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– I wasn’t that far away. I was out on the pitch. When things like that happen, it’s very scary and dramatic. Those minutes will be long, but luckily it’s going very well, says Guro Reiten to NRK.

In the national team, Chelsea’s Reiten and Arsenal’s Maanum are good teammates. But during Sunday’s cup final, they were fierce rivals in pursuit of one of English football’s biggest trophies.

When Maanum suddenly fell over on the grass, however, all temporary rivalry was put aside. Instead, a deep uneasiness filled Reiten, who turned and walked away from the scene.

– She gets the best treatment she can from those around her. The rest of us stay away. We have nothing to do there. You just go and hope and believe that it will go well. And it did. It’s scary, disgusting and uncomfortable, she says.

– What goes through your head?

– Many strange things. Football becomes unimportant, first and foremost. There were a few long minutes there.

The mother with a health update

Maanum’s collapse occurred in overtime of Sunday’s final. She was taken off the pitch on a stretcher with an oxygen mask over her face.

Earlier on Tuesday, Maanum’s mother gave a long-awaited update on her daughter’s health status.

– Frida will take more tests today. There is nothing to indicate that there is something seriously wrong, says mother Liz-Heidi Leonhardsen to NRK.

It is still unclear whether Maanum will join the upcoming national team gathering. Norway’s national team manager Gemma Grainger informs NRK that they hope to make a decision during Tuesday.

– I don’t know the results of the tests, but I hope for an answer soon. Because we hope to make a decision tonight about what is best to do regarding Frida. We hope for positive responses, says the coach.

Reiten’s message to Maanum

Arsenal won the final 1–0 and became cup champions. Shortly after the match they brought good news and conveyed by Maanum was conscious.

– There is nothing to suggest that she is not in as good shape now as she was before Sunday’s game. It was of course dramatic when it happened, and you think the worst, but now I am calm and believe that this will go well, says mother Leonhardsen.

After the match, Reiten sent a message to Maanum.

– I wrote that she scared us, but that I hoped it went well and that she would have to take care of herself.

– And you got an answer?

– Yes, quite quickly. So it was pleasant, Reiten smiles.

Grainger watched the match on TV. From the time Maanum hit the ground, it took 15 minutes before she received an uplifting update on the health of the national team player. Those minutes were almost unbearable, says Grainger.

– It was awful.

Undecided about the national team meeting

Maanum is still with the club team Arsenal in London. It is not certain that she will join Norway’s national team squad before this week’s EC qualification.

The NFF confirms this to NRK.

– We have a close dialogue, but no decision has been made, media officer Henning Sverdrup tells NRK.

– As long as everything is fine with Frida and I know that she is followed up in the best possible way with tests and everything she has to go through… if she is doing that well, then of course I hope to see her here, says Reiten.

The Norwegian national team gathered in Oslo on Monday.

Qualifying for the European Championship in 2025 for Norway starts on Friday at home against Finland, before there is an away game against the Netherlands next Tuesday.