Norway had several chances of qualifying for the Euros but they never lived up to their expectations. Haaland is the best striker in the world and Odegaard is a top midfielder and captain, for both the national team and one of the best teams in the Premier League. Norway is still managing to feed Haaland, with an insane 27 goals. What gives, terrible tactics or synergy issues?
Football is a team sport. Names and clubs are important but never as important as the strength of an actual unit. You can have 11 Messi’s on the field but if you don’t know how to make a real team out of them, their potential will be wasted. If Norway had the talent of France or England they could just wing teams like Scotland with crappy team unity or bad tactics. But they only have really two good players. They need to have their team working well and they simply don’t.