After the Barcelona player withdrew from the national team squad, Norway has to manage without one of its star forwards in the World Cup qualification. Hegerberg says she respects Graham Hansen’s decision. – I think that it is her decision, first and foremost. You have to respect that and that she takes care of herself in this regard. And we who are here must find a way to prepare quickly for the Belgium match, because that match is coming soon and we have a job to do further here, says Hegerberg to news. NO LONGER A NATIONAL TEAM DUO: Only Hegerberg is in Hege Riise’s new national team squad. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN She herself has not spoken to Graham Hansen after the break, but says that the Barcelona player has forward qualities that have been incredibly important for the national team. – Now we just have to deal with the fact that she is not here and try to follow the plan that Hege is trying to set out. And then try to win against Belgium with the group we have available. Hegerberg in the captain’s team Now Hegerberg also has a new role in the national team. Together with Maren Mjelde, who remains captain, she now makes up Norway’s captain’s team. CONTINUES: Mjelde has been captain for seven years, and continues to do so under Riise. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN Already last week, Hege Riise announced that there would be changes in the captain’s team. On Monday, she could confirm that Mjelde was allowed to continue, and that the Lyon star became the new vice-captain. – We have spent a lot of time on that. It was important for us to make a proper assessment about it, and feel that we have a strong duo there, says Riise to news. This means that both Ingrid Syrstad Engen and Caroline Graham Hansen are both scrapped as vice-captains. The latter recently chose to take a break from national team football. Retired after withdrawal The day after Riise presented the new national team squad, Caroline Graham Hansen announced that she is taking a break from playing with the flag on her chest. – After last year with heart problems and almost 50 matches, I still feel a fatigue which means that I have to choose to listen to my body, wrote Graham Hansen in a post on social media. The 27-year-old took a break from football last November. After undergoing medical examinations in Barcelona due to high pulse and discomfort in the chest, she underwent an operation for heart rhythm disturbances the same month. – I was very upset. She is a world star and a player Norway needs. I fully understand the decision. We have been to her place and talked to her, and we realized that she was tired. It is not entirely surprising. But of course it’s sad, Riise told news after the break announcement.
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