Arriving on the bench of AS Saint-Étienne during the winter break, Eirik Horneland experienced a very complicated sequence on a personal level in Norway.
Will King Eirik be crowned in Paris? After a flamboyant debut on the ASSE bench eight days ago against Stade de Reims (3-1), the new coach of the Greens will face the great PSG. The opportunity for L’Équipe to retrace Horneland’s journey and to recall that he had been struck by a family tragedy, his brother Jone having succumbed to an epileptic attack, at only 40 years old.
Already very appreciated by the green people, with whom he shares common values of humility and work, the 49-year-old technician has also gone through a very complicated sequence on a personal level in Norway. After a mixed stint on the Rosenborg bench (January 2019-June 2020), his career changed due to a news item. Having become Kare Ingebrigtsen’s number 2 at SK Brann in October 2020, Horneland succeeded him in July the following year. On August 9, 2021, after organizing a closed-door opposition against FK Fyllingsdalen, he then let his players go to a cohesion dinner at Boccone, an Italian restaurant in the center of Bergen.
The “Nachspiel” scandal dogged Horneland
Twelve of them then went to No Stress, a night bar, where they met seven women with whom they returned to the Brann Stadion, which Horneland had left a quarter of an hour earlier, without having reset the alarm. The players have turned off their smartphones in order to avoid leaving the slightest trace of their non-compliance with the Covid bubble but the video surveillance cameras are working. They film the afterparty in the locker room until dawn. The next day, two women filed a complaint, one for rape, the other for biting. It’s the scandal of the “Nachspiel” (after-party). Feeling betrayed, Horneland demanded that those responsible come forward and publicly apologize. Three of them, by their own supporters, left the club immediately but the damage was done.
“Faced with the biggest scandal in the history of Norwegian football, SK Brann, already poorly ranked, is relegated. Barely becoming number 1 again, Horneland finds himself sent to the bottom, explains the sports daily. Its ability to unite positive energies through example will then help one of the most popular clubs in the country to regenerate in order to start again on a healthy basis. » Since then, the new ASSE coach has made his mark.
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