The Lillestrom Courier
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Felix Vá was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 34. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match10 Apr 2027
The wait goes on for Lillestrom
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Lillestrom
Markus Karlsbakk 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.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Lillestrom
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market12 Apr 2027
Erling Johansen steps up from the Lillestrom academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Erling Johansen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Apr 2027
Lillestrom promote Ole King from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ole King has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Apr 2027
Jonas Odegaard steps up from the Lillestrom academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonas Odegaard has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Apr 2027
Alexander Singh steps up from the Lillestrom academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Singh has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Ruben Gabrielsen falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The dugout Ruben Gabrielsen gets it from the manager
- Squad Elscha Furaha signs on for more
- Squad Lillestrom lose Jonas Odegaard