From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Denmark: Superliga round 1
Date: 15 Aug 92 01:06:55 GMT
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University


  [ So, summer is over, the 25th Olympics is over and hopefully
    forgotten: A new season may begin in the backyards of the european
    champions. Not that the teams will be sporting a lot of european
    champion players -- AGF has Kent Nielsen, Lyngby has Claus
    Christiansen, Br/ondy Mogens Kroghand Kim Vilfort, and OB has Lars
    Elstrup -- since most either played somewhere else to begin with
    or has been sold since EC92. Several teams sport a number of
    Olympic Disaster players, but we'd better not mention that at all.

    I'll try to provide an overview of teams and developments since
    the spring in an upcoming post. Right now I'll mention only that
    FC K/obenhavn is the result of the fusion of championship and cup
    runners-up B1903 and KB. Their team is the same as B1903 of the
    spring and they inherit B1903's rights, such as UEFA cup spot. ]


 Frem - FC K/obenhavn  0-3 (0-2)
   0-1 Martin Johansen (8)
   0-2 Martin Johansen (41)
   0-3 Martin Johansen (70)
   [ Only a week before the start of the Olympic Games, Martin
    Johansen was removed from the team in favour of Stig T/ofting
    (AGF). FC K/obenhavn, on the other hand, decided to make use of
    both of the Johansen twins for the first game of the season, and
    this proved to be wise. FC K/obenhavn is the team that most
    "experts" hold as the coming champion, and they started out in
    line. Frem seemed scared by the strong-looking FCK team, while FCK
    played beautiful, offensive, and technically brilliant football.
    On top of it, FCK got an ideal start as Kenneth Wegner placed a
    throw-in in the box where Michael Manniche headed the ball to
    Martin Johansen who easily scored. FCK went on to own the half and
    had a number of chances to score. Towards the end of the half
    Piere Larsen and Michael Manniche showed some nice combinations,
    with Manniche finally passing the ball to Johansen who scored
    again. Manniche seemed to enjoy the unusual role as assist and
    created the third goal for Johansen halfway through a second half
    that FCK dominated. If FCK can keep this up and the twin can keep
    up the technical brilliance, they will prove to be a great team to
    follow this season. ]

 AaB - Br/ondby  3-0 (0-0)
   1-0 Peter M/oller (52)
   2-0 Peter Rasmussen (72)
   3-0 Peter M/oller (82, pk)
   [ Br/ondby is not what they used to be and they no more sport
    scores is players other Danish team could only dream of having.
    Br/ondby still has a very good team, but from this game it seems
    that they have lost the belief that they can win every game. I
    cannot remember that last time I saw Br/ondby playing decidedly
    defensive, obviously setting out to hold a 0-0 draw. The most
    dramatic incident in the first half came when Jens Jessen chased a
    loose chance across the Br/ondby box and keeper Mogens Krogh dived
    for the ball. They collided accidentally, and Krogh unfortunately
    winded up at the hospital with a fracture in the jaw bone.  The
    first half was rather equal, with Br/ondby defending and AaB
    having a slight lead without getting anything from it. 7 minutes
    into the second half Ib Simonsen played a fine volley to Peter
    M/oller -- the man that always scores against Br/ondby -- and
    M/oller placed a beautiful header close to the bar, leaving
    substitute keeper Peter Madsen without a chance. Br/ondby was now
    forced to try something, making themselves vulnerable to the
    efficient AaB contra-play. Br/ondby is (still) lacking a real
    forward, while AaB has a few. Peter Rasmussen has finally started
    scoring again -- even through Jan Pedersen did all the hard work
    and Rasmussen just needed to help the ball across the line.
    Towards the end of the game Br/ondby looked without hope and AaB
    gained more control of events. It therefore seemed quite
    reasonable that Calle Facius came alone with the keeper and was
    stopped quite illegally by Jesper Christensen. Peter M/oller
    handled the penalty as usual. Br/ondby had a few chances in the
    second to Kim Vilfort and Brian Jensen, but Niels Christian
    J/orgensen saved in fine style. In the other end Peter Rasmussen
    had an attempt at the post, so in all we came close to 4-0 than
    3-1. ]

 B1909 - Silkeborg  0-0
   [ YAWN. Neither of the team showed much of anything, no real
    excitement and little initiative. If these teams are to survive in
    the Superliga they will have to do better than this. ]

 Naestved - OB  0-4 (0-1)
   0-1 Steen Nedergaard (36)
   0-2 Allan Nielsen (46)
   0-3 Alphonse Tchami (55)
   0-4 Brian Steen Nielsen (81)
   [ OB has returned to the Superliga where they belong and has been
    buying heavily during the summer. Naestved barely survived last
    year and is facing a hard time. OB sported 4 debutants for this
    game, and seemed to use the first half hour to become comfortable
    with the situation -- Naestved tried a bit but lacked any real
    substance. Past the half-hour and Steen Nedergaard received a fine
    pass from the left and placed the well beyond the reach of the
    goalkeeper with a fine shot. The first minute of the second half
    saw Alphonse Tchami rushing into the Naestved box where he tumbled
    over. While everyone was apparently look at the referee to see
    what he made of it, Allan Nielsen easily grabbed the ball and made
    it 0-2, essentially closing the bag. From there OB had plain
    sailing, with Lars Elstrup, Brian Steen Nielsen, Steen Nedergaard,
    and Alphonse Tchami demonstrating efficient contra-play. Happily
    for Naestved, referee Kim Milton Nielsen was present so that
    Naestved was spared being the weakest participant of the game. ]

 AGF - Lyngby  (1-0)
   1-0 Stig T/ofting (42)
   [ The season opened at Aarhus Stadion with a clash between the cup
    winners and champions. The game was rather dull, with the cup
    winners being the better side and it was therefore quite
    reasonable that they won the game. Both teams sported a very solid
    defense, AGF with Claus Thomsen, Jan-Halvor Halvorsen, and most
    notably skipper and european champion Kent Nielsen -- Nielsen has
    announced that he intends to stop his international career an
    hence will not be available for the national team in the WC
    qualification games. With Nielsen playing as he did in this game
    this is a big loss. The Lyngby defense had Claus Christiansen as
    the dominating force, with John Larsen and Michael Gotherborg
    showing some fine play. With both team having fine keepers in
    Troels Rasmussen and Kim Brodersen, this quickly developed into a
    cautious battle with both teams playing it safe. Lyngby has sold
    creative forces like Peter Nielsen, Henrik Larsen, and Torben
    Frank, and such players are not easily replaced. AGF opened the
    season with Jan Bartram, Palle S/orensen, S/oren Andersen, and
    Claus Christiansen injured, so they too lacked creative forces.
    With this in mind it is hardly surprising that it became a
    working-man game, and in such games AGF mostly has the edge. The
    goal came as Torben Christensen played a cross to Stig T/ofting
    that developed into a half, and after some panic, a full chance
    and a goal. Erik Madsen had an attempt that hit the bar, but *the*
    dramatic incident in the game came after only 20 minutes: AGFs
    offside failed for once, and Erik Larsen raced towards goal.
    Troels Rasmussen met him well outside the box with a tackle that
    maybe, maybe not was a (professional) foul. Referee Sven Erik
    Christensen decided to call a foul and showed a *yellow* card to
    Troels Rasmussen. This is absolutely wrong: either there was no
    foul, or their was a foul robbing a clear chance to score and
    hence a red card. Weird. Lyngby showed little of interest, while
    Claus Thomsen demonstrated that he's back in fine form and young
    Martin Nielsen showed some spectacular if not always very
    efficient work on the midfield. ]


Table:

                  G   W  D  L   GF GA   P
  OB              1   1  0  0    4  0   2
  AaB             1   1  0  0    3  0   2
  FC K/obenhavn   1   1  0  0    3  0   2
  AGF             1   1  0  0    1  0   2
  B1909           1   0  1  0    0  0   1
  Silkeborg       1   0  1  0    0  0   1
  Lyngby          1   0  0  1    0  1   0
  Br/ondby        1   0  0  1    0  3   0
  Frem            1   0  0  1    0  3   0
  Naestved        1   0  0  1    0  4   0


Top Scores:
  Martin Johansen (FCK)  3
  Peter M/oller (AaB)    2

Next Game (Sunday 16th)
  Lyngby - AaB           [ so, what has Lyngby got after the sellout? ]
  Silkeborg - Naestved   [ hmpf ]
  FC K/obenhavn - B1909  [ Two easy points for FCK ]
  Br/ondby - Frem        [ interesting game between the CPH outsiders ]
  OB - AGF               [ An interesting clash between ambitious teams ]


/Lars
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Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | It takes an uncommon mind to think of
CS Dept., Aalborg Univ., DENMARK. | these things.  -- Calvin