– The season is terrible and sensational, says Carl-Erik Torp, news’s football expert, about the season of the Norwegian women’s national team. Two wins, five draws and six losses are the result in the national team year 2023 compared to the last two international matches this year. Thus, the Norwegian national team is heading towards its worst season in 42 years. – Today we are far from the level we want to be at, admits national team star Ada Hegerberg ahead of the league campaign. In 1981, Norway won two out of a total of five international matches and for the first time since the 1985 season, Norway is in danger of not winning more than two international matches during a calendar year. National team year 2023 vs national team year 1981 2023: 31/10/2023: France – Norway 2-0 27/10/2023: Norway – France 1-2 26/09/2023: Portugal – Norway 3-2 22/09/2023: Norway – Austria 1-1 05/08/2023 : Japan- Norway 3-1 30.07.2023: Philippines – Norway 0-6 25.07.2023: Switzerland – Norway 0-0 20.07.2023: New Zealand – Norway 1-0 11.04.2023: Sweden – Norway 3-3 06.04. 2023: Spain – Norway 4-2 21.02.2023: France- Norway 0-0 18.02.2023: Denmark – Norway 2-0 18.02.2023: Uruguay – Norway 0-1 Norway has played 13 international matches so far in the calendar year 2023. Two wins, five draws and six losses. 1981: 25.10.1981: England – Norway 0-3 19.07.1981: Finland – Norway 3-2 17.07.1981: Denmark – Norway 0-0 16.07.1981: Sweden – Norway 2-0 23.05.1981: Norway – Switzerland 3 -0 Norway played five international matches in the calendar year 1981. Two wins, one draw and two losses. This season, Norway has only won the private international match against Uruguay in February and the league match against the Philippines in the WC finals this summer. Now the national team is without a win in five straight matches before the last two international matches this year against Portugal on Friday evening and Austria next Tuesday. – The most important international matches of the year – These are the most important international matches of the year, believes news expert Torp. The expert is aiming for the last two decisive matches in the national league group stage, where table jumbo Norway is in danger of being relegated directly to level B after two losses and two draws. Last place in the group moves directly down, while third place has to play in the qualifiers. SKUFFA: news’s football expert Carl-Erik Torp believes there will be a crisis for Norwegian football if Norway moves down to the level of the national league. Photo: Birk Pessl-Kleiven / news – It is quite a crisis if we are relegated. It is night and day for the possibilities further on, says Torp. He maintains: – The campaign is decisive for the matching in the coming years and the way into future championships. With relegation, we will fall to a level we do not want to be at and which is not close to the target. If Norway moves down to level B in the national league, the road to the EC finals in 2025 will be far more challenging compared to the EC road from level A. That is why the national league is important for Norway The national league in the autumn is very important for Norway, as it lays the foundation for the the ordinary European Championship qualification for the European Championship finals in 2025. For the blink of an eye, Norway plays at level A, which consists of four groups, but is in danger of being relegated to level B. Before its last two international matches of the year, Norway is table jumbo in group 2 after two losses and two draws. Fourth place from level A and B moves down to level B and C, respectively, while group three play a playoff against group two in the level below. The groups for the regular EC qualification next year will not be drawn, but will be based on the national league this year. If Norway moves down to level B in the national league, the road to the EC finals in 2025 will be far more challenging compared to the EC road from level A. Eight nations go directly to the EC in 2025, in addition to host nation Switzerland: All four group winners from level A , as well as the group runners-up from level A. The third and fourth place from level A meet the five group winners from level C, as well as the three best group runners-up from level C. A total of eight matches in which the eight winners advance to a decisive EC playoff. No one from level B goes directly to the EC. The group winners from level B and the two best group runners-up from level B meet the two worst group runners-up from level B and the group three-runners from level B. Here, the six winners go to the decisive playoff. In the decisive EC playoff, there will be a total of 14 nations where the seven winners are qualified for the EC finals in 2025. – It is incredibly important for everyone to keep their place at level A. We realize the seriousness. It has everything to say for the future of this national team and for those who come up, says Hegerberg to news. SAMLA: Ada Hegerberg is back after injury and at her first national team meeting since the World Cup finals this summer. Here together with Caroline Graham Hansen ahead of the last two international matches this year. Photo: NTB All four group winners from level A, and also group runners-up from level A go directly to the EC, while none from level B or C go directly to the EC. Instead, a long and difficult road awaits from level B, where Norway will potentially have to win two playoff games over four games to get to the EC. – We will fight with everything we have. It’s a challenge we have to take on head on, says the Lyon profile. The last six national team years 2023: 2-5-6* 2022: 10-1-5 2021: 6-1-3 2020: 4-0-1 2019: 13-0-4 2018: 8-0-4 2017: 6 -2-8 * It says that there will be two international matches in 2023. – Extremely important Before the two decisive matches, Torp believes there is a real danger of relegation and fears that a possible relegation “will set the national team way back in time”. – In the past, the Norwegian national team did not deliver when it was most needed, but now the national team really has to deliver when it matters. We must hold on tight to avoid a gap between Norway and the largest nations. Now Norway must win against Portugal at Ullevaal on Friday evening to avoid the lowest number of national team victories in a season since 1985, but Torp takes the dismal national team statistics in defence. – Norway has chosen to face some good opposition as it should be the best for the preparations for the WC, but two of the victories have come against the two weakest teams we met in 2023. This year, there are only four nations that have had reason to believe worse opposition, against, for example, 14 in the period between the 7-0 loss to the Netherlands in a private international match in 2021 and the 8-0 defeat against England in the European Championship finals last year. Both Portugal and Austria are ranked lower than Norway, which is ranked number 13 in the FIFA rankings, when Norway plays for the future of the national team. PROFILE: Barcelona profile Ingrid Syrstad Engen is clear that it is important not to focus on the consequences. Photo: NTB – It’s about not focusing on the consequences. We try to think that it is an opposition that we must create a lot against, we are at home, so we have a lot to look forward to if we manage to punish them more than we did away from home, says Barcelona profile Ingrid Syrstad Engen before Portugal – the meeting at Ullevaal on Friday evening. – I have gotten used to playing important matches, so I am able to prepare myself to find the right level of tension. The focus is on preparing as much as possible. We must be ready when the match starts, she says. National team colleague Vilde Bøe Risa does not express any concern either. A LITTLE WORRY: Atletico Madrid profile Vilde Bøe Risa says that she thinks the national team prepares equally mentally for all matches, regardless of the pressure they are under. Photo: Ksenia Novikova / news – We are used to the club that you have to win every game, so it will be a normal game for us in that way. Going into a match and knowing that you have to win, or should win, obviously puts a little pressure on, says the Atletico Madrid player and continues: – But we are prepared for that and have already talked about it, so we hope that we get to use it to our advantage and that it can help us win the match.
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