– It was important to celebrate joy on a day like today, Hegerberg says to news. It was a very special setting around the private international match against New Zealand. Where the Pride parade was canceled after the killings in Oslo, the police gave the go-ahead for a fight at the national arena. With mourning bandages and rainbow colors, players and the audience kept a minute’s silence before the start of the match. TWO BINDERS: All Norwegian players had both rainbow bandages and mourning bandages on their arms. Photo: Martin Solhaug Standal / NTB – Is about standing together The match is one of two warm-up matches for the European Championships, and the home team also went out in a hundred from the start. Julie Blakstad started what was to become a storm, but the New Zealand goalkeeper Victoria Esson stood in the way time and time again. Hegerberg could have added one to the visitors’ lead if his free kick had gone just a little lower. The 26-year-old celebrated by taking off his pride bandage and lifting it towards the sky and the audience. – What to say … When such things occur … It’s about standing together and showing love, Hegerberg says about the celebration. – It’s a very special day. It was important to entertain the audience, who were here to cheer us on, says the 26-year-old. – The relationship with the supporters is very important. That is why it is important that we win. Sport is nothing without the supporters, she continues. Norway continued to produce chances after scoring, but New Zealand also got a great chance right at the end of the first half. – A match with a bit of debris in The next round, however, was far less eventful, but a full four minutes of overtime Guro Bergsvand made it 2-0. The midfielder hammered the ball into goal on a volley after a corner. – It was a match with some debris, Hegerberg admits. National team manager Martin Sjögren says that Norway has a lot to work with before the European Championships. – We created a lot, he says. Nevertheless, there is a part that we must improve before the European Championships. Some players need some combat training, but it is a step in the right direction, says Sjögren, who praised Guro Pettersen’s efforts in goal. – Will she be the one to finish in the European Championships? – She at least made a very good match. “Be who you are – love who you want” Hegerberg’s celebration was in many ways an extension of the celebrations at Ullevaal before the start of the match. Here was a minute’s silence in memory of those killed after the shooting in central Oslo. “Be who you are – love who you want” and “Football is for everyone”, were the messages where there is usually advertising around the stadium. Norway and Barcelona star Graham Hansen wrote the following on Twitter on Saturday morning: – To hate another human being so much that you want them dead, because they show love scares the life out of me. It does not make sense. Today should be such a great day for love. All love. Photo: Screenshot: @RBKfotball No record More than 16,500 tickets sold for the match had been announced in advance, and in that case it would have surpassed the record from 2000 when 15,762 saw Norway face the USA before the Olympics. In the end, 12,657 spectators showed up, and the shooting in central Oslo may have held back more. This weekend, a number of elite league matches will also be played in Norway. Several of the clubs have posted posts with the colors of the rainbow on social media. Rosenborg, who will host Kristiansund at Lerkendal on Saturday, writes that “tonight’s Pride celebration now became even more important”. – I think the whole football is together today and all our thoughts go to the bereaved and relatives. It will be visible in all stadiums. I have seen that several have reported this, says NFF’s Gro Tvedt Anderssen to news.
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