The Mjondalen Chronicle
Market12 Jul 2027
Carlos Zambrano 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 Mjondalen can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A one-man rearguard from Jhon Figueroa
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Alan Correa says Mjondalen went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match10 Jul 2027
Still nobody has beaten Mjondalen
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match10 Jul 2027
Mjondalen see off Sarpsborg 08
Three points for Mjondalen, 2-1 the final word against Sarpsborg 08 in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Carlos Zambrano
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad Sondre Bjørshol knocks on the manager's door
- Market Mjondalen put Diego Ramírez up for sale
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Aleksandar Đukanović
- The terraces The stand has a song for Jacob Dicko Eng