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SKIEN (VG) (Odd – Viking 3-0) Not everyone had faith in Mushaga Bakenga (28) when he suddenly became Torgeir Børven’s replacement in Odd. Now there is little question about where you get the best results with the maximum investment from Telemark and Trondheim.
With two new goals in Bakengas Skien’s rebirth when Odd played a weak Viking, the numbers are nine goals in the last 11 league games for the Trøndelag man in Odd.
– I almost think they’re happier than me. I think they are a bit surprised. I’m not, Bakenga says of her own employer and the surroundings in her new hometown.
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The 28-year-old suddenly became a direct replacement for the top scorer sold by RBK last year Torgeir Børven (28) when Tobias Lauritsen was injured. It has worked well in Falkum.
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While Torgeir Børven has already been sold from Trondheim to Turkey and Ankaragücü. After only a few months as a Rosenborg player. He scored six goals in 16 matches, but was placed on both the bench and the wing, and although Trøndelag’s team recovered more than they gave Odd, Børven never saw the investment Rosenborg envisioned.
While Bakenga grows for each participation in Odd. Perhaps that is why he directs some criticism of those who had discarded him after weak seasons since he returned to Norway and reached the elite league in Molde, Rosenborg, Tromsø and Ranheim.
– My friends send messages by Jonsson or whatever his name is. There he talks, who has evidently denounced one or the other. I’ve stood my ground, I’ll be back again, says Bakenga and directs criticism to Eurosport outspoken expert Joachim Jonsson.
– I think it was justified. I probably said something about him showing nothing for a long time, and there was nothing to suggest that he should comply. It’s easy to report later, everyone can. But it’s incredibly fun that it succeeds. He’s a good boy with a nice story. I hope it stays healthy for years to come, Jonsson informs VG on Wednesday night.
– People aren’t that smart either. You have to understand my injury statistics. I have been healthy for 12 months out of the last six years. It goes without saying that it is difficult to achieve something. Now I’ve been injury-free for a while and everyone who understands soccer knows that you need to be good, says Bakenga.
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He opened the Vikings game with a bang: first he was able to score with a volley after just two minutes, then he collided with rival goalkeeper Arild Østbø in a corner and was stunned.
But some pain reliever, in tablet form during halftime and a goal each round, was obvious when he met reporters in the inner courtyard afterward.
– We are very good. We have been good in many games, but today we are a little more efficient. In the game like today, we are completely, completely at the highest level in Norwegian football. There’s hardly anything you can touch us today, Bakenga believes.
At least it’s true that Odd seemed dominant against Viking:
Jan Frode Nornes’ team plays passes through defense, kicks with the heel in attack, doubles on the edge and has produced a triangle of deadly relationship on the side Elba Rashani, beater Joshua Kitolano and the sudden goal guarantor Bakenga.
With ingenuity and patience, the trio combined free before the 1-0 goal. and he repeated the exact same thing right after the break. He gave Odd 2-0. After two scorers, little brother Kitolano also wanted to get into the scorers column. With a well-placed winger, he scored the third just seven minutes after Bakenga’s 2-0. Then the game was punctured.
– Filip Jørgensen and Joshua Kitolano must be the greatest talents I have encountered. They are way ahead in terms of age. And it’s not something you say in a trance. There are some completely wild talents. They just have to make better decisions at the club than I do, says Mushaga Bakenga.
Coach Jan Frode Nornes considers the 3-0 win to be perhaps the best odd match this year.
– Yes, in general. Today we finished completely and we are good for 90 minutes, thinks Nornes.
He thinks he has always had faith in Bakenga. Nornes says the Trøndelag native “fills the whole club with energy.”
– I’ve been pretty safe since day one. If “Mush” gets back in shape, I know it’s good enough, says Nornes.
The match was postponed from round 21 after the crown infection at Viking. The rest that the Stavanger team got with the quarantine they had to go through when Veton Berisha tested positive, plus the rest of the national team, has done its part with the form:
They went from eight straight games without a loss (five wins) to two losses, a draw and just one goal scored in the last three.
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