The Lillestrom Courier
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Gustav Nyheim scores twice — 9.78
Two goals and a mark of 9.78 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Kparobo Arierhi, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.04
A mark of 8.04 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Lillestrom
Kevin Krygård was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match15 Apr 2028
Lillestrom get the job done against IK Start
A 3‑2 win over IK Start, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Lillestrom training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nemanja Radoja 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.
The terraces17 Apr 2028
The crowd has taken to Gustav Nyheim
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad17 Apr 2028
No hiding place for Eric Kitolano
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eric Kitolano, and the manager let it.
Match15 Apr 2028
No time for IK Start to settle
The goal that put IK Start ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Lillestrom equalised, 4 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Jovanny Rahman wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Lillestrom know it.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Lillestrom on David Brnada
- Market The Kevin Krygård story refuses to die
- Market Ivano Ora joins Lillestrom to strengthen the squad