The Norwegian women’s national team has had its first training session with Hege Riise as national team manager. Among those who know the new boss best is Chelsea player Guro Reiten. She had Riise as coach in LSK Kvinner from 2017 to 2019. – She helped me go from being a perfectly OK Toppserie player to becoming quite good in the Toppserien and then on to Chelsea, says Guro Reiten to news. NEW WEDNESDAY: Guro Reiten together with national team manager Hege Riise and assistant coach Monica Knudsen. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Ingrid Syrstad Engen also had Riise when she played for LSK Kvinner in 2019. – I have learned a lot in LSK, especially in my role in the midfield, she says to news. Riise takes over from Martin Sjögren, who crashed his head out of the group stage of the EC this summer. The 8-0 loss against England was in many ways the symbol of a disappointing championship for the Norwegian national team. Shortly after the EC, Sjögren finished as national team manager. Disagree with Sjögren’s grip – I think it’s okay for everyone that we got a bit of a change after the EC. We have had Martin (Sjögren) and Anders (Jacobson) for a long time and it was time for something new, says Reiten. In the player evaluation after the EC, it emerged that the player group wanted major changes. – What was the most important thing that needed to be changed? – I think that against the very best teams in the world, against whom we want to measure ourselves, the defensive structure and the structure of the team are not suitable, she replies. GETS RENEWED CONFIDENCE: Maren Mjelde gets to continue as captain of the national team. She had to watch training on Tuesday from the sidelines. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB National team captain Maren Mjelde believes there was “no other way out” for Sjögren after the EC. news also asks Mjelde what needs to change in the national team. – We are not where we want to be compared to the best. We may have to become more cynical again to punish the best. We have to get the Norwegian rawness back and be good defensively in particular, says Mjelde. DONE: Martin Sjögren lost his national team job after an EC far below expectations. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Reiten believes, for example, that Norway should have had more players in midfield than they had in the EC. There, Norway played in a 4-2-3-1 formation with two sitting midfielders. Riise has said that she wants to switch to a 4-3-3 formation, and after training on Tuesday, most indications are that Reiten will be one of the three in the middle together with Syrstad Engen and Frida Maanum. – We have a group of good football players. But I don’t think we will play any of the best teams. Therefore, we must be very solid defensively and take care of the opportunities when we come forward, says the Chelsea player and continues: – I think perhaps our focus has been a little different. Not quite there. Then it will be exciting to watch. There are new coaches and a lot of new faces here, so it will be cool to see what we can achieve. – She makes demands New from the previous meeting is that Caroline Graham Hansen has taken a break from the national team. Ada Hegerberg takes over her role as vice-captain and looks forward to starting with a clean slate after a weak EC. – I think it’s about starting something together again. Purely as a group of players, I think it is important for us to show pure effort, a completely different face of ourselves again. It is Hege’s job to set a course, put forward a plan and that we follow it, says Hegerberg. RESETTING: Vice-captain Ada Hegerberg believes that Norway must build something completely new in the national team now. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB – It’s not enough that we follow suit, but show that we have the capacity and will participate and show an effort again on a completely different level than what was done this summer, adds Hegerberg. Syrstad Engen describes a clear Riise after the first training. – She takes charge and makes demands from the start and wants us to do it for each other. I think it will be important to take away from the championship, that there is something we need to get better at in this group here. news has tried to get a comment from Martin Sjögren, but has not received a reply from the former national team manager.
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