vrevoll/Hosle opens with a home game, to be played next weekend. Due to the national team meeting and lack of flood lighting, the return matches will not be played until November 19. It made coach Avaldsnes Riise react. According to the former football star, it is uncertain whether Avaldsnes will be allowed to use his own pitch in matches, and he contacted the Norwegian Football Association (NFF).

“Just to congratulate the NFF on the amateur handling of the qualifying match. Two weeks between the first and second matches. Most likely that we won’t be able to use our grass mats later this year. We then lost our advantage” coach signs Instagram.

based on VG The NFF originally wanted the first game to be played in the middle of this week – and the final and decisive match already next weekend.

No school holidays

Earlier on Monday, event consultant Knut Bjørn Nordheim at the NFF explained why it couldn’t be done, and he added that it’s not ideal to have two weeks between matches.

– Neither team approved floodlights, so we can’t run matches on weekdays. In addition, Avaldsnes have three players selected for various national teams who will play in the period after the coming weekend, he said. VG.

Riise believed that matches should be playable during the day. According to the coach, it clashed with vrevoll players who did not get time off from school.

“The school will also not release a locker room for matches if they are played during the day. Then I asked – is this wide football or top football we play?” Riise wrote.

“Is this so-called top football? Is it to show what we are trying to do in women’s football in the NFF? This is a disaster!” he rumbled.

Agree with Riise

The general manager at vrevoll/Hosle, Sverre Nordby, supports Riise’s argument.

– That’s how it is. It’s amateurs, but we’re amateurs. Those are the facts. What he said was absolutely true. We have players who are students and players who work, and the same goes for the coaching staff, he added Television 2.

Nevertheless, he added that daytime matches were not the best in terms of increasing interest.

– The suggestion from the NFF is to play on a Wednesday or Thursday at noon. For a developing women’s soccer product, it’s bad enough not to focus on the game that really matters. We work to create interest and get people to fight. You don’t understand that on a Wednesday at 1pm, Nordby continues.

Avaldsnes ended up in qualifying after finishing sixth in the relegation play-offs at Toppserien. That was with the help of the score in extra time. vrevoll/Hosle won the play-offs in division 1 and thus have a chance to play a division.