Erling Haaland was once again the focus of the Norwegian national team’s 2-1 victory in the Nations League against Sweden. The BVB departure put together a brace against the Scandinavian rivals. Rather, however, a dispute with opponent Alexander Milosevic caused a stir. Norway’s head coach Stale Solbakken did not want to overstate the incident.
The clash between Norway and Sweden was hot. Both opponents fought a gripping duel on the pitch, in which Alexander Milosevic allegedly overshot the target.
“First he called me a ***. And I can say with certainty that I’m not,” Haaland raised serious allegations against the central defender in an interview with the TV station “TV2”. “After that he said he was going to break my legs. A minute and a half later I scored. That was nice,” explained the outgoing BVB player.
Milosevic, however, denied this choice of words. “I didn’t say that. What he claims is pretty outrageous because I don’t speak Norwegian and he doesn’t speak Swedish. So I wouldn’t even know how we should communicate at all,” the Swede told Aftonbladet newspaper.
“Erling has to endure that”
Norway coach Stale Solbakken tried to downplay the incident after the game. “I think Erling has to reckon with the opponents trying to attack him both mentally and physically,” said the former 1. FC Köln coach when asked by Swedish journalists.
“That can happen in the heat of the moment. Erling has to endure that. And that also applies to Milosevic,” Solbakken said of “dag bladetquoted.
Norway will continue against Slovenia in the Nations League on Thursday.