Goodbye...

Yesterday's match was a goodbye to more than just this season.

...Lyngby

Our opponent will play next season in the 2nd best division. Their last game was pretty much like the rest of their season: attacking but losing. Two goals by Atiba Hutchinson who did an inspired effort on the left wing finished them off.

...Marcus Allbäck

Scored his 45th goal on a competent header at Oscar Wendt's sugar sweet cross in his 120th and last game with us. Will be sorely missed! Good luck with Sweden in Austria/Switzerland.

...Michael Silberbauer

Played his 196th an last game - so far. Good luck in Utrecht (the rumor was fact). Hope to see you again some time.

...fan unity

After the game the players didn't go to the "Sektion 12" at the "B" stand to celebrate. But everywhere else. A very strong message that they really didn't appreciate last week's flame throwing. Urban Crew et al are crying their hearts out. According to this fan's comment club director Jørgen Glistrup has said the idea was the player's own entirely, not the club management's.

The official fan club made a similar statement by this banner:

Reads "We are nothing without football". Copyright FCK and Carl Redhead.

Not as bleeding heart fanatical as it may seem the banner is a direct comment to the "Sektion 12" banner we have been embarrassed with for some time now that reads "Football is nothing without us". A welcome humble message to counter the horribly misplaced arrogance of "Sektion 12". The difference between old time fans at "Nedre C" and the new ultra boys at "Sektion 12" is growing.

...2007/08 season

FC København Fan Club members has voted (I forgot) for the player of the year title and chosen Czech Libor Sionko. Well deserved for his hard work up and down the muddy Danish sidelines. Good luck with the Czech Republic in Austria/Switzerland to you and Zdenek Pospech too.

This post was greatly inspired by Politiken's match review. But obviously much better and more insightful ;-)

2 x 1-0 & G-14

Both us and RC Lens won our league games Saturday by 1-0 home, both scoring at about 2/3s of the game played into the 2nd half.

FC København - AC Horsens 1-0

57' Morten Nordstrand

Lens - Nancy 1-0

71' Aruna Dindane

Aruna Dindane scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot on 70 minutes

Source: Sporting Life - NANCY SLIP TO FIRST DEFEAT

Nancy coach Pablo Correa said: "We have the impression that we gave them the match, we missed our chances. Our biggest battle was with ourselves."

Source: AFP: Lyon close in on Nancy as Marseille crisis deepens

[Q:] Lens doit-il mettre un peu de côté une compétition, l'UEFA par exemple, pour être performant en Ligue 1 ?

[A:] Je ne sais pas s'il faut lâcher quelque chose. Il y a un gros effectif. Je n'ai d'ailleurs jamais côtoyé un effectif pareil. Je crois que l'on peut jouer sur tous les tableaux. Cette dynamique doit nous aider à créer une émulation. Il n'y a pas de titulaires. Tout le monde est là pour donner cent pour cent de lui pendant le temps qu'il joue. Dès mercredi, face à Copenhague, il y aura probablement un gros turn-over, avec une équipe qui sera performante et ne voudra rien lâcher. C'est ce que l'on s'est dit depuis le stage du Touquet.»

Source: L'EQUIPE.FR Football - Sablé : «Un grand soulagement»

From reading the above articles and a few more here's a line-up ('?' probably just the same guy as last week):

Akalé - Dindane - Monterubbio

Boukari


Sablé - Mangane


Ramos - Hilton - Coulibaly - Laurenti


Runje

Update: CB Hilton and GK Runje were selected for last weekend's team of the weak - along with such players as Juninho, Rothen and Elmander.

2nd update: Lineup corrected according to football-lineups.com - what a wonderful site!

G-14

After yesterday's game Jørgen Glistrup and Flemming Østergaard paid visits to the stadium bar allowing my buddies to have their pictures taken with them and answering questions on the recent G-14 rumors. In short, they seemed more concerned with what influence if any you'd get from a membership of it than if allowed in at all.

Recent articles on G-14: Goal.com - G-14 Set For Expansion, El G-14 estudia aumentar su número - Marca.com (Spanish), FCK forhandler om indtræden i G14 (Danish).