– I’m extremely disappointed. Incredibly disappointed. I have almost no words, to be completely honest. Ada Hegerberg says this to news after Norway was knocked out of the European Championships on Friday night. The 0-1 loss against Austria means that Norway for the second European Championship in a row must go home after the group game. – I am incredibly sorry on behalf of the team, for everyone who has turned up, who has followed us, and taken the trip here and who goes home disappointed. There is nothing more to say, Hegerberg states. The Lyon superstar even had a disappointing European Championship and delivered zero goals in the championship comeback. – Calling a spade a spade And Norway, which had a stated goal of a medal in the European Championships, impressed neither in terms of play nor in terms of results. Now Hegerberg demands a proper dishwashing and self-examination. – Right now we are not a world class team at all. This is where we have to start and call a spade a spade, and see ourselves in the mirror, not least. Against Austria on Friday, in a match Norway had to win to go to the quarterfinals, it took 88 minutes before there was a Norwegian finish on goal. There was first pressure on Austria when Norway changed to two strikers and had Caroline Graham Hansen pushed out on the edge. – The last 15 minutes, that’s how we should look in the whole match. With effort and enthusiasm, that was what was most important, and come back and show that we are present. This only shows once again that we have a lot to do, which must be done immediately when we gather again after the summer, Hegerberg states. Ada Hegerberg goes goalless from the European Championships. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN National team manager Martin Sjögren has now led Norway in three straight championships without significant success. During the European Championships in 2017, Norway dropped out of the group stage after three losses and zero goals scored. In the 2019 World Cup, there was a 0-3 loss in the quarterfinals against England, and now Norway had to realize that the championship adventure had an abrupt end already in the group stage. news expert Carl-Erik Torp has had enough and believes there is nothing to suggest that the Swede should be allowed to continue in the job. Word short about Sjögren Ada Hegerberg becomes short of words when news asks about her assessment of the national team manager’s performance in the European Championships: – Now is not the time or moment to go into the details there. Now it’s an extreme disappointment, and I have nothing more to say, I must be completely honest, she answers. Hegerberg would rather focus on what can be done better in the future. Now she demands self-examination from the national team squad. Ada Hegerberg had a tough championship. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN – We have to find out what we need to do to get better as a team, for us to get better in football and start winning matches again. Not least for ourselves, our self-respect, and what we know we are good for – and everyone who follows us. We have a long way to go, and we have to acknowledge that. We have to be honest with ourselves all the way, she believes. Hegerberg made a championship comeback for Norway after several years outside the national team. Now she reveals that adversity has done nothing to motivate her to continue, on the contrary. Ada Hegerberg was comforted by her mother after the European Championship exit. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN – When I see the fan base, all the people who have followed us, the interest that has been around us, it has been absolutely fantastic. So that’s why I’m so disappointed that we have not been able to give them more, that we have not been able to give the people more. They deserve more after that support. So I’m motivated to tackle this. Now it’s tough, very disappointing, and there’s no point in talking about anything else. It is only to acknowledge that this was a defeat and that we have failed. But I am motivated to be able to tackle it, at least, and we have to do that, all for one, me included, she says. TV 2 expert Yaw Ihle Amankwah believes that the early European Championship exit shows that Hegerberg deserves an apology from everyone who criticized her for the settlement she made with the national team in 2017: Photo: Screenshot / Twitter Does Norway underestimate the opposition problem Friday among other things was that they underestimated opponents. – I do not know if they have overestimated themselves, but they at least underestimated us. I heard interviews in advance that they did not know much about Austria before the match. I hope they do that now, she says in cash. At the press conference after the match, Sjögren was asked if he will retire after the European Championships. – Now it is half an hour after the match was over. I have no good answer to that now, he said. There is no doubt that the downturn also affects the national team manager. – It is tough. I suffer with everyone involved. We had higher ambitions in the championship than to break out of the group stage. It is clear that we are disappointed, he states. Several have called for the Swede’s departure, despite the fact that Sjögren as recently as September last year had his contract with NFF extended until after the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023. Now it remains to be seen what NFF thinks after another European Championship disappointment .
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