When the final whistle went at the De Adelaarshorst stadium in Holland on July 24, 2017, Ada Hegerberg had had enough.
Then, aged just 21, the talented striker was ready to quit the national team. One month later, she did just that.
Norway had failed miserably at the European Championships finishing bottom of Group A without a single point or goal to speak of on their return home.
After a disastrous 2017 Euros, Ada Hegerberg decided to quit the Norwegian national team
Now, Norway are competing at the 2019 World Cup without the world's best player in the side
But this decision to step away was about what Hegerberg has later clarified as a 'lack of respect' towards the women's team, in comparison to the men's.
On the face of it, casual fans assumed pay was the issue. In 2017, the Norwegian Football Federation signed an agreement on equal pay with the country's male and female players. And yet Hegerberg is still not making herself available for selection for the national team.
In her mind, the failure at the Euros highlighted how far down the priority list the women's team was and despite her age, she was never going to shy away from speaking her mind.
One anecdote from the Euros that has proven to be Hegerberg's last in Norway red and blue was that the women's team were given one shirt each for the tournament. Add into that the story that the boots that arrived were in the wrong size for players and it became clearer and clearer to the Lyon striker that someone needed to make a stand.
Nobody watching the national team in France this month can do so without thinking of Hegerberg. If it were Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo the demand to see them appeased and reinstated would be overwhelming.
Then again, both Messi and Ronaldo would not have been asked if they could 'twerk' when collecting the Ballon d'Or award – as Hegerberg was.
The fact that a 23-year-old striker who boasts 14 trophies and was the first ever recipient of the female Ballon d'Or may never appear for her country again taints events like the World Cup. Fans want to see the best face the best and with Hegerberg watching from afar, that simply is not the case.
The 2017 Euros was littered with controversy including the squad only having one shirt each
A month after Norway's group stage exit, Hegerberg posted a statement to reveal she quits
In an explosive interview, which ran just before the World Cup, with Norwegian outlets Josimar and Morgenbladet, Hegerberg opened up on her fight and how 'nightmares' ultimately pushed her away from playing for Norway.
'At so many camps. I have been broken mentally,' she said. 'It has been a deeply depressing feeling.
2010-11: Kolbotn (31 apps, 15 goals)
2012: Stabaek (26 apps, 33 goals)
2012-14: Turbine Potsdam (33 apps, 14 goals)
2014-19: Lyon (154 apps, 184 goals)
2011-17: Norway (66 caps, 38 goals)
'I had nightmares after being with the national team, you shouldn't have things like that. If you want to get anywhere in life you have to make choices.'
Hegerberg, long a poster girl for the NFF and Norwegian football, has a number of supporters for her cause but Real Madrid's Martin Odegaard recently made his feelings clear, helping divide a nation on whether it was brave or a betrayal from Hegerberg.
