Norway had a hard time getting into the football championship.
The day before the North Derby, Emil Forsberg and Ludwig Augustensson sent a few points to our western neighbor.
and against Erling Braut Haaland.
If you want to compare yourself to Zlatan, you lose every time, says Augustinson.
A draw in the Nations League derby and two Swedish players seized the opportunity to send greetings to Norway before the match.
Neither Emil Forsberg nor Ludwig Augustensson wanted to point to Sweden as a clear favourite, but during the press conference Emil Forsberg interrupted national team captain Jan Andersson in long thought about which sporting country is the best.
– Can we take pole vaulting, equestrian, duplantis and maybe Daniel Stahl? “We have some things we are good at in Sweden besides football,” Anderson said before breaking into Forsberg.
It would have been nice to have the European Championships played this summer as well, says Forsberg, in an apparent allusion to the neighboring country that missed out on the tournament.
There is a natural and positive competition. I don’t see anything negative in that, but I think we are very good in Sweden too, Jan Andersson continues.
Which sports country is the largest?
– I don’t want to comment on that, but I’m more Swedish than Norwegian.
“get lost every time”
In Norway, headlights are aimed at Erling Braut Haalandwho recently finished with Manchester City and decided Norway is away against Serbia on Wednesday.
– I think he’s got the whole package because he’s strong, fast, explosive and smart. But it is not possible to put eleven men on Erling. We should consider it a great challenge, says Emil Forsberg.
In Norway, Haaland began to earn the same status as Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the Sweden national team.
It is clear that the Norway match is definitely about Haaland and that they want him to be successful. When Zlatan was involved, the game built a lot on Zlatan, because you have to use the player’s best qualities, says Swedish left-back Ludwig Augustensson.
When Augustinson received another question about Zlatan Ibrahimovic from the Norwegian media, he laughed. The question was who is better Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Erling Braut Haaland.
– I think if you compare yourself to Zlatan, you lose every time, says Augustinson and says:
– So I don’t think you should compare yourself to Zlatan.