OSLO, Norway (AP) — One of the biggest weeks in Norwegian soccer for a generation risks being distracted by the admission from a leading player that he is likely to be convicted of sharing an illegal video.

Andreas Schjelderup, the 21-year-old Norway winger who plays for Portuguese club Benfica, said on social media over the weekend he was “ashamed” and ready to face the consequences of what he described as the “crime” he committed when playing for Danish team Nordsjaelland at the age of 19.

It came following reports in the Danish media that a soccer player, who was not named, had been charged with sharing sexual material of people under the age of 18.

Schjelderup joined up this week with the Norway squad which is attempting to clinch qualification for the men’s World Cup for the first

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