TROLLEBORG NATIONAL TEAM
Nickname: Trolls
Total official games in every tournament +78=27–39
COACH
Morten Troghil continue in this position, being manager of the team since its creation.
PLAYERS
For India Cup Morten Troghil revamped team. Partly due to the climate of region, which was not favourable to the elder players, and partly due to the need of adding young blood to the lineup, many experienced players remain home, and younger ones will have chance to prove themselves. To the surpise of everyone, not many new faces added since IAC-12. Coach, probably, don’t want fast rotation of candidates.
GOALKEEPERS
Tomas Kot Kotsson (31 year old). Flexible and agile, quick-thinking, recently having significantly improve his performance due to the hard work at the recent FA training camp, he was undisputable number one in principle, but probably at India he will be a backup for one of younger goalkeepers who need to be proved in fire of major international tournament.
Lunde, Johann (24). Being goalkeeper at the the only and extremely unfortunate tournament of our U21 team, “Master of the Box” as he was known, he recently proved his skills in the recent all-league training camp for a goalkeepers. It’s his third tournament, but he was play only twice, and one of appearance is as sub in the last minutes of the game. Probably he will have more time in India.
Jesper Krogh (23). Player who already prove himself on a league level, fast and good at the second floor, without losing something in his first floor game skills, making some incredible saves in our league. At the MC he taste big game first time and having rather positive reviews.
DEFENDERS
Loonstrup, Jesper (23). Another man from unfortunate U21 team, he at last receive a ticket to the national team camp. He is flank defender in the preferred Trolleborg style for such a players – fast moving, adept in supporting attacking moves, willingly throw himself in the way of the ball, aggressive in tackling. Due to absense of Wolters in the squad, he was most probably number one for a flank defenders in the lineup.
Aien Troger (28). He is fast, strongly build and extremely good in tackling. It’s very challenging to move into the box past him and he is made a serious progress for four seasons Trolleborg team played in the international football. Being (probably) in his prime years, he was a pillar of defence, but it will be seen whom coach paired him in the centre.
Joran Du Riis(26). Cold-blooded fighter already prove himself on the highest level. Agile and fast-moving, but solidly builded and used this for advantage, he prefers play either to the right of center or on the right side, as team needed.
William Schendel (25). Agile fast moving defender known for his skillful positioning and man-marking, great in the heading, with incredible high crosses-interception rate.
Jaan Berg (22). He is one of the Trolleborg players who play in the first ever football tournament for the country, U18 world cup. Man-marker, which have give a tough time to established forwards in the league with every opportunity, he have a chance in the first national team in the recent tournaments, looked not too good, but coach have a lot of confidence in his abilities.
Torgeir Dushegub (31). Known as a Column, this tall and strong player usually dominates a box both in the air and at the grass. Being always calm and confidence, he projected aura of them around. Age advanced on him, but he was trying to live up to the fan expectations. Probably he goes to India as a backup and senior curator of younger defenders.
MIDFIELDERS
Morten Gronquist (22). He has intake of international football with now-disbanded U18 team, and move fast forward in his career – raised in the Finnsnes Hurps youth team, he prefer to be transferred to the lower division where he have a place in the line-up, and then have won second league, then helped his team establish in the highest league. Making himself a name because of his good passing and dribbling skills. Altough many doubted if our country haven’t another fast flank midfielder, coach prefer give him a chance.
Rolf Valgren (31). Quick-thinking, with a perfect understanding of game, seeing everyone and everything in the field, and with brilliant passing skills, this man can bring ball everywhere he wants. He definitely add something from international experience, and his experience is what new players maybe needed most in the forthcoming battles.
Jasper Lucius (23). With a perfect sense of game, this central midfielder usually can move ball to where it want with only one touch, and he is good with a set-pieces. Some say, he was like a Morten Troll in his younger years, and most probably backup for him right now. Or vice versa, as coach decide at the spot.
Finn Finnsnes (31). Already making himself a name in world football due to his extremely good game and attractive style of play. He is swift, smart, good dribbler and excelled in set-pieces. Coach take him mainly as a backup and mentor for a midfielders.
Torstein Halst (22). Right winger\forward, with a good passing, master of highly accurate long crosses and very well making in curved shots from outside the box. Willingness to fight for every ball, spare no effort, and, most importantly, improve his skills is what give this very young player a chance to play for national team.
Morten Troll (27). He is a brightest star amongst midfielders in the whole country. Genius of game, with a wonderful dribbling, beautiful technique, excellent pass and extremely good shot, he won many games for his local team single-handedly, but also a great team player. Highly probably, he will be a player of generation, and very probably, best player Trolleborg ever had. He brilliantly justified all the positive reviews of his game at almost every tournament. Publicly supported the head coach in his statements that it was necessary to bring a new faces into the team, and in an interview he stated that he was ready to enter the field less often for the future of the team.
Windass, Kasper (23). Broad and strong, he looked a little bit sluggish when moving without ball, but everything changes when he have it. Then he moved extremely fast, sweeping away everything in its path due to his mighty build and usually ended move with a clever pass. Man in the mold of Kolding, who was not added to the lineup for India Cup.
Kenneth Pathmoor (25). Prove himself highly successfull adept to the condition of the international football, Kenneth is versatile and clever midfielder, who can cover a lot of space and conjure goal opportunity for his forwards from nothing, and he was more than happy to upset opponents.
FORWARDS
Stuart Kerr (31). Quick, brave, skillful, moved fast despite age, love to puzzle defenders and having ability shot from everywhere in the box right despite defenders best efforts. Brilliantly confirmed his reputation as a prolific scorer at home, he was definitely keystone of team that winning BoF, winning a prize for the topgoalscorer of BoF and continue to add goals in almost every tournament.
Tom Gulbranden (29). Build like a very tall stone wall, he easily can tramp defenders if he wish to do so. It is looked impossible, that a man of such a stature can bring himself in the air at all, but nevertheless he is – strongly jumping and struck the ball by the head with deadly precision, scoring many of the most beautiful goals of the team. His tandem with Kerr already well-known and recognizable in Multiverse.
Torgeir Berglund (24). Another recent addition to the squad, classical power forward in the mold of Tom Gulbranden. Being teamed with Jivoglot at the last tournamens, he looked like a very menacing and already prove his goal-scoring talents.
Torfinn Jivoglot (22). Albeit very young, he is already played full season as a forward in the National League with a very decent play-to-goal rate. Very fast, reading game perfectly, with a strong goal flair, he will probably have a bright future.
Mogren Langepaas (22). Former star of the Youth League, after that best stiker of the second national one, and right now established players in the highest league. His style of play does not look very spectacular, but he has a phenomenal scoring sense and constantly finds gaps in the defensive orders.
Game style and philosophy
Team practiced attractive attacking game on a fast pace, and already its style well-known and liked by public. Usually played 4-4-2 with defenders pressed forward whatever possible, or 3-5-2 with a midfielders move back and forth as things dictated. Integral and inalienable part of the team’s game will be mighty pressing, applied whatever on the field when ball is not on our side.
National psyche tell players to put everything even if odds are heavily against, so almost every match in the league played with high determination, and national team shirt oblige one who wore it for even more efforts. Unsportsmanlike behavior is highly discouraged even if in the interests of the cause, and national team players are required to meet the highest standards possible, so it is completely impossible to imagine a player of the Trolleborg national team faking injury or begging for a penalty. But players are not easily bullied, though, and more than able to stand up for themselves both as individuals and as a team, and have a strong inclination to go tit-for-tat in case of excessive brutality on the opponent’s part.
Style -5.
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but I reserve right to estimate injury severeness
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes only for a last ditch fouls or two yellows, any other variants must be discussed with me
Godmod other events: No, but if you have something interesting in mind, let me know and we try to find a middle ground.