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Norway has made a new batch for the match with Austria
The Norwegian players were heading to the airport on Saturday to catch the charter flight to Bucharest, when authorities informed them that such a trip would violate strict measures to spread the virus taken in Norway, because a player tested positive.
The game with Romania was canceled, and the players called up left Oslo on Sunday morning, so the Norwegian federation tried to form a new team for Wednesday’s game with Austria.
In a press release released on Sunday evening, the Norwegian federation (NFF) said that the match with Austria will take place as scheduled, the new team, led by the coach of the U21 team, Leif Gunnar Smerud, will be presented on Monday at a press conference.
Players selected for Wednesday’s game will fly directly to Oslo, enter a bad quarantine, at an airport hotel before leaving for Vienna, the NFF said.
Norway will probably lose the match to Romania, 0-3
Austria, who beat Northern Ireland 2-1 on Sunday in Vienna, are in first place in Group 1 of League B with 12 points, followed by Norway with 9 points.
Agerpres, What a date Reuters, writes that Norway will probably lose the match to Romania 0-3, but still have a chance to win the group if they beat Austria with a difference of at least two goals.
“Demanding decisions were made, but we are happy that the game can be played, both from a sporting point of view and out of consideration of obligations to UEFA and the competition.”said NFF Secretary General Pal Bjerketvedt.
Winning the group would mean for Norway moving up to League 1 of the Nations League and having an easier trajectory in the preliminaries of the 2022 World Cup. Norway has not participated in a World Cup since 1998, like Romania, by the way.
Tags: Norway , Romania , Austria
