Norway beat Denmark with a strong rescue operation after a miserable opening – Dagsavisen
The Danes’ last triumph against Norway came on 27 November 2014.
– It was fun. But we fell well behind. And then there were a number of half-yearly endings in attack as well. It didn’t look so good after a quarter of an hour, said national team manager Thorir Hergeirsson to TV 2.
Norway was down 0-4 after four minutes in Sunday’s match. This meant that national team manager Thorir Hergeirsson took a record time-out before five minutes had been played.
Denmark’s goalkeeper Sandra Toft led the rescue duel 5-0 against Györ friend Silje Solberg and the match 9-2 after twelve minutes. Norway had trouble at both ends of the pitch at the start, but mostly in defence. The Norwegian game improved a lot towards the break. Denmark led 13-9 at half-time,
It was 13-13 at the start of the second half. Norway continued with good and aggressive defensive play. That laid the foundation for the victory. Henny Reistad was very central in the attack towards the end.
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Control
Stine Bredal Oftedal and Nora Mørk did not play due to injuries. It was clear from earlier that Kari Brattset-Dale, Sanna Solberg-Isaksen and Camilla Herrem (all pregnant) could not participate, not even in the EC.
Hergeirsson got several answers during a short week in Denmark where his team also beat Switzerland (39-22) and the Netherlands 27-19).
The Icelander gave young and inexperienced players a lot of confidence. He had decided before the match that he would use the match to test interaction with new constellations.
The selection of the European Championship squad will be announced on 11 October, and there are likely to be several championship debutants.
– When someone is missing, others get opportunities to take a bigger role. It pays off in the long run. The attitude and mentality are very good to take with you. This Danish team is really good and a clear medal candidate in the EC, said Hergeirsson.
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Victory cheer
The Norwegian players celebrated the victory as if it should have been a showdown in a championship.
In the last week of October, the Norwegian handball girls play against Brazil, Denmark and the Netherlands in Stavanger. It will be the last test before the EC opening the following week.
The Norwegian defense of the EC title takes place in the period 4–20 November.
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