– It is strange that so many good players can be so weak, says a merciless Jesper Mathisen on TV 2 after yet another disappointing game against Norway under Ståle Solbakken. Norway dominated the field game from start to finish, but struggled to create chances against a low-lying and well-organized home team. Thus it ended with a very disappointing draw in Almaty on Friday evening, which means that Norway has come out of nowhere in the Nations League. Norway were big, big favorites before the match, although the hosts have been shown to grab points against strong nations such as Denmark at home in the past. Kazakhstan had over 8 odds to win before the match and are only ranked 109th in the Fifa rankings. Norway, on the other hand, is ranked number 50. – Disappointing and sour. Again we do more than enough to win and manage everything, control everything. But don’t get the ball in the goal, so it’s sad, says captain Martin Ødegaard to news after the match. Criticism is pouring in: – Poor performance Now Norway is being criticized by a collective body of experts. – The pressure is increasing. It has increased recently at Solbakken and the project. It will not slow down with this achievement. We knew it would be a difficult one. But it is disappointing, very disappointing. It is a poor performance. There is too much in this match that makes me disappointed, says news expert Carl-Erik Torp. After 0-0 against Kazakhstan: Do you have confidence in Ståle Solbakken as Norway manager? Yes No Haven’t decided Show result Kazakhstan, which in the last decade has received a lot of wanted or unwanted attention via the movie character Borat, is a team you probably have to beat both at home and away for the goal of group victory and an extra chance for the World Cup play-offs in 2026 will become something of. – This was another very disappointing international match for Ståle Solbakken’s Norway. There was far too little pace, both in ball and movement. And it started all the way from the back, with cowardly defenders who did not dare to bring the ball forward and provide better working conditions for those in front of them. The strikers, Sørloth and Haaland, scored relatively little, but of course Haaland should have decided the match when he got the huge chance, says Jesper Mathisen after the match. Solbakken: – Don’t worry Ståle Solbakken summarizes the match as follows to TV 2: – We have control of the match for 90 minutes. We may have created four big ones, but with such great dominance we will create three or four more big ones. But we were bad at set-pieces, we had 12 corners, and they “rejected” us on all 12, Solbakken told TV 2 after the match, who is also critical of Norway’s so-called final passes and quality of crosses. NOT HAALAND’S NIGHT: Erling Braut Haaland was clearly frustrated during the match against Kazakhstan. Photo: Vegard Grøtt / BILDBYRÅN – In a way, it will be the same rule that has characterized the national team for the past year and a half. Are you still convinced that steps are being taken in the right direction, asks TV 2? – We have great faith in what we do and are quite calm. We have to take into account that at least we were not countered to death towards the end when they cheated a little and put in their “speedy gonzales”. We managed to avert that, at least. We had traveled here with clear hopes and expectations of taking three points, and we should have managed that, says Solbakken. – You are not worried after the 0-0 draw against Kazakhstan, who are 109 in the Fifa ranking? asks TV 2 later. – I am not worried, the match picture is exactly as expected. As I said, I had hoped we would create perhaps four more big chances. But if you had asked me before the match, I would have guessed that they would have 1-2 chances, and we 7-8, but that the match picture would be as it was, we were sure of that. It was a one-half game, and if Erling had taken his chance, it would have been a decent away game, Solbakken replies. NOT WORRIED: Ståle Solbakken believes Norway played a sensible away game. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Haaland boom: – Unbelievable One who hardly sleeps particularly well after the match, is Norway’s decided superstar. Erling Braut Haaland missed the undoubtedly biggest chance of the game when he hit the post from two meters in an almost open goal at the start of the second half. – It is not possible to get a bigger opportunity, said news’s Carl-Erik Torp. – It’s unbelievable that he doesn’t put it in the goal, said TV 2’s football expert Jesper Mathisen, amazed after the giant chance. He compared the chance to a penalty kick. – It’s almost hard to believe when Haaland gets that opportunity. It is on a par with a penalty kick, and well so, said Mathisen many minutes after the Haaland miss. This is how Norway started Ørjan Nyland – Julian Ryerson, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Leo Østigård, David Wolfe – Martin Ødegaard, Patrick Berg, Felix Horn Myhre – Alexander Sørloth, Erling Braut Haaland and Antonio Nusa. Antonio Nusa was voted Norway’s best by Kristoffer Løkberg on the news stock exchange. Nusa believes he was cheated of a penalty kick in the first half when he went down in the field. – Yes, I feel I was tackled. I haven’t seen it, but the referee just moved on, so I kind of can’t do anything about it. I felt that I was hit, says Nusa to news. He is disappointed, but composed after 0-0 against a supposedly much weaker team. – It’s the first game, so it’s not the end of the world yet. We have one point. We could have had zero. We are only at the beginning now. It can only get better, and that’s what we’re going to try. We absolutely have faith and I really think that everyone should have it in this group as well, he says. Here is an overview of Kazakhstan’s last six matches: Photo: Graphics news/NTB Almost a dream debut The match itself opened with Norwegian pressure, but it was to take a long time before it created a scoring chance on the grass in Almaty. After dominating the field game in the first half hour, it took 31 minutes before it became dangerous. Then debutant Felix Horn shot Myhre into the crossbar and over from a good distance, after fine preparation by Alexander Sørloth. ALMOST: Here, Felix Horn shoots Myhre in the crossbar. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Norway created several half-chances before the break, but when the referee blew for half-time after 45 minutes, it was 0-0 – and the half progressed without a Norwegian shot on goal. – An average Norwegian session. I feel there are things that don’t add up and the relationships don’t quite work. They search and search without it happening naturally. Kazakhstan is quite comfortable considering the way Norway will create chances, said news expert Torp after the first half. Promising left side A bright spot before the break was the “new” Norwegian left side consisting of David Møller Wolfe as full back, Felix Horn Myhre as left inside runner and Antonio Nusa as left winger, who accounted for much of the best Norway created during the first 45 minutes. The second half continued in the same vein as the first, Norway struggled to create a great deal of pressure against a compact and low-lying Kazakhstan team. – We lose the first duel every time, said TV 2 commentator Morten Langli after another harmless corner kick. LUGGET: Erling Braut Haaland and Norway struggled offensively for a long time against Kazakhstan. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Haaland-bom: – Unbelievable Ten minutes into the half, however, Erling Braut Haaland should have sent Norway into the lead. He was able to finish from two meters after a brilliant cross from Nusa, but the finish from an almost open goal hit the post from the City star. Solbakken’s men pressed on, but were never able to get the ball into the net. Thus it ebbed out with a weak draw for the red-clad. Norway’s next match in the National League will be played on Monday evening at 21:00. Then Austria comes to Ullevaal. Who was Norway’s best player against Kazakhstan? Ørjan Håskjold Nyland Julian Ryerson Leo Skiri Østigård Andreas Hanche-Olsen David Møller Wolfe Martin Ødegaard Patrick Berg Felix Horn Myhre Alexander Sørloth Erling Braut Haaland Antonio Nusa A substitute Show result Published 06.09.2024, at 17.50 Updated 06.09.2024, at 18.57
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