ULLEVAAL STADION (Nettavisen): On Wednesday, Ståle Solbakken offered the crew for 2 matches at Ullevaal Stadium on June 5 and in Copenhagen three days later.
There are loads of acquainted names within the squad, however Solbakken additionally discovered 19-year-old Andreas Schjelderup’s place within the A crew.
The attacking midfielder has had a poor spell on mortgage from Benfica in Nordsjælland this spring.
– It’s sort of a reward for an ideal season. He has completed nicely within the prime six play-offs, of which Nordsjælland is a component. This may very well be a lift if he now returns to Benfica. It could also be troublesome sufficient, stated nationwide crew supervisor Solbakken concerning the withdrawal of the 19-year-old participant.
Solbakken has additionally included Bodø/Glimt defender Jostein Gundersen within the squad.
– We need Jostein to come back in and know the surroundings slightly bit, and we all know him too. He is a participant whose biggest power lies in what occurs contained in the field. He’s a assured passer, however he has a variety of challenges along with his quickness in his legs, Solbakken stated.
At the top of the press session, Solbakken talked about final week’s go to to the palace when the Danish royal couple visited Oslo.
– I used to be within the Castle the opposite day with my spouse, so I needed to be able to greet the king humbly. The very first thing I used to be informed, nonetheless, was that “now it is best to be capable of maintain on to the final quarter, Ståle”, smiled Solbakken when he met the media on Wednesday.
– I really feel prefer it’s the final time I’ll be requested to the Castle if we do not maintain out for the final quarter of an hour. After all, that is now the very best stage in Norway. Now it isn’t simply VG and TV 2 which might be arguing within the final quarter. Now King Harald has thrown himself in, so I really feel the stress, he continued.
Norway missed out on qualification once more and can go one other summer season with out participating within the event.
Squad to play Kosovo and Denmark:
Goalkeepers: Mathias Dyngeland (Brann), Ørjan Håskjold Nyland (Sevilla), Egil Selvik (Haugesund)
Defence: Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (Brentford), Jostein Gundersen (Bodø/Glimt), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (Mainz), Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (Sassuolo), Julian Ryerson (Dortmund), David Møller Wolfe (AZ), Leo Skiri Østigård (Napoli )
Midfield: Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal), Patrick Berg (Bodø/Glimt), Sander Berge (Burnley), Oscar Bobb (Manchester City), Aron Dønnum (Toulouse), Antonio Nusa (Club Brugge), Andreas Schjelderup (North Zealand), Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo), Morten Thorsby (Genoa), Hugo Vetlesen (Club Brugge)
Attack: Erling Braut Haaland (Manchester City), Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo), Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal)
Watch the press convention right here:
Ståle Solbakken names the nationwide soccer crew’s squad for personal worldwide matches in opposition to Kosovo and Denmark in June.