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Hamilton Spectator
4 days ago
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- Hamilton Spectator
Euro 2025: Norway stars Hegerberg and Graham Hansen return for first quarterfinal in 12 years
GENEVA (AP) — They were star prospects aged 18 when Norway last played in the quarterfinals at the Women's European Championship. Now 12 years on, Ada Hegerberg and Caroline Graham Hansen — a Ballon d'Or winner and a runner-up in the voting, respectively — are team leaders for Norway's first game in the knockout rounds since Euro 2013, against Italy on Wednesday. 'People expect things from us now,' Graham Hansen acknowledged Tuesday, calling their situation today a 'complete difference.' 'We were like 18 and nobody expected nothing from us. We also just wanted to show what we could contribute at the time,' she said while sitting alongside Hegerberg. 'I wasn't playing with much pressure at all (in 2013),' said Graham Hansen, who started in the final that Norway lost 1-0 to Germany. 'I was just going for it.' Graham Hansen and Hegerberg have combined to score 102 national-team goals, and the first of those at a major tournament was in that quarterfinal game in 2013 in Sweden. Hegerberg got Norway's third in a 3-1 win over Spain with a curling shot that went in off a post. Both have added one goal each in Switzerland this month to help Norway sweep the group stage with three victories. Hansen's crafty 84th-minute goal sealed a 2-1 win over Finland and sent Norway into the last eight with a game to spare. 'The start couldn't be any better,' Hegerberg said in translated comments. 'We can enjoy that we have such a strong position.' A new generation also is emerging, and one highly rated prospect made her mark when Norway was already sure to top its group that included Switzerland and rested both standout forwards. Signe Gaupset, who turned 20 last month, scored twice early in a 4-3 win over Iceland on Thursday. She was youngest player in the tournament's 41-year history to do that and later added two assists for Frida Maanum's goals. 'She's young, and that is additional motivation to take the opportunities you get,' Graham Hansen said of Gaupset, as if describing her younger self. 'She's a big talent.' Norway coach Gemma Grainger said Gaupset's performance 'wasn't much of a surprise to any of us' though would not be drawn if the Brann winger will retain her place on the left flank to face Italy. The winner Wednesday in Geneva will return to the city next Tuesday for a semifinal against either Sweden or England. ___ AP soccer:
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Euro 2025: Norway stars Hegerberg and Graham Hansen return for first quarterfinal in 12 years
GENEVA (AP) — They were star prospects aged 18 when Norway last played in the quarterfinals at the Women's European Championship. Now 12 years on, Ada Hegerberg and Caroline Graham Hansen — a Ballon d'Or winner and a runner-up in the voting, respectively — are team leaders for Norway's first game in the knockout rounds since Euro 2013, against Italy on Wednesday. 'People expect things from us now,' Graham Hansen acknowledged Tuesday, calling their situation today a 'complete difference.' 'We were like 18 and nobody expected nothing from us. We also just wanted to show what we could contribute at the time,' she said while sitting alongside Hegerberg. 'I wasn't playing with much pressure at all (in 2013),' said Graham Hansen, who started in the final that Norway lost 1-0 to Germany. 'I was just going for it.' Graham Hansen and Hegerberg have combined to score 102 national-team goals, and the first of those at a major tournament was in that quarterfinal game in 2013 in Sweden. Hegerberg got Norway's third in a 3-1 win over Spain with a curling shot that went in off a post. Both have added one goal each in Switzerland this month to help Norway sweep the group stage with three victories. Hansen's crafty 84th-minute goal sealed a 2-1 win over Finland and sent Norway into the last eight with a game to spare. 'The start couldn't be any better,' Hegerberg said in translated comments. 'We can enjoy that we have such a strong position.' A new generation also is emerging, and one highly rated prospect made her mark when Norway was already sure to top its group that included Switzerland and rested both standout forwards. Signe Gaupset, who turned 20 last month, scored twice early in a 4-3 win over Iceland on Thursday. She was youngest player in the tournament's 41-year history to do that and later added two assists for Frida Maanum's goals. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. 'She's young, and that is additional motivation to take the opportunities you get,' Graham Hansen said of Gaupset, as if describing her younger self. 'She's a big talent.' Norway coach Gemma Grainger said Gaupset's performance 'wasn't much of a surprise to any of us' though would not be drawn if the Brann winger will retain her place on the left flank to face Italy. The winner Wednesday in Geneva will return to the city next Tuesday for a semifinal against either Sweden or England. ___ AP soccer:
Fox Sports
4 days ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Euro 2025: Norway stars Hegerberg and Graham Hansen return for first quarterfinal in 12 years
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — They were star prospects aged 18 when Norway last played in the quarterfinals at the Women's European Championship. Now 12 years on, Ada Hegerberg and Caroline Graham Hansen — a Ballon d'Or winner and a runner-up in the voting, respectively — are team leaders for Norway's first game in the knockout rounds since Euro 2013, against Italy on Wednesday. 'People expect things from us now,' Graham Hansen acknowledged Tuesday, calling their situation today a 'complete difference.' 'We were like 18 and nobody expected nothing from us. We also just wanted to show what we could contribute at the time,' she said while sitting alongside Hegerberg. 'I wasn't playing with much pressure at all (in 2013),' said Graham Hansen, who started in the final that Norway lost 1-0 to Germany. 'I was just going for it.' Graham Hansen and Hegerberg have combined to score 102 national-team goals, and the first of those at a major tournament was in that quarterfinal game in 2013 in Sweden. Hegerberg got Norway's third in a 3-1 win over Spain with a curling shot that went in off a post. Both have added one goal each in Switzerland this month to help Norway sweep the group stage with three victories. Hansen's crafty 84th-minute goal sealed a 2-1 win over Finland and sent Norway into the last eight with a game to spare. 'The start couldn't be any better,' Hegerberg said in translated comments. 'We can enjoy that we have such a strong position.' A new generation also is emerging, and one highly rated prospect made her mark when Norway was already sure to top its group that included Switzerland and rested both standout forwards. Signe Gaupset, who turned 20 last month, scored twice early in a 4-3 win over Iceland on Thursday. She was youngest player in the tournament's 41-year history to do that and later added two assists for Frida Maanum's goals. 'She's young, and that is additional motivation to take the opportunities you get,' Graham Hansen said of Gaupset, as if describing her younger self. 'She's a big talent.' Norway coach Gemma Grainger said Gaupset's performance 'wasn't much of a surprise to any of us' though would not be drawn if the Brann winger will retain her place on the left flank to face Italy. The winner Wednesday in Geneva will return to the city next Tuesday for a semifinal against either Sweden or England. ___ AP soccer:
The Hindu
07-07-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Women's Euro 2025: Graham Hansen scores winner for Norway as it almost guarantees quarterfinal spot
Caroline Graham Hansen's winning strike for Norway against Finland on Sunday will barely register among the best goals of her career, but it almost guarantees her country a shot at redemption after years of Euro heartbreak. Her cross from a tight angle dipped over the Finnish keeper before hitting the far post and flying into the net in the 84th minute, a just reward after she displayed the full extent of her dribbling skills to set up the chance. 'It was intuition, you try the thing no one expects, and then it goes in. I have no better explanation than that,' Graham Hansen told Norway's TV2 after her side's 2-1 win. 'It's lovely, especially when it was such a messy game. You feel that you are not quite where you want to be, so getting three points and getting to the quarterfinals is lovely,' she added. After beating host Switzerland 2-1 in their opener on Wednesday, Norway is all but guaranteed a spot in the last eight. ALSO READ: Mexico beats USA 2-1 to retain CONCACAF Gold Cup, lifts title for record-extending 10th time If Iceland fails to beat Switzerland later on Sunday, the Norwegians will go through to the knockout stage as group winner and will play the runner-up in Group B, which features Spain, Italy, Belgium and Portugal. For the likes of Graham Hansen, team captain Ada Hegerberg and former captain Maren Mjelde, getting through to the knockout stages will offer them a chance at redemption following more than a decade of underachievement at the Euros. That trio all featured in Norway's last game in the knockout stage of the competition, the 2013 final, in which Graham Hansen won one of two penalties the Norwegians missed in a 1-0 defeat by Germany. They exited at the group stage in 2017 and 2022, suffering a record 8-0 loss to eventual winners England last time out. 'We want to get her to take people on, there's nobody better at that than Caroline, and she finished with a fantastic goal that is incredibly important for us,' Hegerberg said. Norway faces Iceland in its final group game on Thursday.
The Advertiser
07-07-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Lucky Norway first into quarter-finals at Euros
Norway have ridden their luck again to beat Finland 2-1 and reached the Euro 2025 quarter-finals thanks to Switzerland's later 2-0 victory over now eliminated Iceland. Caroline Graham Hansen set up the opener and scored the winner in Sion for Norway, who will finish top of Group A whatever happens in the last round of matches on Thursday given head-to-head tiebreakers. "We managed to get three points somehow, but that's what counts in championships. There's a bit of work to do, but we're winning, which helps," Graham Hansen told NRK as Norway became the first side into the last eight. The twice champions, very fortunate to beat the Swiss hosts in their opener, took an early lead when Graham Hansen was given too much room on the right and her low cross deflected in off Finland's Eva Nyström. The Scandinavians then twice hit the woodwork as they looked to increase the lead. But the Finns also looked dangerous at the other end and it was little surprise when the equaliser came on 32 minutes through a fine strike by Oona Sevenius - all after Norway had carelessly given the ball away. Finnish dominance continued in the second period and Eveliina Summanen struck the post from distance. Norway then came back into it and went close through Guro Reiten's overhead kick and Graham Hansen. The tricky winger later found the winner on 84 minutes when her cross went in off the post. The Barcelona forward has now scored at successive Euros, as well as at the 2019 and 2023 World Cups. It was hard on Finland who must now wait until the group finale on Thursday when they meet Switzerland in a make-or-break clash for second spot and last-eight qualification. The Swiss had dominated Norway in their bow as hosts in Basel on Wednesday but left with nothing. This time in the Bern rain, with a brand new front pairing, Pia Sundhage's side did not let the Icelanders off the hook as Géraldine Reuteler scored on 76 minutes and Alayah Pilgrim netted late on. They moved level on three points with Finland and left Iceland out of contention on zero. The hosts looked lacklustre until midway through the first half when Svenja Fölmli headed in a corner via a deflection, but it was ruled out on video review for a block. Switzerland's Iman Beney then fired just wide and went close with a header either side of the break. Iceland were always in the game, but Reuteler won it for the jubilant home side after a neat move. Pilgrim then added the gloss for only a second ever Euro win for the Swiss women. World champions Spain face Belgium and Italy take on Portugal in Group B on Monday with both looking for their second wins. Norway have ridden their luck again to beat Finland 2-1 and reached the Euro 2025 quarter-finals thanks to Switzerland's later 2-0 victory over now eliminated Iceland. Caroline Graham Hansen set up the opener and scored the winner in Sion for Norway, who will finish top of Group A whatever happens in the last round of matches on Thursday given head-to-head tiebreakers. "We managed to get three points somehow, but that's what counts in championships. There's a bit of work to do, but we're winning, which helps," Graham Hansen told NRK as Norway became the first side into the last eight. The twice champions, very fortunate to beat the Swiss hosts in their opener, took an early lead when Graham Hansen was given too much room on the right and her low cross deflected in off Finland's Eva Nyström. The Scandinavians then twice hit the woodwork as they looked to increase the lead. But the Finns also looked dangerous at the other end and it was little surprise when the equaliser came on 32 minutes through a fine strike by Oona Sevenius - all after Norway had carelessly given the ball away. Finnish dominance continued in the second period and Eveliina Summanen struck the post from distance. Norway then came back into it and went close through Guro Reiten's overhead kick and Graham Hansen. The tricky winger later found the winner on 84 minutes when her cross went in off the post. The Barcelona forward has now scored at successive Euros, as well as at the 2019 and 2023 World Cups. It was hard on Finland who must now wait until the group finale on Thursday when they meet Switzerland in a make-or-break clash for second spot and last-eight qualification. The Swiss had dominated Norway in their bow as hosts in Basel on Wednesday but left with nothing. This time in the Bern rain, with a brand new front pairing, Pia Sundhage's side did not let the Icelanders off the hook as Géraldine Reuteler scored on 76 minutes and Alayah Pilgrim netted late on. They moved level on three points with Finland and left Iceland out of contention on zero. The hosts looked lacklustre until midway through the first half when Svenja Fölmli headed in a corner via a deflection, but it was ruled out on video review for a block. Switzerland's Iman Beney then fired just wide and went close with a header either side of the break. Iceland were always in the game, but Reuteler won it for the jubilant home side after a neat move. Pilgrim then added the gloss for only a second ever Euro win for the Swiss women. World champions Spain face Belgium and Italy take on Portugal in Group B on Monday with both looking for their second wins. Norway have ridden their luck again to beat Finland 2-1 and reached the Euro 2025 quarter-finals thanks to Switzerland's later 2-0 victory over now eliminated Iceland. Caroline Graham Hansen set up the opener and scored the winner in Sion for Norway, who will finish top of Group A whatever happens in the last round of matches on Thursday given head-to-head tiebreakers. "We managed to get three points somehow, but that's what counts in championships. There's a bit of work to do, but we're winning, which helps," Graham Hansen told NRK as Norway became the first side into the last eight. The twice champions, very fortunate to beat the Swiss hosts in their opener, took an early lead when Graham Hansen was given too much room on the right and her low cross deflected in off Finland's Eva Nyström. The Scandinavians then twice hit the woodwork as they looked to increase the lead. But the Finns also looked dangerous at the other end and it was little surprise when the equaliser came on 32 minutes through a fine strike by Oona Sevenius - all after Norway had carelessly given the ball away. Finnish dominance continued in the second period and Eveliina Summanen struck the post from distance. Norway then came back into it and went close through Guro Reiten's overhead kick and Graham Hansen. The tricky winger later found the winner on 84 minutes when her cross went in off the post. The Barcelona forward has now scored at successive Euros, as well as at the 2019 and 2023 World Cups. It was hard on Finland who must now wait until the group finale on Thursday when they meet Switzerland in a make-or-break clash for second spot and last-eight qualification. The Swiss had dominated Norway in their bow as hosts in Basel on Wednesday but left with nothing. This time in the Bern rain, with a brand new front pairing, Pia Sundhage's side did not let the Icelanders off the hook as Géraldine Reuteler scored on 76 minutes and Alayah Pilgrim netted late on. They moved level on three points with Finland and left Iceland out of contention on zero. The hosts looked lacklustre until midway through the first half when Svenja Fölmli headed in a corner via a deflection, but it was ruled out on video review for a block. Switzerland's Iman Beney then fired just wide and went close with a header either side of the break. Iceland were always in the game, but Reuteler won it for the jubilant home side after a neat move. Pilgrim then added the gloss for only a second ever Euro win for the Swiss women. World champions Spain face Belgium and Italy take on Portugal in Group B on Monday with both looking for their second wins.
