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Reistad was named best player on the field after his performance. He scored seven goals, most of the Norwegian players.
– Henny can play in all three wing positions, that’s an advantage. He has great abilities. She is explosive, strong and has an incredible stride. She can force defensive players, and appears to get involved along with several others, national team manager Thorir Hergeirsson told Viaplay.
Reistad was very pleased to secure a ticket to the semi-finals before the final group match against Hungary.
– First of all, I am very happy to be in the semifinal. And that we manage to win both the second round (21-11), it’s very nice, he said.
You can meet the defender of the title
The two teams in the second group will be Norway’s rivals in the semi-finals on Friday. It could soon be France, defending champion. Russia has a little control over first place and also a good goal difference.
Croatia, like Norway, only won the championship before coming back.
The Balkan girls got away early and were down 3-6 after seven minutes. Along the way, the longest player in the EC (194cm), Camila Micijevic, had scored two goals on long shots.
It looked promising for Norway. The lead increased to 10-6, but then leveled off.
Norway did not reach the expected level in defense. Then there were up to eight technical errors in the first round, in addition to eight arm blows. Thus, Norway ended up with a reward of less than 50 percent after 31 attacks in the first half hour.
Other
Goalkeeper Silje Solberg was added to the team on Saturday, but started on the bench when Katrine Lunde was preferred.
Solberg started the second half and conceded four goals in the first four shots. Then came a rescue. It opened for Camilla Herren to run at 20-18.
– I think they (Solberg and Lunde) are in five or six rescues each. We’ve seen them get more out, but it’s a good start for Silje. He hasn’t played for a long time and I really think he looked promising, Hergeirsson said.
Shortly after, the elegant Reistad sneaked in and arranged 21-18. The same player fought 22-18. He played a very good game. With her in the same category he got Veronica Kristiansen.
– “Vikki” is very good on the right side. We can use it a bit as an alternative to Nora (Dark), for example. We get great advances and good plays from her, and she can shoot and play from the edges, Hergeirsson said.
Cheap trip
Croatia could not respond to the Norwegian move. The game was almost decided with 20 minutes remaining. Norway was sharpened at all stages of the second round. Gave a new elimination winner.
Norway has been by far the simpler side of the European Championship setup so far, and it will be a couple notches in quality against teams like Russia and France.
Two days off from play await Norway before Tuesday’s game against Hungary. On Monday, the squad will also have a media break. Then an air trip has been booked in a leisure park and a forest on the outskirts of Kolding.
Norway has seven European championship titles. The first came in 1998 and the last four years.
