Høgmo: – We walked ourselves away after much success – Dagbladet.no

• Norway – Hungary, on TVNorge Thursday at 20.45

ULLEVAAL (Dagbladet): National coach coaching staff uses afternoon on news conference before the championship playoff against Hungary tomorrow. It was an offensive Høgmo who rejoice for what will happen.

– We’ve had some great workouts. The standard increases every time. More play at a high level in the clubs. It takes them into collections, he said.

Norway meetings Hungary over two games. The second match yesterday in Budapest on Sunday evening. In the pot is the ticket to the European Championship finals in France next year.

– We have a burning desire to get to the playoffs. That wish has survived throughout the qualification. We note also of interest that there is a very great desire that we will succeed, said Høgmo.

16 years

Last Norway was in a championship was 16 years ago. Asked why it has become so, replied the trainer:

– We walked us a little away for a lot of success. We forgot to follow international football who have gone extremely fast. On the players’ meeting today we showed progress in the Premier League over the last six or seven years. It’s 80 percent increase in høyhastighetsløp.

– In recent years, the Norwegian football focused on player development and performance barometer. There again we see now, long-term efforts. It does not have to be 16 years between each time we’re in a playoff.

Three championship

The success Høgmo pointed to two World Cup finals in the 90s and the EC in 2000. these three championships Norway has participated in after the war.

Now only Hungary in the way that we will succeed again.

– We meet a team that is physical greatly. They have some experienced players. We expect a prepared team to Ullevaal. This will not be decided until Sunday night, said Høgmo.

Generational

– What is the biggest difference between the group today and the group you took over?

– We took over a team that had started a generational change. John Arne (Riise) was just gone. Brede (Hangeland) gave up. We started to build a new team. There was a trial and error phase. It was necessary to go through.

– Now the players become a little older and gained more experience. We have gradually been playing together a team that also have a better life. All players have good combat training. There is a group who really want to win, declared the chief.