Paul Jatta’s Brøndby eliminated in the Danish Cup

Gambian youngster Paul Jatta and his Danish superligaen outfit Brøndby IF presented little opposition for FC Copenhagen on Thursday night, allowing a trio of goals in a rough 15-minute span to come crashing out of the Danish Cup.

With Copenhagen entering the game on a rare three-game winless streak, the best hope that the continually struggling Brøndby squad had was to take advantage of any residual desolation on the part of their visitors.

Paul Jatta’s Brøndby had fired former head coach Henrik Jensen earlier in the week after a run of poor results left them on the edge of the drop zone, with assistant Auri Skarbalius taking the reigns on a permanent basis.

With his first task a daunting visit from powerhouse Copenhagen, the former Lithuanian player saw his team effectively lose the game in a relatively short span of beginning several minutes before the break.

A 37th-minute was left to fall into the area by the Brøndby defense, and 25-year old Senegalese midfielder Pape Patè Diouf rushed in to send it over the line for 1-0. they struck again one minute before the half, as Cesar Santin found Dame N’Doye with a nifty back-heel, allowing the Senegalese striker to hit a low shot for the two-goal lead.

Copenhagen struck again in the 52nd minute as Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson rose high to head in a corner. the silver lining of the loss is that it will allow Paul Jatta’s Brøndby to focus on their increasingly troublesome league campaign, where they will host 6th placed team Aalborg BK on Sunday.

Last Updated (Friday, 28 October 2011 15:12)

 

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