00:00I will take questions for both and we'll get through as many as we can in the time we have.
00:19Please use microphones provided.
00:21Just at the front here.
00:23Hi there, Thomas.
00:24Can I ask for the team news?
00:26Just want to check on Dom and Calumani and I think Romero maybe wasn't training today.
00:31Yeah, start with Dom.
00:34Dom, you know, got that ankle issue that's been boring him for a little while.
00:43So now we decided to make a minor surgery.
00:47It's a small procedure.
00:51So that will mean he's not ready for today, of course.
00:56And of course, Leeds is out as well.
01:00We will have more news about timeframe after the international break, but I don't expect it to be long.
01:08Columani, I think now we are finally on top of his dead leg.
01:15So that is also progress there.
01:16So that's good.
01:17I encourage you as just precaution.
01:20Hi, Thomas.
01:23I can't imagine you generally look back at matches from previous seasons, but it wasn't really that long ago that Tottenham won here in obviously a big, big match in their Europa League campaign last year.
01:36Have you looked at it and what can you take from it going into tomorrow's game?
01:40Yeah, I've looked at that game, of course, but also looked at a lot of other games of Bordeaux.
01:47I think they are a fantastic team.
01:49I think the club is fantastic.
01:50I think the story is unique in many ways.
01:55I'm pretty sure that the whole Europe know about Bordeaux because I think it's a little bit of a fairy tale.
02:02I like also, of course, you know, I think a bit that Scandinavian link also between Denmark and Norway, of course, follow them a little bit, maybe a tiny bit closer.
02:12And then the background I'm coming from to see how they have built that club through years of some core group of people, aligning strategy, structure, hard work over years, and then just build a smaller club suddenly to be the absolutely force in Norway and now competing Euroval over many seasons.
02:34That's extremely impressive.
02:36I think Kietil Knudsen and his staff is remarkable what they have done.
02:41Their style of play is quite unique in many ways.
02:46Extremely well-coached team.
02:48So big praise.
02:49I admire them a lot.
02:50What can you take from that particular performance?
02:52Which one?
02:53The one last season.
02:54No, that's one performance.
02:56That's the game.
02:57How many months is that?
03:01Four months ago.
03:03With all due respect, I was not the coach.
03:06It was some group of players.
03:07They have some group of players.
03:08This is a new game.
03:09This is a new situation.
03:12We go into it with huge respect for Bordino.
03:17It's going to be very difficult.
03:18Their home record here in European games, you know, all that's unique with, I think, 31 wins out of 39, something like that.
03:24Apparently haven't scored in more or less every home game in 46 games in a row.
03:30So we know what we are facing, but of course we also have trust in ourselves.
03:35Gentleman in the middle, please.
03:37Mr. Frank, you choose not to train here tonight despite you talking about their home advantage.
03:47Can you describe a little bit about why you chose not to train here tonight?
03:51Because we have one training and if we have training here, we want to do a little bit of tactical.
03:57I would all due respect.
03:59I think it would be a little bit more obvious what we will do.
04:01So that's the thing we like to keep for ourselves.
04:04And then, yes, you can say if we train here for what?
04:07How long are we allowed 45 minutes?
04:09Is that going to make the difference?
04:11I know the surface is different.
04:12So if you really want to get used to it, I think you need to train here day in, day out as Bordeaux do.
04:18So we are ready for that challenge.
04:21But for me, mainly, mainly, mainly, it was a tactical for reasons.
04:26Gentlemen, right at the back, please.
04:31Hi, Thomas.
04:32We've spoken to your old mate, Stole Solbakken.
04:35You coached together in Denmark.
04:36He calls you the nicest man in the world.
04:38So you can take that.
04:39And he also says you had some disputes while coaching in Denmark.
04:42How would you describe your relationship to him?
04:45To Stole, yeah.
04:47Stole is, you know, when we are coaching in Copenhagen, you can have a few infights in that area.
04:56No, but Stole is a man and football coach I admire a lot.
05:00What he built in Copenhagen was also incredible over many, many, many years.
05:07And now he's here representing his country.
05:12And they've started very well, so I'm very happy on his behalf in many ways.
05:17So, no, a good colleague and good friend in the football environment.
05:23My guest to both of you, considering your background in Scandinavian football,
05:28how unique is what Bodeglimt has achieved building a squad of almost only Norwegian players
05:34and getting to this level?
05:37Do you want to start?
05:41Yeah, I can go.
05:43As Thomas mentioned, it's great.
05:46They've done great things in Europe, like last season when we played against them in the semi-final.
05:55So, yeah, great, great, great work.
05:58A little bit on that, on the, as you say, more or less Norwegian players, a few Danish players as well, of course.
06:07Just to add a spark, you know, jokes aside, that makes it even more impressive, I think,
06:12that you do it more or less Norwegian players built from, yeah, from this country is remarkable.
06:21Yes, Thomas, what do you consider Bodeglimt's biggest weakness and how do you plan to exploit it?
06:27And also, what is the best team in Scandinavia? Is it Copenhagen or Bodeglimt?
06:32Oh, you put me on the spot there.
06:34I think, let me put it this way, I would like to see a match between the two teams.
06:45There was a lot of talk about Malmö and Copenhagen when they played each other in the, not the, not the...
06:52Qualified, for example.
06:53Qualified, yeah, it was not the playoff, but the one run before, I think it was.
06:57I think that would be very interesting between the two styles.
07:00I think, I think they're very close to each other, I must admit.
07:04I think, what was the first question? I forgot it because you put them on the spot.
07:09What is their biggest weakness in what you plan to exploit?
07:12Yeah.
07:13I think I would rather like to say about their biggest strength is their structure in the way they play.
07:19They're so well coached, so their patterns are so clear, which I think is a huge, huge strength.
07:26So, I'm very aware that we are, yes, we come from Premier League and so on.
07:32We also see last year that we had to defend very well.
07:36No doubt about that.
07:37They are so good and clear on how they want to do things.
07:41And also, they play very, very, very quick on this pitch.
07:46Question for Lukas.
07:50You're coming here as Europa League winners, but can you tell me what's the big difference between the...
07:55the difference between the Europa League and the Champions League?
07:59Yeah, it speaks of a difference.
08:03It's the best thing for me as a player who can achieve to win the Champions League.
08:09So, yeah, I would say it's next level.
08:11But, yeah, it's going to be a good game tomorrow, a tough game.
08:15But, Glimt is a good team.
08:18So, we need to go out there and perform, yeah.
08:21Hi, Thomas.
08:23Yeah.
08:24We've seen a lot of improvements already in the defence of this team since you arrived.
08:27I just wonder what you think of the kind of creativity in the last few weeks
08:31and how you see maybe where improvements can be made in that department.
08:35I think in terms of the, how can you say, creativity or maybe creating more chances of dominating a bit more.
08:45I think, I think the Brighton game was a very good game.
08:48I think first half against Wolves were good.
08:49We didn't score, but I think all the right signs was there.
08:52So, I think it's steps forward.
08:55I said before that, I think it's natural last year.
08:58It was most of the game, it was Kultsevski, Madison, Sonny and Dom who played more or less the front four.
09:06Now we have more or less a new front four and they are doing very well.
09:10One of them sitting next to me is doing very well.
09:13Have a very good start to the season.
09:15So, I think they're gelling more and more together and we try to give them the best patterns and principles.
09:22Just a quick different question for both of you.
09:25Thomas, I just want to ask you if you feel like it's been a bit of a wasted month almost with Dom because of kind of trying to get him back into training.
09:32I think if you, you can look from two ways, you can, that's the, that's the easy answer.
09:36But it's not that easy.
09:37If we, if we knew we could have done the surgery a month ago, we probably would have done it.
09:41So, so for me, I'm always like, I imagine, oh, it is, it is.
09:44We deal from it now.
09:45We, no doubt that the, the way we dealt with this was because we thought that was the right way.
09:53Because I think in general, no one wants a surgery.
09:55Yeah.
09:56No matter how small it is.
09:57Yeah.
09:58Lucas, I just want to ask you, Thomas was speaking the other day about he and his coaches and what they've been working with,
10:02with you this season and the various things.
10:04I just wondered what you feel you've kind of improved on this season.
10:07Uh, it's a great question.
10:10Uh, no, but I feel like I'm, I'm getting better, uh, every day.
10:14I've played a bit of an eight in the beginning and now more, more often 10 in the end.
10:19And it feels like I'm adding more and more to my game, to my game every day.
10:23Uh, so yeah, I tried to, to help the team with, uh, contribution with, with goals and assist as well.
10:29So just getting better every day and then improving.
10:34Yeah.
10:35Mr. Frank, um, go, uh, go the goalkeeper and a guitar.
10:39I can said earlier today that it was unusual to see a team like Spurs going for a long throws and, uh, set pieces everywhere on the pitch.
10:48What do you make of, uh, who said that?
10:50Who said that? Sorry.
10:51The board, uh, goalkeeper.
10:52Negit, Negit hiking.
10:53Okay.
10:54Um, I, um, personally think that set pieces of extremely important, um, part of the, the football.
11:04Um, I think there is, um, isn't that a stat is 33% or something like that at all goals called from set pieces.
11:11So I think it's, uh, I think it's okay.
11:15Clever to, um, to utilize, um, a third of the opportunity to try to score a goal.
11:19Um, so, but I'm happy.
11:24That's a fine comment.
11:25Um, maybe you think that's a strength of ours.
11:26I'm happy with that.
11:29Oh, sorry.
11:30Jonathan.
11:32Uh, Thomas, um, how big a difference does it, does the pitch make?
11:35I mean, I know everybody always talks about it, but would you actually change a tactical approach according to the pitch?
11:40Hmm.
11:41No, not, not really taking, not, not tactical approach.
11:44Um, of course we are aware.
11:46Uh, it's the same in.
11:48Uh, it's the same in, uh, in, um, in Denmark.
11:51When I was, uh, coach for, for Bromby, we were facing, uh, North Zealand at that time.
11:55There's also a different surface.
11:57Uh, I mean, it's the same today.
11:59It's, it's, it's, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's fine.
12:02They, they, they, they, they're good here.
12:03They're very good at home.
12:04I think that's, for me, they're, I think there's a lot of talk about the, the pitch.
12:08I'd rather want to praise the team, uh, the body team and, uh, and their coach, what they do, because they, they do it quite consistently home and away.
12:15Um, the way they play.
12:17Um, so I'm pretty sure they get the answer, uh, or the question sometimes, can they play on grass when they go away from home?
12:22Of course they can.
12:23Um, so it's a, it's official pitch.
12:26Uh, players like Lucas have played on them in his whole life.
12:29Lots of players have played there.
12:30So I think, uh, I know we need to speak about it, but, um, I think, um, I'm pretty sure all journalists, uh, key to myself, all the players just want to talk about football.
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