Solbakken praises effort from outpaced second-string Norway side

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]France[/a] striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]‌Ousmane Dembele[/a] scored a first-half hat-trick against the ‌Norwegians, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/solbakken-stale/pxok8eTM/"]Solbakken[/a] resting 10 of their 11 regular starters, including ‌top scorer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland[/a], ahead of the Round of ‌32 next week where they face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ivory-coast/G2FRjBgn/"]Ivory Coast[/a].[/p][p]"[b]It goes very fast when we lose the ball a few times,[/b]" Solbakken said. "[b]Offensively, we created ‌chances throughout the whole game, so the ⁠boys should have credit for ‌that. It was not only in the second half that we ​created chances, we created big chances.[/b]"[/p][p]Striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsen-jorgen/lQ5EYyWg/"]Jorgen Strand Larsen[/a] blew a chance to get [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a] back into ​the game early in the second half when his soft penalty was saved by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maignan-mike/S6gN2QNC/"]Mike Maignan[/a].[/p][p]"[b]We had four big chances ⁠in the first ​half, so I think we deserve credit for it, but you can't lose the ball in certain areas here, because it goes so fast the other way[/b]," Solbakken said.[/p][embed guid="369d9bcd-2b5f-477b-b1a5-09bee4c6bb86" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypd0RywpHjU" social-type="youtube" /][p]His team, having ‌finished second in the group on six points, three behind France, will now prepare for their knockout round game against the Africans on June 30 in Dallas.[/p][p]That was also the reason Solbakken rested so many players, much to the disappointment of fans eager to see Haaland in action.[/p][p]"[b]Now it's about charging up the batteries - remember that the break we had from the last game is the shortest the team ‌has had in the tournament, and now a new game ​is coming up in four days,[/b]" Solbakken said.[/p][p]"[b]The only ‌argument for not doing what we did[/b] (resting 10 players) [b]is that the fans around Norway and here could have seen Erling and[/b] (captain) [b]Martin [/b]([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/odegaard-martin/ID32TGhp/"]Odegaard[/a]), [b]but then it wouldn't be a long World Cup, and that's what we're here ⁠for - we're here to ⁠go as far as ‌possible.[/b]"[/p]