MARTIN ODEGAARD has taken aim at Scotland after the Tartan Army produced a stunning comeback to beat Norway in Oslo.
Steve Clarke’s men maintained their perfect start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign in style despite Erling Haaland opening the scoring with just half an hour left to play at the Ullevaal Stadion.
The Man City superstar scored from 12 yards after being fouled by Ryan Porteous in the box and it looked like the Scots were going home empty handed.
But Lyndon Dykes stepped up with a sensational leveller on the 87th minute – moments after the Norwegian striker was subbed off.
It was then Kenny McLean who sealed the win for the travelling Scots less than two minutes later and Clarke’s heroes held out until the final whistle.
It puts the Tartan Army on nine points after three games and they’re now in the driving seat to qualify for next year’s tournament in Germany.
But Arsenal playmaker Odegaard reckons Scotland “didn’t create anything” during the match in Oslo and believes his side should have won the tie.
Speaking on Viaplay after the match, the midfielder said: “To be honest, I didn’t think they played a great game.
“But, as you say, they have a good team spirit, they fight for each other and they stick together and they fight until the end, so, credit to them. But, I think today we were the better team so it’s a tough one to take.”
The 24-year-old added: “It’s hard to sum up, to be honest. We didn’t play a great game but I thought we controlled everything defensively without the ball, they didn’t create anything.
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“We had the lead with a few minutes to go so it shouldn’t happen.
“Yeah, very, very tough one to take so it’s hard to explain.”
When asked what it meant for his side’s qualification hopes, he wasn’t too hopeful: “It’s looking very difficult now at the moment, we have to be honest with ourselves.
“But, the only thing we can do is stick together and fight together, we have a new game on Tuesday and we have to be ready and win that game and take it from there.
“But it looks difficult now.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
