Ullevaal Stadium (Netafsen): Those attending Ullevaal Stadium on Thursday evening may have been hoping to see the 23-year-old in action, but he remained on the bench throughout the match.
From there he saw shooting star Antonio Nosa make his debut for the national team and Norway easily beat Jordan 6-0.
While the Olival Stadium usually empties at record speed when the final whistle blows, several thousand young and hopeful people remained long after the match ended.
The reason was a somewhat unusual move of the national team. To conduct a training session for players who did not participate against Jordan.
Shortly after the end of the match, Haaland appeared on the field, much to the delight of the remaining fans in Olival.
Several young fans shouted his name from the stands, and Jarboen signed autographs and shirts after the evening training session in Oslo.
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The reason for the national team’s pressure in a session after End of the game, because they had Friday off.
-The idea behind this is that we can take a day off tomorrow. So everyone gets a physical session today. We give them time off from lunch on Friday to lunch on Saturday, says national team director Stahl Solbakken to Netafsen.
It was expected that Haaland would not start in Thursday’s match. Before the start of the match, Solbakin explained that it was a matter of his preparation for the match against Georgia on Tuesday.
– They started the pre-season 14 days later than everyone else because of the Champions League. There is a small backlog, which gets smaller and smaller every day. Then we think it makes sense for him to build himself up and train with Björn Vidar (physical coach, Stenersen) so that he will be one hundred percent ready by Tuesday, he told TV2.
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Against Georgia on Tuesday, Haaland will likely start. That match is very important for Norway.
Norway must win the match to still have a chance of qualifying for the European Union via the usual UEFA qualifiers. The match starts on Tuesday at 20:45.
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