From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Denmark: Superliga round 10
Date: 6 Oct 92 02:52:15 GMT
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University


Round 10, October 3rd and 4th.

 AaB - FC K/obenhavn  0-1 (0-1)
   0-1 Brian Kaus (37)
   [ The game opened with Martin Johansen spinning through some quick
     moves and nearly making it past AaB defender S/oren Thorst in the
     first minutes, and on the following attack AaB forwards Peter
     M/oller and Peter Rasmussen came close to creating a decisive
     chance. The following 10 minutes saw some good chances to both
     teams, with Peter M/oller receiving the best chance as he came
     alone with FCK keeper Palle Petersen, but Petersen saved in fine
     style. But after this promising start the game developed into a
     dull affair. FCKs tactic was clearly to press AaB so that AaBs
     fast-paced midfield would not get time to create chance with
     their technical play. FCK succeeded with this, and AaB never found
     a move to counter it. The game therefore came to a standstill on
     the midfield, with both teams moving the ball around a lot but
     neither getting near the goal. FCK played best and most
     consistent during the game, and it was quite reasonable that
     Brian Kaus could score towards the end of the first half, even
     though the goal came after an AaB defense mistake. In the final
     minutes of the half Peter M/oller received the ball in the box,
     turned past Ivan Nielsen, but Nielsen pushed M/oller in the back
     and M/oller fell over. The ref did not react. This situation was
     very much like a situation in the FCK-AaB game last week,
     Apparently you cannot call a penalty against veteran and former
     star international Ivan Nielsen. What really annoys me is the
     lack of line and consistency with these referees. If he didn't
     believe Nielsen did anything, he clearly should have given Peter
     M/oller a yellow card for "filming", but he didn't. In the second
     half both teams showed good defense work, and the few chances
     created was saved by Niels Christian J/orgensen in the AaB goal
     and Palle Petersen in the FCK goal. AaB didn't really try
     anything, and FCK was happy with just keeping a solid pressure on
     the AaB midfield. AaB lost far too many balls in bad passes and
     never produced anything of substance. Players like Calle Facius
     and Henrik Rasmussen was far below usual standard, and it didn't
     help at all that Peter Rasmussen was injured some 30 minutes into
     the first half. Jan Pedersen came close to equalizing in the
     final minutes of the game as an FCK offside collapsed, but his
     shot went wide. In all, no one can deny that FCK got a deserved
     win. ]

 B1909 - Naestved  2-2 (0-2)
   0-1 Alex Nielsen (7)
   0-2 Jeppe Tingbjerg (27)
   1-2 John Damsted (51)
   2-2 Steen Petterson (87)
   [ B1909 attempted a personal shadow for Mark Strudal, but that
     didn't prevent Strudal from creating two goals for Naestved in
     the first half. Only 7 minutes into the game Strudal sent a deep
     pass to Alex Nielsen how hammered the ball into the roof of the
     net from a sharp angel. And 20 minutes later Strudal was at it
     again, finding Jeppe Tingbjerg with a precise pass. At this point
     B1909 looked well beaten and effectively relegated. Their defense
     was falling apart and they showed no initiative. But Naestved
     stopped doing anything, allowed B1909 back in the game. John
     Damsted made it 1-2 on a fine header in the beginning of the
     first half, and B1909 regained some fighting spirit. They started
     attacking and dominated most of 2nd half, and a few minutes from
     time got their reward as Steen Petterson scored from close range
     after a Naestved defense mistake. ]

 Frem - Silkeborg  2-2 (1-1)
   1-0 Finn Jensen (4)
   1-1 Troels Bech (45, pk)
   1-2 Allan Reese (56)
   2-2 Michael "Mio" Nielsen (60)
   [ This game looked rather English -- lots of fight and hard
     tackles, lots of long balls, lots ball banged out of the defense
     zone in no direction in particular. Yawn. Frem opened at a high
     pace and was awarded an early lead as Silkeborg keeper Brian
     J/orgensen failed to clear a corner kick out of the box.
     Silkeborg has a strong defense and rarely allows the opposition to
     score and hence lives on a counter attack tactic. This time they
     had to come forward, and the unusual situation clearly bothered
     them and as a result the game developed into lots of action on
     the midfield leading nowhere. In the final minute of the first
     half Silkeborg got lucky as Frem libero needlessly toppled over
     Ingvar Johansen in the box. 10 minutes into 2nd half Frem sub
     Michael "Mio" Nielsen tried to outsmart a few Silkeborg players
     in his own box -- he didn't, Allan Reese controlled the ball and
     hit home. Five minutes later Silkeborg keeper once again failed
     to clear away a corner kick. Thomas Th/ogersen's header hit the
     bar, Dan Eggen rose for the rebound but his header was saved by a
     defender on the goal line, and Michael "Mio" Nielsen finally
     headed the second rebound home. ]

 Lyngby - OB  0-1 (0-0)
   0-1 Allan Nielsen (49)
   [ Lyngby is in trouble and has all the bad luck of a troubled team.
     Only 30 seconds into this game Lyngby players Claus "Kuno"
     Christiansen and Johnny Vilstrup banged their head together as
     both went for a high ball, and Johnny Vilstrup had to taken out
     (and to the hospital, in fact). OB dominated most of the game and
     produced a number of chances, but for once had trouble scoring.
     Lyngby put up a good fight but was clearly weaker than the
     opposition. Lyngby produced their best chances in the overtime of
     first half. First OB goalkeeper Lars H/ogh had to save a careless
     backpass with his hands -> free kick on the border of the goal
     area. Henrik Risom managed *not* to score as he tried to place
     the ball instead of hammering it home. One minute later a high
     pass from Risom found a completely free Lars Gerner a meter or so
     from goal, but his header hit the feet of keeper Lars H/ogh --
     bad, bad luck. Instead OB gained a lead in the beginning of
     second half as Allan Nielsen sent a beautiful shot home from the
     distance. Lyngby was sunk and never threatened the OB lead. ]


 AGF - Br/ondby  0-1 (0-1)
   0-1 Jens Madsen (32)
   Red card, Gunner Lind, AGF (64)
   [ AGF opened with wing-backs Lasse Skov and Erik Madsen injured and
     central defender Jan-Halvor Halvorsen banned. 20 minutes into the
     game skipper and central defender Kent Nielsen was injured and
     taken out, leaving AGF practically without a defense. To complete
     the story, Gunner Lind, substitute for Halvtid, ehh, Halvorsen,
     was sent off in the second half after his second yellow card in
     the game. Kent Nielsen was replaced by Ole Mortensen, and he
     never fell into the unusual role. A misunderstanding between him
     and Bartram led to Jens Madsen receiving a free chance and a goal
     the keeper Troels Rasmussen could do nothing about. The first
     part of the game was a hard battle of control over the midfield,
     with Br/ondby having the upper hand and young Jesper Kristensen
     being the star of the show. The battle was actually *too* hard,
     with five yellow cards in the first half, and that was actually
     one too little as Jens Risager did not get one for the bad foul
     that injured Kent Nielsen. One goal down AGF opened a fierce
     pressure on Br/ondby, but Br/ondby defended well and keeper
     Mogens Krogh had a very fine day, denying good attempts from Stig
     T/ofting and Gunner Lind. Towards the end of the half Br/ondby
     "striker" Hans Christians received the ball in totally free
     position on a counter attack but failed to take advantage of the
     situation, and a bit later Br/ondby defender (and former AGF
     player) Marc Rieper kicked down Torben Christensen in the box,
     with no reaction from the referee -- Danish refs are simply
     afraid of awarding penalties currently. AGF continued to
     dominate, with Jan Bartram being in a dominating role in the
     second half, not had no success. National coach RM Nielsen saw
     the game and must have noted that Marc Rieper is currently
     showing better form than Torben Piechnik, that Vilfort is table
     as always, that young Jesper Kristensen is bound for the national
     team sometime soon, that Claus Thomsen *is* the man to replace
     Lars Olsen as national libero real soon now (TM), that Stig
     T/ofting is getting there, and that Jan Bartram is back at his
     old self (at least in the second half). ]

Table:
                  G   W  D  L   GF GA   P
  OB             10   7  2  1   21  6  16 [ impressive ]
  FC K/obenhavn  10   4  6  0   12  5  14 [ as expected ]
  Silkeborg      10   4  5  1   17  6  13 [ surprise ]
  Br/ondby       10   5  3  2   13 12  13 [ back on track ]
  AaB            10   4  3  3   15 12  11 [ blah ]
  AGF            10   2  4  4   11 10   8 [ come on! ]
  Frem           10   1  6  3   11 21   8 [ trouble ]
  Naestved       10   2  3  5   11 22   7 [ They might make it! ]
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  Lyngby         10   1  4  5    7 12   6 [ Champions -- He he! ]
  B1909          10   0  4  6    8 20   4 [ lost ]


Top Scores:
  Peter M/oller (AaB)            7
  Lars Elstrup (OB)              6
  Peter Rasmussen (AaB)          5
  Mark Strudal (Naestved)        5
  Martin Johansen (FCK)          4
  Kim Vilfort (Br/ondby)         4
  Jacob Keldberg (Silkeborg)     4
  Allan Nielsen (OB)             4

Next week
  Lyngby - AGF          [ Will Lyngby finally get some points? ]
  Br/ondby - AaB        [ I have little hope -- Br/ondby is looking strong ]
  FC K/obenhavn - Frem  [ Frem might have a surprise here ]
  Silkeborg - B1909     [ Silkeborg advances further ]
  OB - Naestved         [ no chance for Naestved ]


Division 1:

 [ This weekend the 5 top teams beat the five bottom teams anf the
   league is brealing in two, with five teams fighting for the final
   spot. ]

 Ikast - Vanl/ose        1-0
 Helsing/or - B1913      1-2
 Viborg - Fremad Amager  4-1
 Esbjerg - Nr. Sundby    2-1
 Br/onsh/oj - Vejle      1-2

 Viborg            16
 Esbjerg           15
 B1913             15
 Ikast             12
 Vejle             11
 Fremad Amager      8
 --------------------
 Br/onsh/oj         7
 Nr. Sundby         6
 Vanl/ose           6
 Helsing/or         5


Division 2 West:

 [ League leader /Olstykke beat no. 3 Horsens, while no. 4 Fredericia
   lost at home. With these results the two leaders are practically
   safe to be promoted. /Olstykke has 8 points to no. 3 and 8 games to
   go. ]

 Nr. Aaby - Aalborg Chang    2-2
 Svendborg - Herning         2-1
 OKS - Holstebro             1-1
 /Olstykke - Horsens         5-1
 Fredericia - Randers Freja  0-2

 /Olstykke       24 (7)  [ unreachable ]
 Nr. Aaby        21 (8)  
 ----------------------
 Horsens         16 (8)
 Holstebro       15 (4)
 Fredericia      15 (6)
 Herning         14 (3)
 Svendborg       14 (8)
 Randers Freja   14 (5)
 ----------------------
 OKS             10 (2)  [ lost? ]
 Aalborg Chang    9 (1)  [ lost? ]

(numbers in parenthesis are points carried over from the spring)


Division 2 East (3rd round):

 [ This league is much more open. Note that a team like Hvidovre has
   obtained lots of point in the fall and is surging upwards in the
   table. The top teams should watch out here. ]

 Greve - HIK           4-1
 B93 - Kastrup         2-2
 Ringsted - Herf/olge  2-1
 AB - Hvidovre         2-3
 Avarta - Roskilde     1-1

 Herf/olge   21 (8)
 B93         20 (8)
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 Roskilde    18 (5)
 Kastrup     16 (4)
 Hvidovre    15 (1)
 HIK         15 (8)
 AB          14 (7)
 Avarta      14 (6)
 ------------------
 Greve       10 (2)  [ lost? ]
 Ringsted     9 (3)  [ lost? ]

(numbers in parenthesis are points carried over from the spring)


/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