Team GB must deal with the emotion of playing at the Olympics – Hege Riise
By Nick Mashiter, PA, Tokyo
Hege Riise has urged Team GB to forget their emotions if they want to clinch Olympic gold.
Riise’s squad start their campaign against Chile in Group E in Sapporo on Wednesday – two days before the opening ceremony in Tokyo.
Riise won gold with Norway at the Sydney Games in 2000 after losing the opening match 2-0 to the United States, before going on to beat them 3-2 in the final.
It gives the former midfielder important perspective, which she believes will be key in Japan.
Team GB must deal with the emotion of playing at the Olympics – Hege Riise
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Players met at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens. (Photo: Zac Goodwin via Imago)
There was no fancy ‘big reveal’ on the day we finally learnt which footballers had made the cut for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. Rather, the names of Team GB boss Hege Riise’s first-choice 18, plus four reserves, were announced before most people in Britain had eaten their breakfasts,
writes Catherine Etoe.
It was an early start for the players too, gathering as they did at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens while the morning dew was still glistening on the grass. Ahead of them lay a long day, from trying on their new kit, posing for photos in a Japanese garden and ‘meeting’ the media.