Erling Haaland has seen his efficiency towards Kazakhstan within the Nations League labelled “one of many worst issues I’ve seen” by former Norway supervisor Egil Olsen.
Norway may solely muster a goalless draw at Pavlodar Central Stadium, regardless of fielding a crew together with Haaland, Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard, €32m Atletico Madrid signing Alexander Sorloth and Borussia Dortmund right-back Julian Ryerson.
The end result was the most recent disappointment for Norway, who did not qualify for Euro 2024, and Haaland’s show drew specific ire from Norwegian tv channel TV2 – they rated the Manchester Metropolis striker at simply 2/10 and labelled the crew’s efficiency ‘deplorable’.
Haaland was closely criticised for his displaying by former Norway nationwide crew boss Olsen, who additionally managed Wimbledon within the Premier League within the early 2000s, with Odegaard additionally focused for failing to ship.
“We now have two world-class gamers within the crew,” Olsen mentioned. “Right now Erling Braut Haaland was sadly far beneath par. It’s one of many worst issues I’ve seen from Haaland.
“Martin Odegaard flashes at instances, however I’ve additionally seen him higher. One level right here is just too unhealthy. There are not any different groups on this group that can concede factors to Kazakhstan.
Amid the furore, Norway head coach Stale Solbakken was determined in his perception that Norway will bounce again.
“We now have nice religion in what we do, and we’re fairly calm,” he mentioned. “Now we’ve got to take care that we don’t get countered to loss of life on the finish. However it’s clear that we travelled right here with hopes and expectations of taking three factors, and we should always have managed that.”
Odegaard himself spoke to the media after the sport, saying of Norway’s show. “It’s a disappointment, we do plenty of good issues however we additionally don’t rating. It’s tough, no person has any good solutions as to precisely why we handle to attain.”
Haaland could not have gotten on the scoresheet on this event, however his general file for Norway is extraordinarily spectacular. In simply 34 appearances, the 24-year-old has scored 31 instances, with all however 5 of these objectives coming in aggressive fixtures.
