The 21-year-old has had the opportunity to play for Morocco, and has not closed the door on that occasion.

– No, I waited until the last second before I made a decision, Sahraoui told NRK the day after the show against his rival Lillestrm.

After a recovery session with the rest of his team-mates, he has set his sights on the future, towards a new match.

NRK also has it, more specifically ahead of the next national team meeting. Ståle Solbakken will present his crew for the matches against Slovenia and Serbia in a week’s time. There might be room for wings from Hauketo.

– What would you do if you were taken out next week?

– We’ll see when the time comes, only a week left. There was a match before that and, so I had to appear then and.

He explains that it is feelings that should dictate which national team he ends up representing.

– This is a feeling you have to get in your body. Of course I love both countries and I want to play for both. But the choice will come in the end. When the invitation came, I had to make a choice, and we’ll see what happens.

Don’t know about it

National team manager Ståle Solbakken sat in the stands as Sahraoui penetrated the Lillestrm defense many times.

He said he did not know Sahraoui was still relevant for Morocco before Sunday.

– I didn’t know about it until yesterday. I found out from Smerud (Leif Gunnar, U21 coach), said Solbakken.

He said it was up to the 21-year-old himself to decide where he wanted to play, and Solbakken also highlighted the “good feeling”.

– He is a very good footballer, and he probably knows that he might be able to get an A international match for both countries. So it’s up to him. He was the one who had to get a good feeling. And that is his choice.

– Could it be more appropriate to take him out now to lock him into Norway?

– No, that’s not how it works. Everything depends on performance. We have two important games now, so no tactics to lock it to Norway. That’s not how it should be, said the national team manager, adding that Sahraoui was strong in the U21 national team and knew he was very wanted in the Norwegian national team system.

Talks with Morocco

Sahraoui has been a key part of Norway’s U21 national team, which qualified for the European Cup next summer. However, that did not prevent the 21-year-old from playing with the Norwegian flag on his chest at national team A level.

The Oslo boy confirmed he was also in talks with the Moroccan association.

– I had a dialogue with both parties, but nothing concrete in terms of summoning. Just a small talk, Sahraoui said.

He felt wanted by both national teams.

– I feel that both like my style and me as a person, and that something might happen. But we’ll see when that happens.