Now it’s fun to be Norwegian! Ståle Solbakken’s men eventually won 2-1 after an intense rivalry at the mighty Friends Arena. Norway took the lead on a penalty kick by Erling Braut Haaland after 20 minutes, and the same man doubled to 2-0 20 minutes before the end. Sweden reduced by Anthony Elanga just before the end, but never managed to strike back and secure points. Haaland has now scored in seven international matches in a row. No one has clear before him. But Norway’s 1-0 goal is hotly debated among the Swedes. And a hard shot is aimed at Morten Thorsby, who several believe filmed for a penalty kick. No support is given to teammate Thorsby of Haaland, either. HYSJET: Erling Braut Haaland celebrated like this. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN Towards Thorsby: – Gets sick when Haaland sees the situation again, he grins big. – It’s Italian way. It looks like it’s filming. Yes, yes. That’s how it is, says Erling Braut Haaland to TV 2 after the match. It hardly helped the mood of the Swedish neighbors, that Thorsby clenched his fist and cheered when he was punished, too. “You rarely feel good when you have a filming that gives punishment. And when the person filming cheers on a successful filming, then I get sick. Imagine being proud of the filming, sort of. Fuck », writes the profiled media man and Expressen commentator Patrick Ekwall on Twitter. – For me it is inconceivable. For me, it’s, excuse me, a big fucking joke, said former Arsenal profile Fredrik Ljungberg to Viaplay. In the TV 2 studio, Solveig Gulbrandsen chose to defend Thorsby and the referee’s decision. – I think the speed of the opponent is great on the way into him, and there is contact. That’s enough, it can be defended, she said. That assessment is shared by national team manager Ståle Solbakken. – I think he kicks him in the leg. We have one of the world’s best referees in this match, so I think it’s right, says Solbakken to TV 2. Was it right to give a penalty kick? Norway has now got a start on the national league group game that few had dared to dream of. The result so far is group leadership, six points and two victories in the two most difficult matches in the group stage, Serbia and Sweden away. First in 17 years To put the victory in perspective: Norway’s men’s national team had not beaten Sweden in a football match in 17 years. We have to go all the way back to 2005, when Norway won 3-2 at Råsunda, to find the last time Norway emerged victorious from a neighboring duel with the Swedes. At that time, it was John Arne Riise, Thorstein Helstad and Steffen Iversen who scored the goals. Now that barrier has also been broken for a national team that this week has clearly demonstrated that it has something exciting going on. At the end of the rainbow is a possible European Championship final in Germany waiting. The first step towards the European Championship The National League is known to be the first step towards a possible final game in 2024. If Norway wins the group in the national league, for which there are now good opportunities, Ståle Solbakken’s men are guaranteed an extra chance in the playoffs in the spring of 2024. the qualifier in 2023 ends with Norwegian disappointment. GOOD START: Norway and Erling Braut Haaland scored after only 20 minutes. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB The match was only a few minutes old when Mohamed Elyounoussi was played free in the field by Alexander Sørloth and finished against goalkeeper Robin Olsen. Elyounoussi thought he was torn down at the closing moment and called for a penalty, but referee Anthony Taylor from England waved the game on. Alexander Sørloth came close to extending the visitors’ lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. – Unreal After 18 minutes, Sweden could not resist anymore, and Norway got a penalty kick when Morten Thorsby was hooked by Emil Krafth in the field. Based on the TV pictures, there was contact between Thorsby and the Swedish hill. PENALTY: Here Thorsby goes to the ground and gets a penalty kick. Photo: JESPER ZERMAN / BILDBYRÅN Erling Braut Haaland went on to a deafening pipe concert from the home crowd, and from eleven meters he made no mistake and beat Norway in the lead. – Friends Arena tries to psyche out Haaland, but it does not help against this number 9. In the Norwegian flags, anything is possible. It is allowed to dream big, said TV 2’s commentator Øyvind Alsaker after the score. The goal was Haaland scoring number 17 for Norway in his 19th international. – It’s completely unreal. He scores one goal per game, in both club and national teams. And he is 21 years old, Alsaker continues. The Swedes pushed for equalization after the break, but instead it was Norway who increased the lead. A long play was stunned in the back room by Alexander Sørloth, and from an angle Haaland knocked in 2-0 with his right foot. – The Norwegian team has not been around in the second half, but it can be done so easily when you have a superstar on top. The Swedish midfielders do not have the opportunity against “Il Tempo gigante”, when he puts in his superpowers. And the end then, with his right foot. It is so precise, so deadly and so beautiful, said TV 2 expert Jesper Mathisen. Haaland celebrated by shouting at the Swedish audience and in the direction of midfielder Alexander Milosevic, with whom he had had a small dispute shortly before. Norway created several great opportunities at the end of the match and could win both 3-0 and 4-0, but instead Anthony Elanga reduced to 2-1 in overtime. There were no more goals, and the red shirts thus took their second straight victory in the National League. In the second match in Norway’s group, Serbia won over Slovenia, eventually 4-1. Norway now continues with two home games in the National League. Slovenia will first wait for Ullevaal on 9 June before concluding the match with a new match against Sweden on 12 June. The National League group game ends with two matches against Slovenia (away) and Serbia (at home) on September 24 and 27.
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