Penalty rescue and new loss – VG

The man who was named the best player in the world by FIFA in December had scored 17 penalties in a row for the winner of the Champions League and the Polish team. But when Jarstein stretched all of his 192 centimeters to the right corner, the eminent Bayern Munich striker experienced his first penalty in more than two years.

Thus, Jarstein corrected the penalty that he committed when Leroy Sané slipped through Hertha’s defense in the 12th minute. This was the 18th out of 73 telemarking penalty in his career, according to transfermarkt.com.

This gives the national team goalkeeper a strong save percentage of almost 25 from 11 meters. Jarstein followed up with class stops on good shots from Leroy Sane and Kingsley Coman before the break, but had to capitulate when the winner of the Champions League final match shot through Hertha Niklas Stark’s cap.

The 36-year-old could do nothing. Coman’s shot slipped into the top corner.

After the break, Jarstein stopped further attempts by Lewandowski and Serge Gnarby. But he could not prevent Bayern Munich from achieving their fifth consecutive victory before the semi-final broadcast by VG + on Monday at the Club World Cup. The Egyptian Al Ahly is an opponent in Qatar.

Matheus Cunha was able to add a much-needed point to Hertha when he arrived alone with Manuel Neuer two minutes before the end. But the brass lobe slipped past the nets on the outside of the post.

In any case, Ståle Solbakken can claim that Norway’s first choice in recent years has been back in good shape after a very difficult period in Berlin.

The national team coach has given Jarstein a clear message that the veteran goalkeeper will return to the field to retain his place in the World Cup qualifiers against Gibraltar, Turkey and Montenegro in March.

– Must get into a fight for the club, either for the B team or the junior team. We talked about it, Solbakken told NTB in January. RBK goalkeeper André Hansen is back in the national team in full and kept the cage clean in Lars Lagerbäck’s last game last fall.

Jarstein faces exciting months. The contract with Hertha expires in the summer. The 36-year-old has the ambition to play until he is 40.

Jarstein returned to the Hertha team when Pál Dárdai returned as Hertha coach on January 25. The previous round’s 1-3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt was the national team’s goalkeeper’s first game in the Bundesliga this season and his first game since Norway beat Romania in Ullevaal on 11 October last year. Jarstein received rave reviews in soccer magazine Kicker after his re-entry into the Bundesliga.

– Pál (Dárdai) and Zsolt (Petry, goalkeeping coach) told me the night before that he was going to play. Of course, I was happy, but I didn’t have to prepare especially. I’ve been involved for a long time, I work hard every day and I’m always ready to do a job for the team, Jarstein said in an interview with German Sky before the game against Bayern.

Hertha Berlin had four coaches in a year and a half, and Jarstein was apparently stationed on the substitute bench forever. Then it happened a lot and quickly in the capital club. After Hertha Berlin brought in Alexander Schwolow, the Norwegian has tempted life on the bench. Regarding the relationship with Schwolow, eight years younger, Jarstein tells Sky:

– Of course there is competition, but we have a very good relationship. Alex is a great goalkeeper and a very nice person. We exchange ideas and we both benefit from each other.

Jarstein also says he was informed last summer that the club would bring in a new goalkeeper who would fight for the starting spot at Hertha.

– I’ve never felt like number two. Not even when he was not in goal, says the man with 69 caps for Norway.

– We can all read the table. Therefore, we just have to accept the situation and take advantage of game after game and show games that give us more points. “I am convinced that we must,” Jarstein told Sky.

Runar Skrøvset, based in Germany and a third of the podcast “Dritte Halbzeit” on German football, considers Pál Dardai’s investment in Jarstein is as follows:

– His first chess move was to return Jarstein to the goalkeeper position. Schwolow has not been bad, but he has not been the winner of the game they imagined when they bought it before the season. Jarstein’s star at the club is at least as big as before. He has taken life on the bench with impeccable professionalism, and when he finally had the opportunity he was the rocker, people remember him from the first touch. It’s just deeply impressive that a 36-year-old with no combat training goes straight to the round team at Kicker. I think both Jarstein and Hertha may have a great spring season ahead of them after a long and frustrating fall.