Norway train and talk ahead of crucial Euro qualifying match against Italy on Tuesday (13th October)

Script: SOUNDBITE (English) Norway coach Per-Mathias Hogmo:

"I'm very pleased with the way we have improved, we had a young team for the last year, and many players have been growing in their clubs and taking that into the national team. We had a lot of injured players the last season, like Markus (Henriksen) and so on, who have been coming to the team and giving us strength, and we have been playing together now for some games with much of the same players, and that has made us stronger both in the defence and of course in the offensive part."

SOUNDBITE (English) Norway midfielder Markus Henriksen:

"It's going to be a very tough game, Italy is the biggest team in this group, but I think we are very looking forward to this game. It's going to be tough but we are ready."