FRANCE 98 – Norway – E. Olsen: “If we can beat Brazil, why not Italy?”

Comments made in Aix-en-Provence

Concerning the BRAZIL-NORWAY (Group A) match: “When BRAZIL scored the first goal, I knew MOROCCO was in the lead against SCOTLAND. I was already preparing a speech to explain our elimination to the Norwegian journalists.

Regarding the match against ITALY (Group B), for the moment I haven’t seen them play during this World Cup but our analysts are going to dissect their matches and their game. All that I know is that they’ve finished first in their group which was very difficult with CAMAROON, CHILE and AUSTRIA. ITALY is a very difficult team to play anyway. They’re always in the running for the World Cup. They can be dangerous, but we’re nevertheless on equal pegging with them. I say to myself: if we can beat BRAZIL, why not ITALY?”