挪威那辆流畅现代的车型能否在1994届失败的地方取得成功？

斯托勒·索尔巴肯的快速灵活阵容远非上届世界杯那种简洁无华的阵容，但新的挑战在等待着他们：如果挪威这被看好的一代需要历史的警示，他们只需回顾32年前，从又一个炽热、悬念十足的美国夏天中汲取教训。他们通过资格赛击败英格兰，首次晋级自1938年以来的世界杯;

来源: The Guardian Football

Ståle Solbakken’s fast, flexible side are far from the no-frills unit that last made the World Cup but new challenges await

If Norway’s highly fancied generation need a warning from history they need only look back 32 years and study the lessons from another searing, suspenseful American summer. They had raced through qualifying at England’s expense to reach their first World Cup since 1938; their top players were starting to make it in the Premier League and through the euphoria shone a confidence that a place in the knockout stage, at least, was there to be seized.

“When we got there we didn’t manage to even get close to the quality of play we had produced in qualification,” remembers Lars Bohinen, one of the silkier elements in a side that, under Egil Olsen, became renowned for an uncompromising and no-frills approach. “That’s the biggest disappointment when I talk now to my old teammates. We never got near to performing at the level we needed.”