Danish topflight club Sonderjyske awarded their Man of the Match winner Maxime Soulas with potatoes after helping them to a 3-2 win against Nordsjaelland on Sunday.
Soulas, 26, who scored the first goal told AFP (via Super Sport) on Tuesday that he received 55 kilograms of the potatoes in a wheelbarrow.
“I gave the potatoes to my club’s cafeteria, and they donated some to a soup kitchen,” he said.
It marks the first time the Man of the Match winner can eat his award for his post-match supper.
“The sponsor of the match decides on the reward. He found it funny and now the story’s gone round the world,” said the club’s communications director, Jacob Ravn.
Originally from Montpellier in southern France, Soulas came to Denmark in 2020 to play for Amager in the capital Copenhagen, before joining recently promoted Sonderjyske in 2021.
Before that he played his football in the Netherlands.
Man Of The Match Winner Gets Oatmeal, Eggs, Milk In Norway
Despite losing 1-3 in a friendly against Viking FC, Norwegian first division side Bryne still named their Man of the Match.
The honour went to 21-year-old left-back Lasse Qvigstad, who scored their only goal.
According to Tribuna, Bryne generously handed the youngster 40 bags of oatmeal, 100 eggs and 20 litres of milk for his efforts.
The prize is a nod to the club’s ties with local agriculture, which is dominated by meat and dairy production.
Fans couldn’t help but crack some jokes as they took to their social media to comment on the stranger Man of the Match reward.
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One of the fans wrote:”With prices like these in Norway, I’d take this any day of the week!”
“That’ll definitely help with the home bills,” another fan said.
While another added:”Honestly, that’s a way better prize than some plastic tube with sponsor logos.”
This is not the first time Bryne will pull off stuff like this.
In March, 2025, the club did something similar to their goalkeeper Jan de Boer.
Bryne were beaten 1-0 by Bodo/Glimt in their first fixture back in the top division.
But they were kept in the match thanks to De Boer’s heroics in goal.
