ZAGREB (Dagbladet): For a Norwegian team in the development phase, it is not critical to lose with brutally ugly 5-1 in Zagreb. If we understand why and gets better of it.
Norwegian EM fate was not sealed although Croatia scored on five of six cut chances in Zagreb. In the real world knew most of us that we would basically be no chance in this game.
So beyond the immediate pain caused to any team that gets profit ridiculed in the international arena, so do not ruin this something at all.
Yes, it is heavy here to reach.
But to shout that a national team with an average age of 24.6 years must be ashamed has no nothing to do with reality.
Although it does not have to be wrapped and swept under the carpet.
TO HEAVY 90 minutes against Croatia being the learning Per coaching staff talking about the one thing that counts. Team learns from it. That one understands why it went as it went in Zagreb. And that what preached before the game becomes applicable in battle. For although it is not in any way was an unequal struggle what possession concerned – it was actually just 52-48 in Croatia’s favor – so it glows remember living of 5-1.
And it can not be explained away with everything we did satisfactorily in this game.
I HEAR HØGMO say we really got the game we wanted and that the first round was good clean apart from what happened at and around Croatia 1-0. From a defensive standpoint, it is easy to agree with it. Croatia bothered us not noteworthy. But offensively we created nothing and in my book it has with the defensive play. The times we had the chance to take driving a wholehearted counter so it was so we barely moved people forward in court.
As if the balance was paramount.
NORWAY CREATED NO chances before the break. The only significance of the offensive was a moment when Tom Høgli and Mats Møller Dæhli came down the left side. We created nor nothing until we suddenly got the penalty Tarik Elyounoussi shot in rod midway through the second half.
And then it was already 3-0 to Croatia, that game over.
First 11 to 10 – and because we had nothing more to lose – we produced the opportunities that were given chance statistics to end 6-4 in the home side’s favor.
OTHER STATISTICS NARRATOR nor about unequal struggle at Maksimir Stadium. Croatia played 459 passes between them. We 420. And while homemade hit a mate 378 times we hit 341.
Nothing in these figures indicate, 5-1.
MEN OF STATISTICS this type is the fact that does not take into account the inherent quality differences. And there it is until further class difference in Croatia and Norway. They are good, forward-looking and take their chances.
We are cautious, uncertain, imprecise and sloppy (4-1 and 5-1). And then we lack players who have the courage and skills to challenge one against one forward in court.
There Mats Møller Dæhli is one of the exceptions.
ALREADY DA STRAP was taken out was Norway without first choice on top, Joshua King. Friday night lost Per coaching staff right back Omar Elabdellaoui.
And when Per Ciljan Skjelbred got a stretch after four minutes was over 25 percent of a topped Norwegian national team out of play before the game was underway.
Although injuries belongs football has not Norway afford stuff against teams like Croatia.
MARTIN ØDEGAARD STARTS game, played throughout and did not away. Preserved. But he was not the Martin Ødegaard we saw in Marbella. This night was the only serious and no play. And therefore it went most backward the times he was involved. There have of course with the level to do.
HALFWAY qualifying has Norway nine points. We have lost the good and turned those ranked behind us. It should, according to the plan and development target, be good enough for third place and play off in November.
So while some choose to do an ugly result in Zagreb to cry for slaughter, greater demands and the even more critical is, I choose to place also this result in the big picture.
And it actually looks very much worse off than before we traveled to Croatia.
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