– Now Norway is simply lucky, exclaimed news commentator Olav Traaen when Sandy Baltimore slammed a hard shot into the post after 69 minutes. And it wasn’t to be the last time it slammed into the posts either. Because it looked increasingly tough for Norway on the grass in Reims, France, where the Nations League match was played on Tuesday. Norway was at the bottom of the group before the match against France and it looked tough for Norway’s hopes of points throughout large parts of the match. – Here we are just being bombarded, added expert commentator Bengt Eriksen later. In the end it could seem that the ball just wouldn’t go into the goal for France. For three times it hit the posts in the 2nd half. The Norwegian players fought and fought through the game. It was rewarded with points. Photo: PASCAL ROSSIGNOL / Reuters And it was finally pointed out that this could only be described as a football robbery in Reims. – They round Norway according to all the rules of art, Traaen commented as the match went into overtime. Because, based on the picture of the match, it was almost impossible to believe that Norway would be able to score points against France after the French onslaught. Nevertheless, that is what happened when Norway drew 0-0 against France on Tuesday. – Heroic With a position at the bottom of the table in the group in the Nations League, the task was clear, but difficult for Norway. Norway needed a good result against France, even if it was a very demanding task. Because Norway is fighting to avoid relegation from the top level of European football. But Norway fought well even though the team had little to offer going forward in Leif Gunnar Smerud’s fourth game as coach of the Norwegian national team. At the same time, it was precisely this match against the French star team, which was considered the toughest match this autumn. And Norway also noticed that. Norway had little to offer going forward. At the same time, France struggled with the outcome in the opposite direction. Photo: PASCAL ROSSIGNOL / Reuters At first the Norwegian team rode out the storm in the first half hour. Then a French netminder was canceled in overtime in the first half. And halfway through the 2nd half it was still 0-0 in the match in Reims. – Norway works heroically with slightly varying quality. But there is a lot of will here, assessed news’s expert commentator Bengt Eriksen during the match. Among other things, it was due to the fact that Norway still had zero more class saves by Aurora Mikalsen in the Norwegian goal. Several times she was at full stretch and kept the Norwegian hope of points alive. Not least, it seemed tough for Norway considering that the biggest profiles were missing. In addition, the past year has been difficult for the Norwegian national team. In 14 games before the meeting with France, Norway had only two victories in the past year. – The confirmations Norway has received in the last year are that things have gone badly and you are mostly tired of that, says news’s football expert Bengt Eriksen during the match. Now, however, there was an upswing in France. Must have points Even though Norway is still last in its group in the Nations League. Now Norway has to deliver against Portugal and Austria this autumn in order not to be relegated directly from level A. Keeping the place at level A is important. It will provide an easier path to the EC in 2025.
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