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Norway is one win short of securing a place in the semi-finals. It can already come Saturday before the Eurocup to surprise Croatia in the «group final».
– I am happy with what I contribute and I think we are doing well, Mørk told NTB after the match.
– I am very happy with the victory. It was very good throughout the game, although it fluctuated a bit. The other way around it was mixed, but it felt really good in the first half. After the break, we relaxed a bit and had a bit of concentration, said the manager of the national team, Thorir Hergeirsson, in an interview broadcast on TV 3.
Dark continued the show on penalty kicks. He is on track to score five goals on average per international game. None of the many great Norwegian players have done it since the breakthrough in 1986.
Kjersti Grini (1,003 goals in 201 games) leads with 4.99 and has Dark Block in the back with 4.88. Dark can quickly become the top scorer and top scorer of the Euro.
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Stine Skogrand started the match on both defense and attack. He scored on his first two shots and also provided a penalty. This contributed to Norway leading 10-6 after just over a quarter of an hour.
He grew to 12-6 a bit later and was 16-10 at halftime.
– The girl is made of steel and physically she is incredibly strong. It was incredibly fun to see her today. She is completely raw backwards. At the same time, she has been very good in Denmark and scored a lot of goals this fall. Skogrand could easily have played for one of the biggest clubs in Europe, Mørk said of Skogrand.
Gotten up
Therefore, most of the work was done for Norway. Goalkeeper Katrine Lunde let in the first six shots she took against her before her game dramatically improved.
The tough game of the Norwegian defense stole several balls. They gave a lot of easy counterattacks in the first half.
The story was much the same after the break. It took just under five minutes for him to increase the lead to 20-11.
Semi-ready?
The Netherlands won the World Cup last year, but this time they do not have Estavana Polman (injured). It is a notable loss for the Dutch.
Norway experienced the counterattacks on Thursday very well, but in the established attacks things went wrong. Against the best nations at the end of the European Championship, the count must be on the distance shots.
Both Croatia and Norway have six points out of six possible so far. On Tuesday, the main round ends with a Norway match against Hungary.
In the second group are France and Russia with only victories so far. They already meet on Friday and thus get two games each in one day. Coaches Ambros Martín and Olivier Krumbholz have reacted strongly to what they consider to be a dangerous program for health.
Norway cannot face Russia or France even in a possible semi-final.
