– Five mistakes in the first 16 minutes is far too much. news’s handball expert Håvard Tvedten almost had to rub his eyes during the start of the Olympic match against South Korea. Norway opened the match at a breakneck pace and at one point led 4–1 over the South Koreans. But after just ten minutes the problems started for the big favorites from Norway, who made several technical errors in attack and let the opponent into the match. ERRORS: The Norwegian handball women made an unusual number of errors before the break. Photo: DAMIEN MEYER / AFP – There are five technical errors in the first 16 minutes, and that is an unusual amount for Norway, he repeated. Nor did Discovery expert Ole Gustav Gjekstad like what he saw of Norway. – Sluggish and high error rate. It is not necessary to play on such small margins, commented Gjekstad. Coach: – Too much Norway assistant Mats Olsson admits that the first half was not good enough. He explains the sloppy game with South Korea playing a “slightly different handball”. – There are a lot of tempo changes, we also get dragged along a bit in their tempo. It gets sloppy, we miss passes and it gets a bit unconcentrated in the endings perhaps. At the back we are OK, we have conceded 11 goals in 30 minutes against Korea, who are a good team in attack. But it’s a bit sloppy going forward, yes, he says. – Seven technical fouls and six missed shots, it’s a bit too much for us against a team like Korea. It seemed, however, that the half-time talk between Olsson and Thorir Hergeirsson was good for the Norwegian handball women. In the second half, the attacking play was more characterized by goals and good attacks than errors – which paid off on the scoreboard. BACK FROM INJURY: Henny Reistad was finally back on the court for Norway. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB – It lags a little Norway eventually won 26-20 and is well placed to progress from group A. – It lags a little at the start. We are being dragged out a bit – exactly what South Korea wants, says Veronica Kristiansen to news. She also points out that South Korea plays in a different way. – They are fast, and they have a slightly different style of play. But we just have to follow up on it and correct ourselves. At least we got it done now, she says. – Two wins and one loss so far. What do you think about it? – We take it day by day and match by match. We will continue to work on the good things and look at the details we need to improve for the next match. But we are on a good curve, replies Kristiansen. The world’s best back in the menagerie The big news before Tuesday’s game was that Henny Reistad was back on the field after sitting out the first two Olympic games with injury. Reistad, who was named the world’s best female player in March, has had trouble with her ankle and the national team management did not take the chance of using the 25-year-old in a match at full intensity – until now. Reistad scored four goals and two two minutes. – It’s the first game in a long time, and it looks like it. It’s still a bit rusty. Reistad doesn’t quite get the pressure she wants, says Olsson about the star player. The Norwegian handball women have started the Olympics in the worst possible way with a loss to Sweden. In the next match, however, Norway hit back hard when they impressed greatly and beat Denmark by a score of 27–18. Published 30.07.2024, at 12.24 Updated 30.07.2024, at 12.37 p.m
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Norway beat South Korea in the Olympics – Olympics Paris 2024
