Sondre Aas 71)
