Norway lost 0-1 in the fateful match against Austria on Friday night, and thus Norway is out of the European Championships. Only victory had held to advancement. – It’s heavy. We had hoped to move on from the group. In the last two matches we are a shadow of ourselves, and then we do not deserve to go further either, Caroline Graham Hansen admits to TV 2 after the match. Thus, the championship was a solid downturn for Norway’s European Championship women, who went hard and talked about medal ambitions in advance. The match against Austria was another disappointing game, and the offensive stars in Ada Hegerberg and Graham Hansen were never properly involved. Norway did not have a single shot on goal before 88 minutes had been played – in a match you had to win. – A foretold disaster Now Norway must go home in shame, while Austria can look forward to the quarterfinals against Germany on Thursday 21 July. – I feel so sorry for the Norwegian players. I have never come across a coach who hampers more the potential of a team than what we see here. A foreshadowed disaster, says news expert Carl-Erik Torp about national team manager Martin Sjögren. Martin Sjögren is under enormous pressure as Norway coach. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN The pressure, which has been enormous on Sjögren ever since the 0-8 loss against England last, will now probably increase further. Several have called for the Swede’s departure, despite the fact that Sjögren as recently as in September last year had his contract with NFF extended until after the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023. – Norway appears as a pale version of itself, and it is because of the coach and his system, Torp believes. Carl-Erik Torp is critical of Norway’s national team manager. Photo: Terje Pedersen / Terje Pedersen – Everything indicates that he is the wrong man 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 Torp thus answers questions about what may indicate that Sjögren is the right man for Norway: – Nothing. All this indicates is that he is the wrong man, it’s that simple, says Carl-Erik Torp. Do you trust Martin Sjögren as Norwegian national team manager? Yes No Uncertain Show result The match itself opened nervously for Norway, and after 12 minutes they had luck that avoided 0-1 when goalkeeper Guro Pettersen was about to claw a shot in goal. Luckily for the last chance, the ball went in the crossbar and out. Norway struggled to get off to a good start, and Austria quickly took over more and more of the playing field. After half an hour, Guro Pettersen went down for counting. Then both Norway’s reserve goalkeepers Aurora Mikalsen and Sunniva Skoglund were sent out to warm up, but Pettersen managed to continue. Easy scoring: – Terrible defensive play A few minutes later, without Pettersen being charged for it, Austria went up 1-0 when Nicole Billa was left completely alone and headed the ball in the far corner from ten meters. Norway delivered a terrible first half and conceded the first goal. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN – It is very surprising that Billa is allowed to stand so alone, news expert Melissa Wiik stated. – It is a terrible defensive game, a terrible defensive game that one of the team’s best players gets to have a whole joint holiday alone in there, she has several meters to the nearest Norway player, added news commentator Olav Traaen. After a terrible round, Norway went to the break with 0-1 on the scoreboard and zero finishes on goal. Took hold – after 63 minutes Still, it took over an hour before the Norwegian coaching staff made some player changes, but then Celin Bizet Ildhusøy came in for Amalie Eikeland, and Norway changed to two strikers and moved Graham Hansen further out on the side. Norway created some dangers towards the end of the match, but still it ended with Norwegian disappointment and 0-1 loss. And snap, snap, snout, was the European Championship adventure out.
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