Erling Haaland and Norway are being hit everywhere!

Erling Haaland and Norway, a story that is still far from magnificent. Although he regularly performs well in the national team jersey, scoring 34 goals and 3 goals in 37 caps, the 24-year-old striker has still not experienced any international competition with his country. In the race for promotion to League A as part of the Nations League, the native of Leeds had the opportunity to strengthen his team’s first place in the event of a positive result this Sunday against Austria. In the end, it ended in a 5-1 humiliation against the Austrians who were up like clocks. As a result, Norway, Austria and Slovenia have 7 points after 4 days and Erling Haaland is at the heart of the debates.

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Present on the pitch, the Manchester City player underwent the demonstration carried out by Ralf Rangnick’s gang. Overwhelmed by events, he helplessly witnessed Norway’s worst defeat in 7 years and a 6-0 humiliation against Germany in 2017. Enough to receive harsh criticism from local consultants. “It’s simply shocking. I didn’t really see it coming after the last few games and the first half. There are about 20 minutes in the second half that are like something out of a horror movie“, declared Kristoffer Løkberg, current Viking Stavanger player and consultant for NRK.

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Former player Bernt Hulsker also banged his fist on the table: “the light that came on and darkened the city stadium should never have been turned back on. I have never seen Norway so dominated. Horrible to watch. Total collapse. I would have been turned off a long time ago if I was at home, but now I’m at work.» Finally, the consultant of TV2 Jesper Mathisen went even further. “One of the worst international matches in years and days. Austria pisses on Norway», blurted out the former IK Start player.

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While most of the team’s executives like Sander Berge or Alexander Sorloth spoke after the match, Erling Haaland did not take his responsibilities and was criticized for this at home. Crossing the mixed zone without stopping, he contented himself with this post on his Instagram account: “sorry, everyone! Too bad on my part. In November we are aiming for six points.» A weak reaction which was singled out especially since he wore the captain’s armband in the absence of Martin Odegaard who is injured.

«When you have the captain’s armband of the Norwegian national team, he has to stand up and say a few words. It’s a shame. If there’s anyone we want to hear from after a violent crisis, it’s the captain. How was this communicated here? What do you think after the 3-1 goal? Are you meeting? What do you do when you are captain, you are assigned a role that requires that little extra. So he should get up“, underlined Kristoffer Løkberg. A hell of a slap received by Erling Haaland and Norway who will no longer have the right to make mistakes in this League of Nations.