Na Norway team wey dey prepare for dia historic World Cup quarter-final match against England don get big wahala. Sickness bug don scatter dia camp, and e dey cause serious concern for coach Stale Solbakken and di players.
After dia stunning victory over Brazil, where Erling Haaland score two goals for di 79th and 90th minutes, Norway don book dia place for di quarter-finals for di first time ever. But di celebration no last long as sickness start to spread.
Di manager reveal say “coughing and rasping” don affect di travelling group of more dan 50 players and staff. “We really only get Jorgen wey get fever. But den di coughing and rasping don spread evenly scattered,” Solbakken tell media. “But air conditioning, flights, changing rooms, and all dat. We over 50 people, so e go be strange if one or two no fall sick.”
Dis sickness don already affect Norway dia World Cup campaign. Striker Jorgen Strand Larsen miss dia opening match against Iraq because of sickness. And full-back Marcus Holmgren Pedersen miss di Brazil match with bug. Cameras even catch Solbakken coughing violently while e dey yarn to press.
Di travel schedule also dey add to di problem. According to Dagbladet, exhaustion, illness, and di demands of constant travel don leave Haaland and di team for serious trouble. Since dem arrive for America, di squad hardly get time to settle. North Carolina be dia base, but dem travel plenty miles to play matches. Dem go Boston two times for di group stage, and also go New Jersey to face Senegal. Dem later defeat Ivory Coast 2-1 for Dallas before returning to New Jersey to beat Brazil.
Now, with sickness dey worry dem, di team go report for Miami on Tuesday to acclimatize before Saturday mega clash. Meanwhile, England dey take few days rest after defeating Mexico 3-2 for Azteca Stadium. Di match go be intense for Hard Rock Stadium as Norway and England go fight for semi-final spot.
Norway fans dey pray make di sickness bug no affect di team too much, because dem never reach dis stage before and dem want make history. But with illness dey spread, e no be easy thing.
