Norwegian football phenomenon for almost a decade, the 29 -year -old attacker Ada Hegerberg is a monument in the land of midnight sun. Ten times champion of France with Olympique Lyonnais with whom she also won 6 champions leagues, she often allowed her country, Norway to go far in competitions. The one that was crowned Ballon d'Or in 2018 notably reached the final of Euro 2013 and has 93 capes for 50 goals with her country. However, the dynamics are no longer really the same for the native of Molde. Having become a replacement at Olympique Lyonnais where she only scored 7 goals in 22 appearances, passing behind Melchie Dumornay who is nevertheless training midfielder. While Marie-Antoinette Katoto will arrive next season, the situation is blurred for the player under contract until June 2027.
Before thinking about the following season and the transfer window, Ada Hegerberg therefore competes for Euro 2025 with the desire to shine with Norway. And yet the dynamics were not great for her which had not marked since October 2024 and a pawn during a large 9-0 against Albania. Mute against Northern Ireland (4-0 and 3-0) and then in six nations League matches against Iceland, France and Switzerland, Ada Hegerberg also had a low impact on June 26 during a friendly against Sweden (2-0). A dry breakdown just before Euro 2025 which had something to worry about. Last Wednesday against Switzerland during the 1st day, it was also complicated for Lyonnaise and its teammates with a fairly mediocre first period. However, Ada Hegerberg equalized before a goal against her Julia Stierli camp overturned the situation. At the end of the match, Ada Hegerberg could even have offered a double, but lacked her penalty when she had previously missed a face-to-face.
Ada Hegerberg pointed out
«We have very good offensive players in this team and it's my job to get the most out of them. What I know about this team is that when we create opportunities, we continue to create them and we will score goals, I know. So seeing Ada in the list of spacings today is very good for her, it's very good for the team. As a coach I am very confident. It's my job to get the most out of them“Try to put into perspective the selector Gemma Grainger after this first victorious outing, but very slow. The main interested party who is at the center of criticism knows that her leadership is called into question and prefers to keep the positive: “There is so much absurdities that I do not bother to comment them. We don't care. It was a deplorable first half, but the second half was very well done and it was an incredible team victory. It's great to win. The goal is that the team continues to play well and win. Sorry for unnecessary stress at the end.»
But criticisms are raining around Ada Hegerberg and her teammates. Commentator on TV2Endle Olav Osnes is struggling with the composition of the team: “When you create so little, it is just to wonder why Maanum plays on the right, and Graham Hansen plays in the third role as they play in opposite roles in the club team.»The Son of Wônst, Ernst A. Larsven Journalists the Online newspaper wonders about the role of Ada Hegerberg who is no longer as effective as before: “Does Norwegian success depend on the capacity of the fellow Ada Hegerberg to find the way to the nets? No. But, of course, it would be rewarding for the team, and of course also for Ada. Some could have interpreted my comment on Ada Hegerberg as meaning that I did not want it in the team because it does not score any more goals.»
For him it is Barcelona Caroline Graham Hansen who must become the star of the team in place of Ada Hegerberg: “Despite Norway's performance in the last games, it is not the goals of Ada Hegerberg on which we have to count. Caroline Graham Hansen is the key. Norway is struggling to dominate its opponents and we could depend on a few magical moments of Graham Hansen.»Right -wing of FC Barcelona, the 30 -year -old player who was second in the last Ballon d'Or has further exhausted the screen with the Catalan club and has to do more in this team. For her part, Ada Hegerberg will have to try to respond to criticism. If Norway is at the top of its group and has qualified in the quarter -finals, it will be necessary to do better to hope before far in this competition. With a large Ada Hegerberg it would offer more chances to the Scandinavians …
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