Football boss who stop membership for rivals welcomed again with ‘disgraceful’ banner
Football supervisor Geir Bakke returned to his former membership who displayed their anger in the direction of him after he left for his or her rivals.
The Norwegian coach was making a return to Lillestrom for the primary time since he left the membership in July after three years on the helm to take cost of their bitter enemy Valerenga. The conflict on Sunday (October 22) – which Lillestrom gained 2-0 – was marred by a horrific banner of Bakke who was depicted being hung from the neck.
The residence followers whipped the tifo out close to the tip of the primary half as each units of gamers needed to stroll previous the distasteful banner. Pictures of the controversy rapidly discovered there method onto social media as followers had been gobsmacked upon viewing the banner that was described as “disgraceful” by one X person.
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More followers had their say as one other wrote: “That’s actually mental”, whereas a Norwegian fan provided some context to the scenario as they commented: “Pretty much the equivalent of Klopp quitting Liverpool for United in the middle of the season. Not saying that justifies the banner, just offering some context”. A fourth fan was in shock as they stated: “That is messed up! Surely that can’t be allowed”.
On high of getting to take care of the antics of Lillestrom followers, it has been a troublesome season for Bakke and Valerenga as their 2-0 defeat on the weekend was their thirteenth of the season as they sit thirteenth within the league desk. They are narrowly outdoors the relegation play-off areas as a consequence of purpose distinction however a continuation of their poor kind might see them sliding additional down the desk rapidly.
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Before becoming a member of Valerenga, Bakke, 53, was linked with a transfer to Scottish Premiership facet Aberdeen earlier this yr as Norwegian soccer knowledgeable David Weatherston stated his type of play would work in Scotland. “I think what you will get from him is a solid base and set up”, the previous participant stated to Aberdeen Live.
“He likes strong players who work hard, but also mixes it up with technical players in midfield. His team seems to have a good mix of both a physical presence and technical ability and I think that is something that would work pretty well in Scotland.”