It finally ended with a disappointing 1-2 loss in the important international match against Slovenia in Ljubljana on Saturday evening. Norway took the lead through Erling Braut Haaland at the start of the second half, but the hosts equalized through Benjamin Sesko 20 minutes before the end. Ten minutes later, the same man scored the goal that secured the victory for the Slovenians. – Simply horrible The decisive goal creates reactions. Sesko was allowed to stand alone and load the cannon from 25 metres, but the shot crept in in slow motion down to the right of clubless Ørjan Nyland. Now Nyland, who currently does not have a club, is being criticized for his performance in the decisive goal. – It is from 25 metres. We are talking about a small keeper error here. It crawls into the far corner, while Nyland thinks it will go out, says news expert Carl-Erik Torp. TV 2’s expert Jesper Mathisen is even more merciless: – It’s a good attempt but it’s simply terrible goalkeeper play. He sees the outcome of that ball, but he almost looks a little surprised, TV 2-Mathisen confirmed after the long-range goal. – It takes so long from the time the ball leaves the foot until it is lost in the corner. It’s no dream hit, so this certainly shouldn’t have been a back-and-forth goal. There we see what can happen when a goalkeeper does not have a club to play matches in, continues TV2’s expert. Expert in Viaplay, Lars Tjærnås, had no doubts either: Photo: Screen dump, Twitter After the match, the discussion continued. – A goalkeeper mistake, plain and simple, sums up Egil “Drillo” Olsen in TV2’s studio. – It’s really a shot of happiness and piety from Sesko. Well placed away in the corner, but it comes so far from outside and is not particularly hard, so an Ørjan Nyland in fighting form saves that shot, believes sideman Morten Langli. New opportunity on Tuesday The disappointing performance in Ljubljana does not really change the starting point much before Tuesday’s match against Serbia at Ullevaal. Regardless of whether Serbia wins, loses or draws against Sweden, Norway wins the group if there are Norwegian points in Tuesday’s match. Who should stand against Serbia? Nyland Hansen Grytebust Show result With a Serbian victory later tonight, both teams will have 10 points before the group final. With points against Serbia at Ullevaal, Norway will then become group winners in head-to-head matches after winning in Belgrade in June. And the group victory hangs high. In addition to the fact that Norway will be seeded at the second best level during the draw for the EC qualifying groups on 9 October, which has a lot to say when the two best in the EC group go to the EC, a group win will also mean that Norway moves up to level A in the National League and will face far more attractive opposition in the next group stage. Haaland’s goal was also his 21st goal in 22 international matches. Norway has scored seven goals in the National League. Haaland has scored six and delivered one assist… Cancellation The match itself opened nervously and sloppily from Solbakken’s selected eleven. Slovenia created several dangers in the opening minutes, but it was Norway who found the back of the net first. After ten minutes, Leo Østigård thought he had headed in 1-0 after a nice free kick from Martin Ødegaard, but the Belgian referee Lawrence Visser canceled for arm use. – The Slovenian fell very easily, said news’s football expert Carl-Erik Torp. The referee sometimes did so many strange things that Lars Tjærnås dryly stated during the first half that it was unlikely that the referee’s Messi had been awarded the match. Leo Skiri Østigård had this goal disallowed against Slovenia. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB Østigård again and again Østigård, who is still waiting for his first national team goal, came close again a few minutes later. A corner from Ødegaard was pushed on by Kristian Thorstvedt and landed at Østigård, who sent off a hard-hitting header towards goal. Unfortunately for Norway and the Napoli stopper, Jan Oblak stood in the way. – Oblak continues where he left off when he kept a clean sheet at Ullevaal. A save only the very best goalkeepers in the world make, said Carl-Erik Torp. The Slovenians had sold out the stadium, something they don’t usually do, and much of the reason for that is another Norwegian striker. But it took 35 minutes before Erling Braut Haaland seriously introduced himself. Unfortunately for Norway, Haaland’s finish went into the back of the net when he shot from an angle. The minute before the break there was another danger, and once again it was Østigård’s head that accounted for the attempt. He broke free from another well-struck set-piece and headed towards goal, but again Oblak saved the attempt. Thus it was 0-0 when the teams went to the break. These started the fight for Norway. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB Haaland goal The second half had barely started when Norway got a hole in the ball. A blunder in Slovenia’s back rows meant that a clearance went straight to Mohamed Elyounoussi and fell to Haaland. With his right foot, he scored 1-0 for Norway with a finish down to the right for Oblak, and thus Norway got a dream start to the half. – When Haaland gets gift packages, it becomes a goal. It was with his right foot, he doesn’t often do that, said Carl-Erik Torp. 20 minutes before the end, Slovenia equalized on a counterattack. The ball was hit far up on the left side where Benjamin Sesko came storming through without being picked up. He hit in front of the goal, and Andraz Sporar had little trouble sliding in the equaliser. – The Norwegian stoppers must have full control of that race in the back room, says TV 2’s Jesper Mathisen. – They are brutally punished there, Norway, he adds. – We don’t keep up, and keep running towards our own goal. The Slovenian slides it into the roof of the net, said Torp. Nyland mistake? Minutes later, the hosts had another good opportunity to score, but Ørjan Nyland saved the attempt from Sesko. Ten minutes before the end, Slovenia had turned the game around. Sesko was left alone and loaded the cannon from 25 metres, and the shot crept in in slow motion down to Nyland’s right. – It’s a good attempt, but it’s simply terrible goalkeeping. He sees the outcome of that ball, but he almost looks a little surprised, TV 2-Mathisen confirmed after the long-range goal. Thus it was 2-1 to Slovenia after two goals in ten minutes. That was also the end result. Norway’s group ends with a home match against Serbia at Ullevaal Stadium next Tuesday. This is how Norway started against Slovenia: Ørjan Nyland – Julian Ryerson, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Leo Østigård, Birger Meling – Martin Ødegaard, Sander Berge, Kristian Thorstvedt – Mohamed Elyounoussi, Erling Braut Haaland, Alexander Sørloth
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