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Norway was in full control when they defeated the Netherlands 32-25.
NETHERLANDS – NORWAY 25-32:
Norway were the favorites before the meeting with the Netherlands on Thursday evening, and the Norwegian handball ladies lived up to the hype.
After the Dutch scored the first two goals of the match, the Norwegian ladies finally reached a speed that the reigning world champion was nowhere near.
With the help of one of the dominating Stine Skogrand on defense, eight goals from Nora Mørk and a sometimes world-class counterattack, Norway won comfortably in the end.
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Mørk, who with her eight goals became the match’s top scorer, is a cheerful woman after the match.
– I really think that today from the beginning we have a good control over the Netherlands, and I think we played one more level in relation to them, and we deservedly won the game. Very happy with a good victory over the reigning world champions, he tells TV 3.
The director of the national team, Thorir Hergeirsson, is also pleased with Norway’s achievements.
– I am very happy with the victory. That was the most important thing. It was very good throughout the game. It fluctuated a bit, but overall I am very happy to score 32 goals and some chances that perhaps should have been put, Hergeirsson tells TV 3.
– A commanding achievement
In the TV 3 studio during the break, former Danish national team star Joachim Boldsen was very impressed with the Norwegian performances in the first half hour, noting that the quick counterattacks contributed greatly to the fact that the lead was so great. .
– There is no team in the championship that is better than Norway at that. So they are eminent and punish the Netherlands at all times, Boldsen said.
– A dominant achievement, was his recap in the first half.
Soft start, then Norway left
After a well-played start in the first half, Norway gradually drifted away from the Dutch.
A one-goal lead in the 13th minute of play went to a six-goal lead at halftime, with the score 10-16.
And after Henny Ella Reistad scored Norway’s 16th goal on the night before halftime, there was a good atmosphere among the TV 3 commentators.
– We are killing Holland! exclaimed Daniel Høglund.
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Like Boldsen, Gunnar Pettersen also mentioned that it was first and foremost one thing that made the big difference between the teams.
– It is first of all the counterattacks that separate the teams, Pettersen said after Reistad’s goal.
In the second half, the Dutch were never close to a pick-up.
This gave Norway a solid start to the main round, which is now well on its way to a possible semi-final. With at least one win over Croatia and Hungary in the next two games, a spot is assured.
The next game for the Norwegian ladies is Saturday night at 6.15pm when they take on the sensational team from Croatia, who have also won their first four matches so far in the championship.
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