The Aalesund Chronicle
Market28 Jun 2027
Davíð Snær Jóhannsson hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aalesund can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Jun 2027
A falling-out at Aalesund
Eirik Holmen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Real improvement from Philip Storås at Aalesund
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Philip Storås is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Words at Aalesund training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cheikh Mbacke Diop is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match26 Jun 2027
Ivan Djantou sends Aalesund past Mjondalen
It finished 1‑0, and it was Ivan Djantou’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Aalesund.
Player ratings28 Jun 2027
Ivan Djantou was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.29. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
Alexander Hauge has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Alexander Hauge on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
No hiding place for Endre Osenbroch
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Endre Osenbroch, and the manager let it.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
Davíð Snær Jóhannsson knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Aalesund, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Looking ahead Uba Charles faces his old club
- Squad “I want to play”: Endre Osenbroch speaks
- The dugout Simen Haram does not fit this one