Norway’s 1-0 goal was hotly debated by Sweden following the red-shirts’ 2-1 win in Stockholm on Sunday night.

Thorsby is accused by some of having filmed himself for a penalty kick when he fell to the ground after pulling a rifle into the back of Sweden’s Emil Krafth.

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When Thorsby met the Norwegian press at the Ullevaal Stadium on Tuesday, he came prepared.

The Italian professional pulled up one of his trouser legs and revealed a cut to his leg which he believes proves there was contact between him and Kraft – and thus awarded the penalty kick.

– The point is he got his left foot out and took from me a clear scoring opportunity, because I lost my balance and fell. For me, it was punishment, Thorsby told NRK two days later.

However, NRK expert Carl-Erik Torp believes the evidence value is small.

– There’s no guarantee that it was exactly in that situation that he was targeted, but there was definitely contact in that situation, said Torp.

– The reason for the reaction was not whether there was contact or not, but the way he threw himself – that he made the most of the contact. That’s what created the discussion, Torp said.

– More than dramatic

Thorsby fully understands this.

He said that during the fight, he never thought that there would be so much commotion around the situation as it actually was.

– Man then I look at the TV pictures afterward, and then I see the doubt that other people see – that it can be judged from both directions. That I understand. After the TV picture, I saw the same thing. I’d rather say that fall was more than dramatic, I might be a bit of environmental damage from Italy. I can take it, he admits.

TV4 journalist Olof Lundh was among the harshest critics on Sunday night. He also stands tall after the brand image.

– I looked at the clip again, and it was the leg that was affected. But just because you hurt yourself doesn’t mean it’s a violation of the rules, Lundh told NRK.

He believed there was no doubt that Thorsby helped.

– It’s not what I thought: “Oh, he has a wound on his leg, obviously there is a punishment”. Damage can occur without any violation. His wounds don’t prove “dirt” to me, Lundh said.

Thorsby had to face a strong reaction from the Swedish team after the match. He told NRK he had also received a lot of personal feedback from angry Swedes in the hours and days that followed.

– Some of them are on the edge of agitation. It may have crossed that line too, he said.

– I don’t want to be called a moviegoer

According to Thorsby, he has received so much pes that he cannot reproduce what was said.

– Just read the comments column on Instagram, okay? But that’s not what’s important. What matters is everything that happened. I don’t want to be called a filmmaker, nothing I can guarantee that I am. That was probably the most difficult thing for me. I stand 100 percent for Fair gameand that’s one of the big things for me as a footballer,” he said.

Nevertheless, he didn’t let himself be too influenced by the fact that people had strong opinions about the way he behaved in Stockholm.

– It doesn’t matter. Football is emotion, and it creates a lot of emotion, and I think it’s good between Norway and Sweden. There should be a lot of emotion, and in a situation like a punishment situation, where a person thinks it is and isn’t, then obviously there will be a lot of emotion, he said.

Norway plays a new match on Thursday. Then Slovenia was waiting for Ullevaal.

Here are Norway’s winning goals against Sweden in Stockholm: