AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Norway had spent its first 10 days at the 2023 World Cup enveloped by drama. It had teetered on the brink of crisis ever since an opening-night loss to New Zealand. It plunged in fully on Matchday 2. A Ballon d'Or winner pulled up injured. The team's best player, who'd been benched, lashed out at the coach. They all entered Sunday's Group A finale eyeing a flameout for the ages, with the world eagerly awaiting their combustion.
Graham Hansen skipped past fullbacks and danced around them, the ball seemingly tied to her foot on a string. She did precisely what she always does at Barcelona, where she became a two-time European champion and one of the premiere dribblers in the world. An audacious, crafty winger, she arrived in New Zealand at the apparent top of her game — but then everything went awry.
Ahead of their second match, against Switzerland, head coach Hege Riise shuffled her lineup — and dropped Graham Hansen, who eventually played 33 minutes off the bench. With star striker Ada Hegerberg injured in warmups, Norway failed to score again, and settled for an unsatisfactory 0-0 draw.."There's not much I can say, I feel like I'm standing here with my hands tied," she said.
There was complicated history underneath the sudden spat. Graham Hansen stepped away from the national team last summer, not long after Riise had been appointed head coach. She had also allegedly been removed from the team’s leadership group. It’s unclear how that related to her decision to step away, or how any of this affected her relationship with Riise going forward.
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