Will Norway’s slick modern model succeed where the class of ’94 failed?

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