Norway, Solbakken on the draw ceremony: “A bizarre sight”

In addition to the Norwegian coach, the president of the football federation also had something to say about the ceremony

Al World next year the Norwaycoached by Ståle Solbakken. The Northern European country, one of the opponents ofItaly during the qualifying rounds, he will return to play the intercontinental competition afterwards 28 years old. In fact, yesterday the draws of the groups in Washington DC, capital of the United States. First a long ceremony took place and then we came to the most interesting part, namely the draws. The aforementioned coach e Lisa Klavenesspresident of the Norwegian Football Association, commented on the event.

Norway coach Solbakken comments on the draw ceremony: “It was bizarre”

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The World Cup will be played next year, which will be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States. To date, 42 Countries will play the top intercontinental football competition, while the other six will meet in March after the Play-offs. One of the national teams that will play in the World Cup is Norway, a team full of great talents among which it stands out Erling Haalandcenter forward of Manchester City. The draw assigned the Northern European selection in Group Iwhere he will face France, Senegal and one between Iraq, Bolivia And Suriname who will compete in the Play-offs. Before the draws, however, a ceremony lasting almost an hour and a half took place during which several artists performed, including Robin Williams and Andrea Bocelli.

After the event, Norwegian coach Solbakken commented on the whole event to the canal NRK declaring: “I have to be honest, it was a bizarre sight.”. Then also Lisa Klaveness, president of the Football Federation, at the microphones national press he said a few words about what happened and the FIFA Peace Prize assigned to Trump: “I don’t think I can take this seriously. We need to remain vigilant and make sure that FIFA focuses on football, not on these things. When an award has no objective criteria, jury and connections with the management, there is a risk that it could be a disguised way to politicize the organisation. The award part was long and inappropriate.”