Giants saw brilliant Andreas Schjelderup start for Norway for the first time and score his first international goal

Norway without captain Martin Ødegaard, who is still injured, and super striker Erling Braut Haaland, who is being rested, met the Netherlands for a friendly match as part of the run-up to a World Cup this summer that everyone is wondering if it is possible to carry out.

Andreas Schjelderup, who has already convinced Barcelona, got to start for Norway for the first time and thanked for the trust from national team manager Ståle Solbakken by scoring the first goal of the match, which was also the 21-year-old’s first goal for Norway. – Or as TV 2’s football expert Yaw Amankwah said “The boy has become a man, and the 1-0 score of Andreas Schjelderup testifies to a player in the shape of his life before the World Cup”.

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Fantastic development and as a well-known demented orange politician would say “Hot, really hot, hotter than ever”

There were many scouts in the stands last night as well. – They got to see Norway play a brilliant first half, but then at the start of the second half a lot of strange things happened that finally led to the final score Netherlands 2 – Norway 1.

Norwegian players are doing well around the major European leagues – and out in Europe such as Bodø/Glimt. This season, Andreas Schjelderup has played his way onto Barcelona’s radar, much to the annoyance of Benfica manager Jose Mourinho. “The special one” overlooked the left winger from Bodø for a long time, but gradually Jose Mourinho has apparently also seen, as TV2 that Schjelderup is no longer a boy, but a man.

Barcelona’s interest is not new, at the beginning of March, scouts from the La Liga giant sat in the stands and watched the “player of the match”.

In the Champions League, Andreas Schjelderup scored twice as the “player of the match” in the wild 4-2 win over Real Madrid at the end of January. On March 2, the 21-year-old was back as the match winner and the best of the match. This time, the Barcelona scouts sat ready in the stands and took notes diligently.

According to the Spanish newspaper Diario AS, Barcelona are very interested in the Norwegian winger. Sporting director Deco is said to have personally been given the overall responsibility for following Schjelderup’s development closely. The interest is said to be so concrete that Barcelona had scouts physically present in the stands during the clash in the Portuguese league and now Thursday’s international match. Schjelderup responded to the interest by playing steadily better.

Barcelona is not alone, also Villarreal, who have very good experience with Norwegian players (Alexander Sørloth) and Roma, who Jose Mourinho does not have a particularly good relationship with, follow Andreas Schjelderup closely. – There are rumours that Liverpool were present at the Johan Cruijff Arena on Friday night, but Sporten.com have not been able to confirm that.

The road so far:

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