Ødegaard played a good game and was finally able to celebrate a national team goal again, and the net knowledge against Georgia on Tuesday evening means that he has scored three goals in 53 international matches. After the match, the Norway captain was praised by the entire press corps. news’s football expert Kristoffer Løkberg named the Drammenser Norway’s best and gave him a rating of 7 out of 10 on the stock exchange. VG also gave 7, Dagbladet, TV 2 and Nettavisen landed at 8. – Completely without history But when Solbakken was asked by VG at the press conference after the match whether he agrees with the claim that Ødegaard played one of his best international matches for Norway, the national team manager reacted . – I think that is completely without history. He is playing very well today, but he has only played good international matches for a long, long time. I’m not buying it. It is just one of many, many, many good ones, Solbakken replied. When the newspaper’s emissary followed up by asking what steps Ødegaard has taken as leader, the Norway boss responded by sending a jab in the newspaper’s direction. – VG didn’t want him as captain, so then you can have a council meeting about why he shouldn’t be captain. We realized early on that he is going to be captain. You wanted everyone else, said Solbakken. He was probably referring to the fact that the newspaper’s football commentator Knut Espen Svegaarden expressed skepticism in the newspaper’s columns when the Drammenser received the honorable appointment two years ago. “The choice should have been Sander Berge” wrote Svegaarden in March 2021. Self-criticism It must be added, however, that VG’s football commentator took self-criticism last summer and published a comment with the title: “I was wrong – Ødegaard is the right captain”. – What did you see that VG didn’t? followed the reporter up with opposite Solbakken. – What you saw on the pitch today, replied the national team manager. In the press zone, Martin Ødegaard also became a topic for several of the players. Stefan Strandberg got renewed energy when he got an opportunity to praise the Arsenal player. – No one comes close to understanding how much Martin means to us. You see what happens on the pitch, Strandberg begins. GOOD EVENING: Martin Ødegaard and Norway had a good evening at Ullevaal on Tuesday evening. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB – Don’t have words That Ødegaard’s lack of catching goals in the Norway kit has become a topic lately, as news wrote about before the Georgia match, he doesn’t have much to spare. – There are many who talk about the fact that he has delivered too few goals and goal points, but what he has done for the national team here in recent years… I have no words. What hours he puts in off the pitch to bring us together, for us to develop and for us to become a group that fights together. He probably gets a lot of praise in the media, but in my eyes it should have been much more, says Strandberg to news. – It is clear that we have Erling, who is perhaps the world’s best player, but we have the captain at Arsenal. What Martin is doing is unmatched by anyone in Europe as of today in my eyes, he adds. – Silencing the critics doesn’t mean much In the press zone after the match, Ødegaard was asked about what it was like to silence the critics by again scoring a goal for the national team. – Silencing the critics does not mean much to me. It was nice to get a goal and help the team to victory, replied Ødegaard. Speaking to news, Ødegaard was satisfied with the team’s and his own efforts in his 53rd international match. – No, it was quite good. We do a lot of things well, manage most of them, should win more. A bit annoying that we let it in at the end. Beyond that, we had full control and a fairly solid implementation, he says. Norway’s EC qualification group now continues with matches against Cyprus (away) and Spain (at home) on 12 and 15 October.
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