Very bad evening yesterday for Norway who, despite a squad full of talent, cannot manage to take a step forward on the international scene. On the pitch in Austria this Sunday, Erling Haaland’s partners received a particularly painful slap in League B of the Nations League (1-5). If Sorloth quickly responded to Arnautovic’s opener, the Austrians then unleashed themselves with four more goals from Arnautovic, Lienhart, Posch and Gregoritsch.
Haaland refused to explain himself despite the armband
A nightmare evening for Norway which was then accompanied by controversial behavior from Erling Haaland. As the Daily Mail explains, the Manchester City star indeed wore the captain’s armband of his selection in the absence of Martin Odegaard. Except that Haaland simply fled the microphones after the match, refusing to explain himself publicly and therefore to assume his status as captain. Enough to earn strong criticism of Haaland who waited until the end of the evening and an Instagram story to apologize to the supporters for the result of the match. “Sorry everyone, that was a total failure on my part. In November we are aiming for six points,” Haaland wrote on his post.
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To summarize
While Norway had a terrible evening last night in the League of Nations, the behavior of its star Erling Haaland caused controversy. Indeed, despite his captain’s armband, the Manchester City scorer dodged the microphones.
