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(Norway-Montenegro 23-28) The handball girls went from European Championship gold to a shocking defeat for Montenegro in Podgorica. Now the Olympic venue can smoke.
– Now we have to crawl out of the ditch, says the director of the national team, Thorir Hergeirsson, to TV Norway.
– You’re surprised, says Ida Alstad, the channel’s expert with the 2012 Olympic gold.
Stine Bredal Oftedal & co. He did not hear about the home team’s defense and was never close to beating Montenegro. The host nation of the Olympic qualifiers has only beaten Norway once before, after four additional rounds in the 2012 European Championship final.
– It can be difficult to get to the Olympics, says expert Geir Oustorp.
On Friday night, the sensation was done. The number eight in the European Championship beat the winners of the European Championship in Norway with handball shoes.
– Is not sufficient. Far from. The road to the Olympics will be long, says national team manager Thorir Hergeirsson.
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Norway face Romania on Saturday night, while Montenegro-Romania play on Sunday. With victory or draw against the Romanians, the goal difference can be decisive. It doesn’t look good for Norway after the five-goal defeat. The women’s national team has participated since 1988 in all the Olympic Games except Athens in 2004.
– We are not connected, says Hergeirsson, who believes that Norway must now discover the problems quickly.
-Perhaps there is fear that the Olympic square will be smoked, he says and believes that Norway must now beat Romania and score one more goal. In that case, it means a victory of at least six goals.
– We have to play our best game in a long, long time, he thinks.
– I am very happy that there is a new match soon, says Veronica Kristiansen and describes the loss as “stressful”.
– The feeling is that we are trying to score two goals with a single shot. We do not know.
Nora Mørk came in from the bench and began the special mission scoring 1-0 on penalties in Norway’s first attack. Kari Brattset Dale gave Norway 2-1. That was the last time the handball girls led.
Montenegro started completely in shock. The home team blew on passive Norway and went ahead 9-4 in the 12th minute. Then Thorir Hergeirsson took a break and completely changed the team. Completely unusual for the director of the national team.
Along with Katrine Lunde, Henny Reistad, Sanna Solberg-Isaksen and Malin Aune for Silje Solberg, Stine Skogrand, Camilla Herrem and Marit Røsberg Jacobsen.
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He immediately gave Norway saves from goalkeeper Lunde, who set a record with 306 caps.
Finally, the scores also came. Stine Bredal Oftedal and Veronica Kristiansen spent time researching the Montenegrin defense.
But the right went to many extremes. Malin Aune (4 goals / 8 shots) and Marit Røsberg Jacobsen (1 goal / 3 shots) were not perfect, but they contributed a lot.
Norway struggled with the count, but Nora Mørk set three of four penalties and the team managed until halftime to lift the count to 50 percent. Therefore, the fight became even.
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Thus, Montenegro led 13-12 after the first 30 minutes.
– Our shoulders are a bit high, coach Tonje Larsen told TV Norway during the break.
They didn’t sink in the second half. The stress continued.
The last 30 minutes didn’t start well either. Marit Malm Frafjord was sent off, Veronica Kristiansen made an attacking error and led Montenegro 16-13. Gave Djurdjina Jaukovic & co. even more on. After six minutes into the inning, Montenegro returned to the five-goal lead. The very committed coach Kim Rasmussen controlled most of it.
BLYTUNG AFTERNOON: Sanna Solberg-Isaksen scored three, but also missed three shots. Henny Reistad scored three on seven in a game where he missed the shot. Photo: Aleksandar Djorovic
Technical errors abounded. Norway struggled with attacking play and drove in Vilde Ingstad as an extra line player. But both Kristiansen and Reistad struggled with the count. In the end, Norway came off the field with 20 shots.
Conversely, Lunde made the first save midway through the round.
Montenegro won as they wanted. Afterward, they wept with joy after the season’s biggest sensation in international handball.
While Norway has a difficult day ahead. On Saturday night Norway will face a Romania that has clearly strengthened since losing 28-20 to Norway in the European Championship.
All of Norway’s games in the Olympic qualifiers are broadcast on TVNorge and Discovery +.
Norway-Romania Saturday at 7.30pm.
