– We are not satisfied with the result. We are sorry for that. We will win this game, no doubt. The first half is brilliant, but we struggle for a period at the start of the second, says Smerud to news after the match. For a long time it seemed that Norway was in good control, but then it ran against the team that sent them out of the European Championship two years ago. For the 72nd minute, Eileen Campbell sent in the equalizer from distance. – Now we’re off to the races, says news’s expert Bengt Eriksen, who believes that Norway looked more and more like the team that crashed out of the World Cup early this summer. NEW CHIEF: Leif Gunnar Smerud. Photo: NTB And despite several great Norwegian chances in the match, Ullevaal ended up sharing the points. – It certainly feels a bit unfair. I think we were clearly the best team. We have a lot of chances, in that sense we deserved to win. Football is not always fair, so that’s how it is, says Smerud. – They manage to get out of our pressure, and we are pushed backwards. I don’t want to say that we lose faith, but we get a little too long distances and don’t make it work like in the first. Then it becomes a bit of a struggle, says Guro Reiten about why Norway’s performance failed at the start of the second half. The match was Leif Gunnar Smerud’s first match after he took over from Hege Riise. Fooled by own penalty Just after two minutes, the crowd at the Ullevaal stadium exploded in a loud roar of jubilation. Reiten had just taken a penalty, and almost everyone believed that Norway had taken an early lead against Austria. – She scores! shouted news’s radio commentator Olav Traaen, but had to quickly correct himself. – No she does not. PENALTY BOOM: Here Reiten sets the ball aside for a goal. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB His co-commentator Ingrid Kvernvolden was also deceived. – It looked like it hit the mark. But it went into the post behind the goal and back into the net so it looked like it went in, she explained. Even the penalty taker was fooled by his own shot. – I see that the keeper is going correctly, but if I use enough power I will put it anyway, I thought. I almost cheered, because I thought it went in, but then it went on the wrong side. I will be able to hit inside the bar, but not today, says a disappointed Reiten. – At first I thought it went in, but unfortunately it didn’t, says Sophie Roman Haug. – Clown performance Norway first took the lead after just under half an hour in the match against Austria. But after dribbling past one and two Austrian players, Caroline Graham Hansen fired a shot that was stopped by goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger. Karina Sævik was on the rebound and sent the ball in an arc over the goalkeeper. TEAMWORK: Goal scorer Sævik celebrated with Graham Hansen, who added the preparatory work to the score. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB – It’s a clown performance from Zinsberger. When Sævik bows and thanks her, she makes it 1–0 to Norway. Have you watched goalkeeper games then, granted? It’s a bad handball goalkeeper who keeps it there, says news’s expert Eriksen. But the expert colleagues in the studio were not on board with those notes. – I completely disagree, because it changes direction. We are talking about Zinsberger here, one of the world’s best goalkeepers. It is actually a good rescue, says Aleksander Schau. – I agree with my colleague here. This is a goalkeeper who has been at Arsenal for a long time, and there is tough competition, added Andrine Hegerberg. Missed penalty opportunity Norway looked to be able to get off to a dream start to the match. Because after just two minutes, Caroline Graham Hansen was knocked down in Austria’s box, and the referee pointed directly to the penalty mark. Guro Reiten got ready to send Norway into the lead, but the Chelsea player smashed the ball to the left of the goal and it was still 0-0 after four minutes. LAID IN THE GROUND: Graham Hansen got Norway the penalty kick. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB Sophie Román Haug also had a giant chance before ten minutes had passed, but was unable to finish in the goal. Frida Maanum, on the other hand, managed to do just that ten minutes later, but the goal was canceled for a marginal offside. But after several great chances, the score finally settled. Graham Hansen dragged herself past the defense and into the field, before she got a shot that was saved by the goalkeeper. But Sævik was on the rebound and sent the ball in over Austria’s goalkeeper. – It is good to see a Norwegian team with confidence. They dare to challenge and put pressure on Austria, something we have missed in the Norwegian team, says news’s expert Ingrid Kvernvolden. – It is the best half they have delivered in ages, said Schau about the first half. Olympic ticket in the pot The second round started much more evenly and closely than the first round, where Norway had better control. A few minutes into the half, Austria had a huge opportunity, but the shot hit the crossbar over Aurora Mikalsen. Norway also got a great chance when Reiten played up Frida Maanum, but the angle was a bit too sharp for the Arsenal player. Soon after, it was instead the Austrians who could cheer. Eileen Campbell hit a wild shot from distance and straight into Mikalsen’s cross. Thus it ended 1-1. – They score the goal they score, you just have to give credit for that finish to her who shoots, says Mikalsen about the late goal. In the national league, the teams are fighting for a ticket to the Olympics, and Norway will face Portugal in the next group stage match next Tuesday. Watch the highlights from Norway – Austria 01:08 Ødegaard with a pearler of a goal in the Champions League – Pictures from TV 2 00:38 Guttastemning ended up with a razor 00:44 Manchester United questions made Guardiola laugh 00:25 Show more
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