This would mean you were very successful at one time. Norway has a distinct lack of international success, chance to change it in the next 5-10 years though. A few more good players to add to Haaland and Odegaard and you should do something
Our best players are still young and relatively inexperienced. Our two best centre backs (Østigård at Napoli and Ajer at Brentford) are far away from the peak age of CBs. The only 30+ year old player who started against Spain is our goalkeeper, who ironically is the one who most looks like he’s 14
Ajer seems to have stalled a bit at Brentford. I’m a Celtic fan and thought he was a great player with just a few rough edges to polish off but since we sold him he hasn’t seemed to kick on yet.
Put it this way, he’d be an automatic first pick for the Scotland team that qualified fairly easily from the same group.
Sweden played a World Cup quarter final as recently as 2018, they are still successful even though they will have missed two tournaments in a row
Hungary would be a better example
chance to change it in the next 5-10 years though. A few more good players to add to Haaland and Odegaard and you should do something
People always say this before every single qualifier, if you believe them then Norway would have qualified already. It is very doubtful if Haaland will ever play an international tournament in his career
It is doubtful, but I’d still say Haaland will more likely play at least one at some point than not, provided he doesn’t retire early. He’s got like 3-4 more chances after this + 3-4 chances at a World Cup.
Norway is probably around the 24th team in Europe rn so with 24 teams in the Euros surely they get lucky at some point right?
I think he just means that we have big potential and always fail. Saw some stats that in the last 20 years we were the team closest to qualifying for a major tournament without actually going in. Four lost playoffs and several qualifiers where we missed out by three points or less.
This would mean you were very successful at one time. Norway has a distinct lack of international success, chance to change it in the next 5-10 years though. A few more good players to add to Haaland and Odegaard and you should do something
Maybe Sweden or Bulgaria for the HSV of Europe
Our best players are still young and relatively inexperienced. Our two best centre backs (Østigård at Napoli and Ajer at Brentford) are far away from the peak age of CBs. The only 30+ year old player who started against Spain is our goalkeeper, who ironically is the one who most looks like he’s 14
Ajer seems to have stalled a bit at Brentford. I’m a Celtic fan and thought he was a great player with just a few rough edges to polish off but since we sold him he hasn’t seemed to kick on yet.
Put it this way, he’d be an automatic first pick for the Scotland team that qualified fairly easily from the same group.
Sweden played a World Cup quarter final as recently as 2018, they are still successful even though they will have missed two tournaments in a row
Hungary would be a better example
People always say this before every single qualifier, if you believe them then Norway would have qualified already. It is very doubtful if Haaland will ever play an international tournament in his career
It is doubtful, but I’d still say Haaland will more likely play at least one at some point than not, provided he doesn’t retire early. He’s got like 3-4 more chances after this + 3-4 chances at a World Cup.
Norway is probably around the 24th team in Europe rn so with 24 teams in the Euros surely they get lucky at some point right?
Come on, we’re unbeaten vs Brazil in world cups, and world no 2 on FIFA rankings in early 90s 😎
Let us not forget our Olympic bronze medal ;)
I think he just means that we have big potential and always fail. Saw some stats that in the last 20 years we were the team closest to qualifying for a major tournament without actually going in. Four lost playoffs and several qualifiers where we missed out by three points or less.
Our success is just qualifying for basically any tournament again!