Injured Hegerberg dropped out of the national team
Norway will have to start EC qualifying without star striker Ada Hegerberg (28).
– Ada was injured in a fight. It was a tackle, a kick. He is making excellent progress, and we really hope he is ready for this collection. He really wanted to get ready. He has done everything he can, but this collection has come too quickly, national team manager Gemma Grainger told NRK.
Captain Maren Mjelde (34) is also out of the squad due to injury. Neither Hegerberg nor Mjelde have been in the playing squad for their respective club teams recently. As a result, they, among other things, missed the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where Hegerberg's Lyon and Mjelde's Chelsea both qualified.
On Maundy Thursday, the Norwegian Football Association presented its selection for the qualifiers for the upcoming European Championship. Norway plays Finland at home on April 5 and travels to the Netherlands four days later.
– The main goal is obviously to be the top two in the group. We want to go straight to the European Commission. The aim is also to perform well in the match, and for the team to have a clear identity in the game. “I want the team to get better in every game,” said national team manager Gemma Grainger in a football association press release.
Synne Jensen, who has scored a lot of goals for Real Sociedad in Spanish football, is in the Norway A squad for the first time since 2021. There is still no Emilie Haavi seen in the squad despite his good performance in Rome.
Troops:
Goalkeepers: Aurora Mikalsen (Brann), Cecilie Fiskerstrand (LSK Women), Guro Pettersen (Werder Bremen).
Defenders: Tuva Hansen (Bayern Munich), Guro Bergsvand (Brighton), Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga), Marit Bratberg Lund (Brann), Mathilde Harviken (Rosenborg), Marthine Østenstad (Brann), Emilie Marie Woldvik (LSK Women).
Midfielders: Ingrid Syrstad Engen (Barcelona), Vilde Bøe Risa (Atlético Madrid), Karina Sævik (Vålerenga), Lisa Naalsund (Manchester United), Frida Maanum (Arsenal), Justine Kielland (Brann), Guro Reiten (Chelsea), Elisabeth Terland (Brighton), Signe Gaupset (Fire).
Forwards: Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona), Sophie Román Haug (Liverpool), Celin Bizet Ildhusøy (Tottenham), Synne Jensen (Real Sociedad).
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