Erling Haaland: It’s nice to play for your country, but it’s different to face Arsenal or the Czech Republic. I’m not going to lie, the difference is really big

This Friday the Czech national football team will play Norway. The biggest star of Norway is the Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, who came in front of the journalists and answered their questions. But one of his answers will not please the fans of our country.

The Czech Republic is about to play its first match under coach Ivan Hašek. On Friday at 6pm they will play in Norway, where they will want to get in tune with the summer European Championships.

The biggest star of our opponent is Erling Haaland, who plays for Manchester City and is one of the best footballers in the world. It was he who sat down in front of the journalists at the press conference and answered their questions.

Haaland at the press conference

“It’s nice to play for your country, but it’s different to face Arsenal or the Czech Republic. I won’t lie, the difference is really big. But the Czechs are going to the Euros, so they are better than us. They have good players and I expect it to be an even match,” he said.

Norway finished third behind Spain and Scotland in the qualification, so the players will only have to watch the game on TV. As for the strength of the two teams, they last played each other in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

Back then, the Czechs won 2-1 at home and drew 1-1 in Norway. The Czech Republic finished third behind Germany and Northern Ireland, while Norway was fourth with a two-point loss to our selection.

Haaland himself is not too sad that Norway did not qualify for the summer EURO. The reason is simple, and that is the demanding schedule. “Of course it’s unpleasant to sit at home when the European Championship is being played, but I’ll be honest now. For me it means five or six less games in the season.

I can finally rest. Sometimes I think I haven’t relaxed properly since my time in Molde. It will be nice to have some rest, but of course I would like to play at the European Championship,” he added.

Source: iSport