– Guard of honor is intended as an act of honoring the newly crowned series champion. We feel that Molde is more concerned with insulting Rosenborg, than getting the respect it deserves. Under no circumstances will we agree to that write club.

The blue-clad Romsdals secured the league championship on Sunday when they beat Lillestrm 1-0 away from home. After the jubilant scene, Molde captain Magnus Wolff Eikrem told Discovery he was looking forward to Rosenborg just in case next Sunday.

However, now it seems Trnder people have no plans to carry it out.

– Rosenborg congratulates Molde’s players, coaches, management and supporters on a well-deserved league championship. We look forward to a great fight on the pitch on Sunday night, the club further wrote.

– We concentrate on the match

Molde FK general manager Ole Erik Stavrum said Address that they did not allow themselves to be significantly influenced by RBK’s statements, but emphasized that they never had any intention of humiliating the people of Trondheim.

– If they think that this has something to do with humiliation, then no. Then they completely misunderstood. Everyone who follows knows that there is a good and healthy rivalry between the two clubs which, along with Bodø/Glimt, have won the most in recent years, Stavrum stressed to the newspaper.

“The guard of honor is a tradition we consider good and not something we do to embarrass anyone,” he added.

When asked what he thought about RBK’s position, Stavrum was clear.

– Rosenborg should be allowed to decide for himself. We don’t get lost in this, we concentrate on the game.

Agree with the decision

RBK boss Kjetil Rekdal did not want to comment further on the statement when TV 2 contacted Moldensen.

– The club has made a decision. It is respected and the case is unlikely, he added channel.

Tore Bjørseth Berdal, who acts as general manager of Rosenborg Ballklub, said the following: Address contacted him about the club statement.

– We talked together in Brakka today, and considered this back and forth. And in the end we won’t.

Berdal also added that the club “agreed a position”.

As recently as 2020, Rosenborg became the guard of honor for Bodø/Glimt when the northerners took the incredible gold in Eliteserien.