This is Norway’s golden generation and tomorrow is their biggest night. Beat Estonia in Oslo and only a mathematical miracle could prevent them from qualifying for next summer’s World Cup finals ahead of Italy.
A first major tournament since 2000 is there for the taking, but on Monday evening, three days out from Estonia’s visit, Norway’s head coach, Stale Solbakken, was facing an enormous, jarring distraction.
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A bombardment of questions came in the opening stages of Solbakken’s media conference, and each was focused upon his young attacker Andreas Schjelderup, who admitted over the weekend to illegally sharing an indecent video involving two boys on the Snapchat platform when he was playing for Danish club Nordsjaelland last year. “He’s done something very stupid,” accepted Solbakken.
The contents have not yet been disclosed, but Schjelderup, now a Champions League player under Jose Mourinho with Benfica, has already accepted guilt.
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