Claims Haaland’s behavior provokes reactions in Sweden: – Immature

Claims Haaland’s behavior provokes reactions in Sweden: – Immature
Claims Haaland’s behavior provokes reactions in Sweden: – Immature
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STOCKHOLM (Nettavisen): Most of it has been about the Norwegian superstar before Sunday’s meeting between Norway and Sweden at Friends Arena.

However, it is not only Norwegian journalists who have been curious about what the Swedish players think about Haaland.

Swedish media also peppered their national team stars with questions about Jærbuen on Saturday, and Johan Flinck, who is national team reporter for Aftonbladet, says the Swedish population has a clear perception of Norway’s number nine.

– Erling Braut Haaland is perceived as a young goal machine and a physical unique who spreads an ambition in his game. Sometimes it can seem like he is behaving immaturely off the field. Sweden’s population has also followed the transition saga with an arguing eye, and the City purchase has received a lot of attention in Swedish newspapers, the reporter tells Nettavisen.

– Immature in what way?

– Then I think especially of how he behaves in certain interview situations, and when he trained on Marbella wearing a football suit with Qatar advertising. But he is young, so there may be youthful ignorance.

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– Will never have an understanding of it

Flinck is aiming for a training session from Spain where Erling Braut Haaland trained wearing a Boca Juniors suit. The club is sponsored by Qatar Airways on the front of the suit, and Ståle Solbakken stated afterwards that “if I had a choice, he would have had another jersey”, despite the fact that the training was not under the auspices of the national team.

There has never been greater pressure around a Norwegian national team player ever before than there is now, and Haaland was, among other things, shielded from the media during the gathering in March while the club situation was unclear.

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So far during the June rally, he has addressed one press conference, in addition to an interview he did with TV 2 after the victory against Serbia.

Flinck, however, has little understanding that the Jærbu is shielded from media reports.

– As a journalist, I will never have an understanding of such a move. It is not the case that Haaland is 17 years old and broke through three months ago. No, he has been in the spotlight for a couple of years already and has a father who has been a national team star and Premier League professional. Haaland does not need to be protected in that way. The effect is often the opposite of what the association and the people around him had in mind.

The Swede has covered the national team for a number of years, and has been close to Zlatan Ibrahimovic who has had a similar pressure on him.

– There were big problems around Zlatan and the media the first seven or eight years on the national team. He did not talk to Aftonbladet in six or seven years, and boycotted SVT at one point as well, he says.

– He could often be difficult and short at press conferences, so you could clearly see that he did not like the media. But then he became more mature and there were new faces in the national team management, which has meant that there has hardly been any problem in the last ten years. Lately, Zlatan has been the most interesting character at the national team’s press conferences, and he responds to almost anything. He often has thoughtful and wise answers, no matter the question.

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Ståle Solbakken also drew attention to the comparison with Zlatan when he was asked by a Swedish reporter at Saturday’s press conference what it is like to train a player with the status Haaland has received.

– It’s a bit like Zlatan. How much should he sit here, and what should he say about. We must have great respect for the fact that the interest around him is at a level we have never seen in Norway, and I think he handles it well both internally and externally. I think it’s hard to understand the situation he’s in.

Shortly afterwards, he was asked if they have a desire to use him more in the media context, to create even more interest around the Norwegian national team.

– At this gathering he has had a press conference and been with the licensee, and we have played one match. We can not count on anything more, but this will probably be an “issue” in the next 10-12 years, so we will only have to deal with it as best we can.

Ødegaard: – He does not care

Jærbuen won the match against Serbia with their 1-0 scoring, and is expected to start as a midfielder in front of a sold out Friends Arena on Sunday night.

Both Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), Ludwig Augustinsson (Sevilla) and Viktor Claesson (FC Copenhagen) were asked several questions about Haaland when they met the press on Saturday, while Martin Ødegaard was the same when he posed for a press conference.

The Norwegian national team captain emphasizes, however, that all the writings and opinions about Haaland are only bounced off, or barely registered, by the main character himself.

– He does not care about it, so he handles it just fine. He is the same he has always been and focuses on what he can do something with, and that is to play football, score goals and now with the national team help us win matches, as he did last time, he says when asked by Nettavisen .

On Sunday, a Swedish team is waiting hard to stop. Pontus Jansson joined the national team last year, and Marcus Danielsson did the same after the World Cup place went up in March.

Filip Helander is long-term injured, and Victor Nilsson Lindelöf reported due to the collection to care for his back. Carl Starfelt had to go out with a hamstring injury in the away win against Slovenia on Thursday and is not relevant for the remaining matches in the collection.

In addition, Alexander Milosevic, who came in for Starfelt, said that he played despite a sore and swollen knee.

– Now it feels like a curse rests on Swedish midfielders. We have probably never experienced that it has been so sparsely occupied in such an important position as the midfielder is, says Flinck.

This means that the Swedes can start with a national team debutant in the central defense when Erling Braut Halaand will try to secure three new Norwegian points.

– It does not feel good that Sweden must quickly start with midfielders without international matches, against a Braut Haaland in great shape, he concludes.

The article is in Norwegian

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