– I heard it, definitely. It was incredibly fun. It reminds me that this is where I really want to be. That’s the dream, said the 19-year-old when he met a group of press in the interview zone at the national team arena right after Erling Braut Haaland.
Nusa immediately became a crowd favorite when he made his debut for the national team in September last year, but he took the step to a new level during this gathering, where he drove the opponents to despair, scoring three goals and preparing for three as Norway won 4-1 and 5 -0.
A few minutes after the end of the match, the Norwegian players could also run a lap of honor at Ullevaal as group winners and A-nation.
Didn’t think about it
– To be honest, I didn’t think about the second game at all, I just focused on ours. That’s why I was a bit shocked when I heard that Austria and Slovenia played a draw. We had talked about having to do the job today, and that was really the only thing on my mind, said Nusa.
Ståle Solbakken said at the press conference that deliberate steps have been taken to get the best out of the young jewel.
– We have set him up correctly, because I believe that he is quite a lot better on the left than on the right. He gets some freedom, but not much, and then it’s about creating the right constellations around him. And then he is full of self-confidence, because he knows he has confidence, said the national team manager.
– It is also very important that he has a surplus. In the last 4-5 games in Leipzig, he has been a kind of rough worker. He has been running back and forth, but has not had any maximum actions. They are the ones who allow you to pass players, and then it is very important that he is taken down between games. “Before our first game (in Slovenia) he didn’t train anything,” he added.
Praise Rose
Solbakken is no stranger to having a chat with Leipzig coach Marco Rose about it.
– I will not interfere in the clubs’ assessments, but Rose is a fantastic guy who can stand a discussion, he said.
– I have spoken to Ståle about how we are going to do it. It’s about communication. I’m a young player, and it’s important to take care of the ability to do the things I can do in battle as much as possible, said Nusa himself.
He enjoys evenings like Sunday.
– It hasn’t been long since my national team debut. I’m just taking it day by day and I’m happy that things have turned out the way they have, he said of his career, before ending by assuring that he had no plans to wreak havoc with the big boys at the party as he usually does on the pitch.