Brann beaten in pre-season run-out

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Dario Vidosic's squad stepped up their pre-season preparations with victory over Norwegian side

2026-07-31T14:50+01:00

Fran Kirby was among the scorers in Albion's win over Brann. 📷Kyle Hemsley

Albion stepped up their pre-season preparations on Thursday when they beat Norwegian side Brann 3-1 in a closed-doors friendly at the American Express Elite Performance Centre.

All the goals came in the first half with Fran Kirby, Emily Murphy and Nadia Krezyman on target.

Head coach Dario Vidosic changed the entire XI at half-time and there were minutes for all of the summer signings Eleanor Heeps, Lia Walti, Emilie Joramo, Nadia Krezyman, Sophie Peskett and Emily Murphy.

Vidosic said: It was excellent to have this hit-out, so we are very thankful to Brann for coming over and giving us a really good game. They are towards their mid-season, preparing for a Champions League game in six days, so it was a good test. We knew the intensity would be high, so we got a lot from it. There are a lot of positives and things we can keep working on, which is to be expected.”

Lia Walti was one of the new faces in action against Brann. 📷Kyle Hemsley

Vidosic was pleased with how the new signings integrated into the existing squad having only been back in pre-season training for ten days.

“That's the reason we mixed the old with the new in each half today, so the returning players can help guide the new ones a little bit on the field.

“They are all finding their feet in a new environment and finding their legs after a long off-season.

“Today was more about observing. We'll see where we need to go and where we really need to turn our attention, but nothing changes too much for us. We'll have one day off and come straight back in at the weekend for another two training sessions.

“Then we lead into a fantastic game against PSG at the Amex, a fixture that gives us something to be excited about at the end of a very tough training block.