The FC Nordsjaelland Herald
Squad26 Nov 2040
Moukenga Koné damages knee ligaments — 105 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 105 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings26 Nov 2040
A debut Christian Kjaer will not forget — 8.16
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 2 on the scoresheet, 8.16 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Match21 Nov 2040
FC Nordsjaelland march on in the cup
OB are out and FC Nordsjaelland go through, 4‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match26 Nov 2040
FC Nordsjaelland up to position 2
36 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Player ratings26 Nov 2040
Villum Berthelsen, 34, rolls back the years — 8.47
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.47 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad26 Nov 2040
Tempers go at FC Nordsjaelland
Andreas Gülstorff 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.
Squad26 Nov 2040
Words at FC Nordsjaelland training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Caleb Yirenkyi 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.
Match24 Nov 2040
Markus Jensen the difference as FC Nordsjaelland beat SonderjyskE
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Markus Jensen. 2‑1 against SonderjyskE, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces26 Nov 2040
FC Nordsjaelland supporters have found a favourite in Christian Kjaer
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Christian Kjaer has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Match Christian Kjaer at the heart of a fast FC Nordsjaelland start
- Player ratings One of those days for Ryan Simons
- Squad Irvyn Lomami gets it from the manager