It is with an additional team that Norway will present this evening against the France team. “Honestly, I don’t care about this match a little bit now. The French will probably win against us. They will surely win the tournament”confided Erling Haaland after the Norwegian victory against Senegal (3-2) this week. These words already suggested that his team would not necessarily come with the intention of winning against the Blues. We now have confirmation of this.
According to the Norwegian media VGten changes are expected in the Ståle Solbakken eleven compared to the match against the Téranga Lions. Erling Haaland will thus be on the bench, just like Martin Ødegaard and Alexander Sorloth. Even the goalkeeper Orjan Nyland will be replaced by Egil Selvik. The only player to continue will probably be Fredrik Aursnes, already starting in the first two matches. If successful, the Blues would conclude a perfect World Cup group stage for the first time in the Deschamps era, even if the Blues coach will not be physically present. As a reminder, he returned to France this week to go to the funeral of his deceased mother.
