– It will be horrible – VG

On Tuesday, several infection control experts came out on VG with grim reports that they don’t think it’s possible to play soccer in Norway in 2020.

The former RBK coach has brought the statements with him. He believes that Norway should be very cautious when taking the international initiative when it comes to canceling the football season.

– I think it is a good idea to sit and wait and see what the big countries are doing. they forced They do it. They want to find good solutions, so I don’t think we should be sitting in the driver’s seat here, Ingebrigtsen tells VG.

– Because if it is as the experts predict and you cannot play soccer until next spring in Norway, then the players should be fired. And if they later play in other leagues, only prepare coaches with soccer players who travel outside the country. The best ones will disappear, and without the sponsorship, television, and audience earnings, it will be terrible for most clubs, he continues.

This is in line with, among other things, the views of Lillestrøm player Aleksander Melgalvis, who last weekend stated that there will likely be chaos in the transition market if Norway does not start the series game relatively quickly.

Frustrated mathisen

Ingebrigtsen enthusiastically follows plans for the Premier League, where he is considered to be using fewer neutral arenas in a strictly polluted environment where the rest of the season can take place. The 54-year-old man “hopes and believes” that Norway will consider a similar solution.

In Germany, the clubs are training. There, one should aspire to play league football again this past weekend of May, with matches for closed stands and extensive testing by everyone involved.

“It is important to start football in Norway as quickly as possible for all walks of life, both wide and higher,” says Ingebrigtsen.

TV 2 soccer profile Jesper Mathisen, meanwhile, claims that no one really knows how the corona virus will affect the world in the future.

– I also don’t think the experts have very good control over when this will calm down, when there will be a vaccine and when it will subside. So it is frustrating for many. Mathisen tells VG that there are a lot of people looking at something that the world has never been exposed to before.

He is also aware that health must come first and that it is not up to football managers to decide when activity can be resumed.

– I have read many who are problematic that there will be a great risk for those on the field if you also play without spectators. Then you don’t know anything. From what I know, soccer may not be played in 2020. It would be very sad and sad, but in that case it will be decided for a reason, so that no more people get sick and die from this. Here in football they have to sit on the fence and wait for those who can best decide this, says Mathisen.

I was tired

The former Start stopper basically lives talking about football on TV 2. Now his daily life has also changed completely, as games are hardly played anywhere. Mathisen says he was upset when he saw the grim message from contagion experts to Football Norway on Tuesday night.

– When I read the article yesterday, I got a little personal down below. I can only speak for myself and my colleagues, who live working on what happens on a soccer field … You have always thought that you have a decent and safe job when you speak about soccer. Football is always played, you think. We are not the ones who regret it the most, but it is clear that there is also a new daily life for us, says Mathisen, before adding:

– Exactly soccer and sports go down the stairs in important things, but I think it is very important for public health. Imagine how much fun it will be when you reboot. That is what keeps me awake. Then we will appreciate it like never before.

– Extremely important to start

The former Premier League and national team player Egil Østenstad responded to the VG case on Tuesday. He thinks the crown situation is too confusing to say or write enough in this context.

– I react a little to the case because we are at a time when we are experiencing everything more uncertain than ever, so there is someone who has a lot of confidence in what will happen in the future. Then follow the headlines. It is very inclined. It is something in which I believe that neither football nor others are served in such a situation. I, like most of the others, have no prerequisites to comment on when it will be relevant to play soccer again, Østenstad tells VG.

– What general considerations have you made about the situation?

– As with soccer, sports and leisure activities in general, I think it will be extremely important to start as soon as is justifiable. It is an incredibly important part of many people’s daily lives, whether they play soccer, handball, theater or music. When situations like this arise, it’s easy to initially underestimate their importance. The most important thing is health, work and making sure that the world turns even more, but this is a part of the world where it is difficult to give it a correct value, but which has a great impact on the other parts that are important, says Østenstad, who now works as a team leader for “private banking” at DNB.

Former Rosenborg player Jahn Ivar “Mini” Jakobsen stresses that he thinks “there are virus and infection control experts everywhere” and will make sure I don’t become one of them.

– But soccer is also very good on television. I hope it is possible to hold matches without the public in the worst case. Getting it on television will be good for the soul of the people. I hope and believe that it should be possible to do it properly, Mini says, noting:

– But I listen to Espen Nakstad (Acting Deputy Director of the Health Directorate).

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