Because when Croatia fought back and equalized Norway’s lead in the second half, Reistad took action. In just over seven minutes, she scored five goals, and took Norway from a narrow lead to a sure victory. – It’s Reistad show! She is like a volcano that has run amok. It’s bursting with energy, exclaimed news’s commentator Patrick Sten Rowlands. – She shows everything she can in the second half. She gets to use everything she’s good at. She is a completely unique handball player, said news’s expert commentator Marit Malm Frafjord. Reistad’s big game ensured that Norway could sail away. In the end, they crushed Croatia, securing victory in the opening match of the European Handball Championship. Mørk with record scoring Norway started strongly, led by Vilde Ingstad and Nora Mørk. The duo ensured that the handball girls gained an early three-goal lead. When Mørk scored 7–3 after an almost half-played first half, the two had scored six of the goals. The score was also Norway’s 3,000th goal in an EC context. 3000! Nora Mørk scored Norway’s 3,000th goal in an EC context, and helped Norway to victory in the opening match of the EC. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB – It’s cool for her, then she will enter the history books with it, says national team assistant Mats Olsson. – It was appropriate that Mørk got to set it, says Frafjord about the Norwegian army commander’s record scoring. But Croatia held their ground and did not let themselves be shaken. At the break, they had kept up, and the score was 16-14 in Norway’s favour. Closed the cage With blood on their teeth, Croatia came flying out of the starting blocks in the second half, and in just three minutes they had equalized Norway’s lead. It was a wake-up call for Norway, which hit back hard. Slowly but surely they increased their lead, and halfway through the second half, Norway took the biggest lead of the evening with 22-18. From there, Norway pulled away, and continued to increase the lead. In the main role was Henny Reistad, who scored goals after changing sides. After the match, Reistad was also voted the pitch’s best player. At the same time, the defense closed the cage, and ensured that Croatia could not score for more than ten minutes on the eve of the match. This resulted in a superb Norwegian victory in the first match of the championship. – Of course there is much that can be improved, but there was a good improvement from the first to the second half, says Frafjord.
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