When Graham Potter walked out to Ullevaal with the Swedish national team on 1 June, the Englishman was going to show all of Sweden that they do not travel to the World Cup as football tourists. During the first 45 minutes against Norway, it was exactly this impression “the whole of Sweden” was left with. Because talk about overrunning a sparkling good Norwegian national team without Ødegaard and Haaland. In Norway, we tried not to completely take off the already sky-high expectations before kick-off in the World Cup. A supercomputer has done the job of placing Norway on the ranking list – completely without national feelings.
Opta provides statistics in the world of football, and has the tools to collect and analyse the data, as well as calculate different scenarios.
Norway ranks among the top 10 nations in the World Cup
Givemesport has gone through the entire ranking list in the World Cup, we settle for fokousers in the top ten nations, and the most likely national teams to take the World Cup title. Because this is where the “We sacrifice everything, everything for Norway” gang is placed.
It is not only we who have great expectations for the Norwegian national team. An emotionless supercomputer has come to the same conclusion.
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