LJUBLJANA/OSLO (Dagbladet): The captain scored seven times and won a number of penalties against France. More than another game earlier in the championship.

National team manager Thorir Hergeirsson says she was “on fire”.

– For Stine, it is important to be dangerous on goal. She has been very playful with the line player for a long time, but now they have taken out the line player. It is then important that she turns her nose towards the goal and shoots when it is a goal, explains.

She herself does not hide the fact that she wanted to step up after losing against Denmark and that this was one of her best matches with the flag on her chest.

– I didn’t want us to feel the same way as after the Denmark match. I just had to go in and be determined, then I could regret things afterwards, and it worked, smiles Stine Bredal Oftedal.

She is usually the one who controls the Norwegian attack, while players like Henny Reistad and Nora Mørk take the shooting opportunities.

– I often play with very good players. When I think I have to put the others up for a shot, then it’s stupid if I never put myself up, she explains herself.

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Denmark in the final

Well, Denmark awaits in the EC final on Sunday, after they beat Montenegro in their semi-final.

It was a total overdrive in the second half, in a match where France were narrow favourites.

– I had a little hope, but it was a little after the loss against Denmark. I was afraid that we had tråkka in the salad. But the way we won today… we deserve to be in a final, says Nora Mørk to Dagbladet.

Silje Solberg stood like a bauta behind for Norway in certain periods of the match. She was obviously brilliantly satisfied after the match.

– That was very good. I think France has a little respect for us. I think we are very good at the back, so we score on our chances, says Solberg to the press corps.

See Dagbladet’s interview with Nora Mørk below:

– Extremely

At the break, Norway led 12-11 after the teams followed each other closely all the way.

Norway struggled to get the whole team going, but Norway’s star duo Nora Mørk and Stine Bredal Oftedal were fantastic. At the break, they had accounted for 10 of the 12 Norwegian scores. Oftedal also provided several of those penalty goals for Mørk.

– Oftedal has excelled extremely, said Marit Malm Frafjord on NRK.

– She has a good shooting arm. A good whip, Hergeirsson added after the match.

Oftedal is asked whether it has ever worked so well for her in a single round in a championship before.

– It’s probably one of the better things on the national team, she replies modestly.

Karoline Dyhre Breivang on Viaplay called her phenomenal.

– She’s so on. She has excelled, it’s a perfect match, Camilla Herrem added.

At the back, Silje Solberg-Østhassel also stood well. A brilliant double save in the final seconds ensured that Norway went into the break with the lead.

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– World class

After the break, it was more difficult for Oftedal in the end, but Henny Reistad signed up. In addition, Mørk continued to score penalties in the back of the net. She has only lost one out of 27 attempts throughout the EC.

– World class, says Viaplay’s expert Gunnar Pettersen about the statistics.

Norway got hold of the game in the second half, and was two and three goals ahead of France for a long time.

With ten minutes remaining, the lead increased to four goals as frustration ravaged the French team, which had started to make more mistakes, while Solberg-Østhassel continued to ravage the goal.

In the end, Norway won comfortably 28-20.

Well, Denmark, against whom Norway lost in the previous match, awaits in the final.

– There are Denmark’s favourites, Mørk laughs before ending the interview.