2023-07-29 09:54:33
One day before the duel against Switzerland, and after Norway’s defeat against New Zealand in their World Cup debut, the NRK media announced that Caroline Graham Hansen e Ingrid Engen They would not be in the starting eleven for that second game because they did not “fit” into the coach’s approach, Hege Riise.
However, other information suggested that it was a ‘punishment’ for the statements of both players who as captains – they are together with Ada Hegerberg– They did when they came out to show their faces after the defeat in their debut, making self-criticism at a collective level.
The news was confirmed. Rice he left both on the bench and brought on Hansen at 57′ and Engen at 88′. In addition, just before the start of the match, Hegerberg -who was announced as the starter- left the pitch visibly upset and after a row and went to the locker room.
Hansen, the first to explode
At the end of the meeting, Hansen, lit by the rage of the moment, did not hide her anger from the media: “I think that what has happened speaks for itself, I don’t even know what to say. There are so many things I would say… It’s too bad you can’t be confident in yourself without being rejected for it.”
What’s going on? With this last sentence, Hansen He was referring to the ‘Janteloven’ or the ‘Law of Jante’, which seems to be the cause of the fissures in the locker room and the divorce with the coach. It is a set of principles typical of Scandinavian culture and highly integrated in Norway, which seeks group cohesion. His maxim is: “You should not feel special or better than anyone else.” And it seems that Riise would be governed by these principles.
However, the Norwegian team is a combination of stars that stand out in several teams of the European elite, such as Graham Hansen y Engen (FC Barcelona), Hegerberg (Lyon), Guro Reiten (Chelsea), Maanum (Arsenal…), and that, therefore, have more hierarchy.
some forced apologies
Those statements of Hansen It seems that they did not like them in the selection. And the next day he had to give a press conference to apologize for it. The picture went around the world. While the soccer player looked sad and dejected, behind her was she, very attentive and watching, Rice. HegerbergFor his part, he sent a message through his social networks saying that he had withdrawn from the field “due to inconvenience.” All this, part of a strategy to show that everything is going well.
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The last to speak was Ingrid Engen. The Barça midfielder gave an interview to ‘VG’ where she spoke about all this controversy: “Of course I’m disappointed, it’s normal for us to feel like this. I’m not surprised by Caro’s reaction [Hansen]I understand what you feel, I’m in the same situation.
It is difficult to understand how a team that has such quality on an individual level is not working as a group, has not managed to score in this World Cup and has only scored one point, against Switzerland (0-0), after that first defeat against New Zealand. (2-0) with which it all began. Too bad, too. Because it started as one of the favorite teams to win the trophy. Everything is on the line in the last game, against the Philippines. Now it’s only worth winning.
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