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It is not so often that Brann Bergen's goalkeeping coach's office becomes a kind of TV studio.

The program "Good Morning Norway" wanted to conduct an interview with the Norwegian international Vegard Forren.

The professional wanted to talk about his gambling addiction and draw attention to the disease.

But at some point that faded into the background.

Because the corona pandemic is also leading to restrictions in Norway and football clubs should not allow TV teams to get near the teams because of the potential risk of infection, goalkeeping coach Dan Riisnes provided his laptop for the interview via Microsoft teams video switch Available.

Unfortunately, he was standing in his trainer's cubicle, with which the fate took its course.

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Because in the background there were a row of jerseys on the wall, one of which caught the eye, and not just because of the color.

It read: “Women's football, what is it?

They're neither women, nor is it football. "

The outrage in Norway is great

Of course, this did not go unnoticed, and so a number of outraged viewers immediately reported on the TV2 channel, the slogan on the shirt made the rounds on the Internet and caused a lot of trouble in the country.

Poor defender Forren didn't know what was evil behind him.

He was just suffering.

The club, which incidentally is run by the Norwegian Vibeke Johannesen, expressed great regret.

Johannesen let it be known that she classified the incident as "very, very unfortunate and extremely embarrassing".

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As an explanation it was added that the jersey should have been a gift that had been given to the club about 15 years ago.

Nobody knows exactly where it comes from, it was said by the club.

Club boss Johannesen said that she had never shot as much blush in her face as when she saw this picture with the jersey on.

There will be no personal consequences, for example for goalkeeping coach Riisnes.

The jersey has now been removed.

“It should never have hung there,” said Johannesen.

But did it for many years, which is why the case is not out of the world for everyone.

Brann Bergen himself does without a women's soccer team, but has a cooperation with the women's team of the first division club IL Sandviken.

Former national player Ingrid Ryland, who resounds as a prominent spokeswoman from the storm of indignation, plays there.

“I thought we were through,” she said, “I thought we could have put the matter to the record already.

That says a lot about the attitude that still exists.

It's time for a reality check on one of Norway's most prominent clubs.

In any case, equality is not taken seriously enough. "