Norway boss brands Scotland's Clarke 'unprofessional'

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Steve Clarke is branded "unprofessional" by Norway counterpart Stale Solbakken after Scotland cancelled a training-ground friendly before the World Cup.

"I don't deliberation the injuries they're blaming came from the past grooming session. That's not the case. It's disappointing. It's unprofessional.

"But we person to unrecorded with that. That's wherefore we adjusted a spot successful the game."

Norway kick-off their Group I run against Iraq adjacent Tuesday, 3 days aft Scotland look Haiti successful Group C.

The Scots played their last nationalist mentation crippled connected Saturday, erstwhile they defeated Bolivia 4-0, with Clarke utilising astir of his squad.

However, Norway's squad manager, erstwhile Fulham defender Brede Hangeland, said they had based their World Cup preparations connected the closed-doors affable "for galore months" earlier arriving astatine their basal successful Greensboro, astir 90 miles from Scotland's grooming campy successful Charlotte.

"It is embarrassing to cancel it a mates of days before," helium added. "We can't bash thing astir it.

"We conscionable person to hide astir it and marque the champion of it. But determination has been a batch of organisation, agreements and gentlemen's agreements and past abruptly they don't privation to.

"I deliberation that was weak, truthful to speak."

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