– Don’t think about it at all – VG

While Eirik Horneland did not make the trip through the press area, it was a satisfied and comfortable Kåre Ingebrigtsen who took his time for the press, even though the player’s bus was out of Lerkendal, and it was getting more and more occupied. But the former Rosenborg manager declined to speak of any sense of revenge.

– So long ago. When you’re there, it’s about two teams, two goals, and three points. I don’t think of it with vengeance at all. All I think about is that he passes people I know in white suits from time to time, says Ingebrigtsen.

– After everything you’ve been through, with trial and dismissal; Not even a slight feeling of “sweet revenge”?

– No, not for revenge. I’m not sorry. In what we have lived and defended, it is about getting three points. It’s been so long, and there’s a lot of water in that river, he tells VG.

– Bright football

The two former Rosenborg coaches couldn’t have asked for a better return to Lerkendal. Ingebrigtsen promised in advance an offensive visiting team that would take a chance when they showed up. As I said so done. With two goals in a minute in the middle of the first half, the dream start was complete. Two minutes after the break, the game seemed fixed, when Sander Svendsen increased 3–0.

– The crucial thing was surviving the first twenty minutes, and having a good defensive game that provides opportunities to recover the ball. You have to dare to play football in Lerkendal. If you lie down for ninety minutes, it’s done. Then they score at the end. At the beginning of the second half, we played brilliant football, says Ingebrigtsen.

– But Horneland is not here …

– No, but neither should he. That said, it is nothing special, other than that we have been here before. It’s probably special to you in the press. For us it is a regular football match, but the only thing that makes it special is that it is a difficult matter to go to Lerkendal.

– Was it a difficult balance beforehand, so as not to let your personal ambitions for “revenge”, as we call it, ruin the match preparations?

– No, on a daily basis it is about improving and developing ourselves. We analyzed Rosenborg for strengths and weaknesses, but it’s about preparing as best we can to get something out of Lerkendal.

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Constant pressure

After a hectic final minutes in which Hólmar Eyjólfson fell to 2-3 in extra time following Kristoffer Zachariassen’s 1-3 nine minutes before the end, Brann’s tired players were able to cheer on three important points away in Trondheim .

– Of course it’s fantastic. We needed a victory and that is a great achievement. We had a perfect match even though it turned chaotic in the end. Everyone understands that this was important to us, Vegard Forren smiled at Eurosport.

– I was glad there were not ten minutes left on the clock. “I think we were the best team after twenty minutes, because we deserved it,” says Brann’s coach.

Before the game, Brann was winless for three months and wanted to approach the relegation match with a serious loss. Ingebrigtsen acknowledges that he feels pressure from the expectant people of Bergen.

– We have chosen this profession ourselves and sometimes we wonder why we have chosen it. The pressure is constant and we live well with it. Now we have worked well for a while and now we get paid for it.

– And now is it just promising gold in Bergen next year?

– It’s not so sure we promise. But, definitely, we are going to evolve and improve. Then we’ll crawl up slowly but surely, says Ingebrigtsen after thinking about it.

Horneland will not comment, Branns’ media manager tells VG, justifying the assistant coach not showing up at mixed zone.

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