Two goals and absolutely decisive for Norway. Sweden did not manage to stop Erling Braut Haaland.
– He is a talent and you can see why Manchester City paid so much for him, says Sweden’s goal scorer, Anthony Elanga to Radiosporten.
Jens Cajuste agrees:
– He’s a cruel player. We have to work on finding a way to stop him, he tells TT.
“It fits perfectly”
Viktor Claesson also agrees with the tribute choir:
– He moves the ball well twice and scores two goals, he is dangerous. The second finish is world class, it does not feel very dangerous that he gets a shooting position there with the wrong foot, but it sits perfectly in the distance and it kills the match a bit, he says.
Emil Forsberg does not give Haaland much cred for the first penalty goal.
– The second is a small invitation from us, he admits in Radiosporten.
– He is a sharp goal scorer and we said that before, he continues.
And you have to agree with that. Haaland has scored eleven goals in the last seven matches and shown that he is Norway’s biggest star.
– I have to thank Ståle (Solbakken, the national team captain), says Haaland in Viaplay’s broadcast about how he came to his right in the national team.
“Must try all the tricks”
His two goals at Friends arena were not a shame either.
– It’s a fantastic feeling, there are high expectations and such. It is important to get it in the national team, the Norwegian people deserve it.
The aftermath of Haaland was also about the exchange of words with Alexander Milosevic.
According to Haaland, the Swedish defender called him a whore and threatened to break his feet. However, the Norwegian team captain Martin Ødegaard took it all in stride.
– They must try all the tricks they can if they can not stop him in the usual way, he says jokingly.