When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer walked out of the stadium as Besiktas coach after his second home game, he compared it to the atmosphere at Old Trafford during the city derby against Manchester City in 2020. When Ronny Deila as Atlanta coach sat down in the interview chair after a home game, he described it as “being at a rock concert. Solskjaer made his choice about Turkish football, Deila his choice about American “soccer”. For us in Norway, something distant, but for the two Norwegian coaches, completely insane conditions.
Solskjaer is well on his way and surging forward with Besiktas, Ronny Deila has put the first games of MLS as Atlanta coach behind him, with a draw against FC Cincinnatti and a loss to Charlotte on Saturday.
Deila led City Football Group’s MLS club, New York City FC, to the title in 2021 and has the best foundation to unleash the potential of Atlanta players.
On March 9, Ronny Deila will stop Jürgen Klopp and Red Bull’s New York RB, on March 17 he will welcome Messi, Busquets, Suarez, Alba and the Inter Miami gang.
Ronny Deila is in the middle of the action.
