Norway fell to a heavy 8-0 defeat at the hands of England in the Women's Euro 2022 on Monday night. Former Liverpool left back John Arne Riise didn't hold back with his comments on the side at both halftime and fulltime in the game.
England led 6-0 at the interval after strikes from Georgia Stanway, Lauren Hemp, and braces from Ellen White and Beth Mead.
Alessio Russell added another midway through the second period before Beth Mead wrapped up her hat trick with just under ten minutes remaining.
After beating Austria in matchday one, England have now booked their place in the knockout stages with a game against Northern Ireland still to be played in the group stage.
Former Norweigan international John Arne Riise was on punditry duty for BBC and he didn't hold back while giving his thoughts on the game, especially at halftime.
" This is the biggest game in a long time for Norway and we see the attitude. I think it's embarrassing, it's pathetic because the body language and the will to fight for your country.
"Tactically all over the place, personal mistakes all over the place, defending horrible.
"It's unbelievable to see how bad Norway are today."
Take it away, John Arne … #Euro22 #ENGNOR #Sterkere pic.twitter.com/6h9jhsGLTc
— Svein Magne Kjelby (@kjelby) July 11, 2022
Riise who earned 116 caps for Norway during his playing days said that he was "shocked and surprised" about how weak Norway were.
"We were poor for 90 minutes. It was embarrassing to watch. I think the girls need to get into themselves and show character and get ready for Friday"
"It was embarrassing to watch" 😳
John Arne Riise was not holding back...#BBCFootball #BBCEuros pic.twitter.com/a8fX81zHTL— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) July 11, 2022
Some might see Riise's reaction to Norway's heavy Euro 2022 defeat against England as harsh , but it's a side that is made up of some fantastic players. 2018 Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg led the line last night with Barcelona's Caroline Graham Hansen also involved in the loss.
Euro 2022: Twitter reaction to John Arne Riise
Many people weren't expecting the former Champions League winner to look like he did on theit TV screens. Many people tweeted about the Norweigan looking like a bouncer and a lookalike to Adrian Chiles.
For a minute I thought Adrian Chiles had gone wild at the tattoo shop… But no it’s in fact Pool’s all time legendary LB, John Arne Riise 🫠🥴 #WEuro2022 pic.twitter.com/xqEIMLyLlO
— Emma Ten Ham💙🇾🇪🔴 (@EmmaHam41) July 11, 2022
John Arne Riise has morphed into Adrian Chiles#ENG #ENGNOR @BBCSport pic.twitter.com/SPlQyFgq4z
— Laura (@LauraSco88) July 11, 2022
John Arne Riise looks like he’s asking Fara Williams for ID at ‘spoons.#engnor pic.twitter.com/quAS4yVMTU
— Steve Austins Burner (@steves__burner) July 11, 2022
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