The Valerenga Gazette
Squad16 Apr 2029
Ole Sæter breaks a bone — 77 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 77 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Patrick Ajer out for 27 days
The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Patrick Ajer, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match14 Apr 2029
At last: Valerenga win one
7 matches without a win, and then this, against Aalesund. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Valerenga
Ghayas Zahid 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
A row about effort at Valerenga
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Brice Ambina was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Valerenga still without a manager
11 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Match14 Apr 2029
Brayan Gil sends Valerenga past Aalesund
It finished 1‑0, and it was Brayan Gil’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Valerenga.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
Brayan Gil stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.91 on the card, and the Valerenga support went home talking about one name.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
A defender's afternoon for Aaron Kiil Olsen
Defensive actions: 16. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
In brief
- The dugout Erling Lien: “That is the standard”
- The dugout No hiding place for Jakob Stang Hansen Granli
- Market The Brice Ambina question follows Valerenga around