The Kristiansund Sentinel
Squad12 May 2036
A knee injury of the worst kind for Iverson Negouai
70 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Kristiansund lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom12 May 2036
The interim tag comes off Interim Coach
Kristiansund interviewed the field and appointed the corridor: Interim Coach keeps the job he had been doing in all but title. Sometimes the safest pair of hands is the one already holding the wheel.
Match7 May 2036
Hakon King sends Kristiansund through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Hakon King obliged against Sogndal. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Kristiansund.
Squad12 May 2036
Victor Lanlo keeps Kristiansund in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match10 May 2036
A hiding for Kristiansund
Beaten 0‑3 by Brann, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match7 May 2036
Hakon King wins it after the whistle should have gone
95 minutes played. Hakon King found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Sogndal went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings12 May 2036
Adnan Meunier could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.47
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.47, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
The dugout12 May 2036
Atanas Dimitrov keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kristiansund may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 May 2036
Ole Sørdal 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
- Squad A falling-out at Kristiansund
- Player ratings Aron Lien beats them one at a time
- The dugout Marius van der Raad gets it from the manager