Erling Haaland fires Norway into last 16 with dramatic winner against Côte d’Ivoire

The Guardian · 3 months ago

Côte d'Ivoire 1

FIFA WC26 1-2 Finished

Norway 2

Key moments

1. 39'
   Goal Antonio NUSA (Norway) scores!!
2. 45'+1'
   Yellow card Antonio NUSA (Norway) is booked by
3. 74'
   Goal Amad DIALLO (Côte d'Ivoire) scores!!
4. 86'
   Goal Erling HAALAND (Norway) scores!!

Squads

Côte d'Ivoire squad

• Selected
• 1 Yahia Fofana Goalkeeper
• 3 Ghislain KONAN Defender
• 7 Odilon KOSSOUNOU Defender
• 8 Franck KESSIE C Midfielder
• 9 Ange-Yoan BONNY Forward
• 11 Yan DIOMANDE Forward
• 17 Guela DOUE Defender
• 18 Ibrahim SANGARE Midfielder
• 19 Nicolas PEPE Forward
• 20 Emmanuel AGBADOU Defender
• 26 Christ Inao OULAI Midfielder
• 2 Ousmane DIOMANDE Defender
• 4 Jean Michael SERI Midfielder
• 5 Wilfried SINGO Defender
• 6 Seko Fofana Midfielder
• 10 Simon ADINGRA Forward
• 12 Elye WAHI Forward
• 13 Christopher OPERI Defender
• 14 Oumar DIAKITE Forward
• 15 Amad DIALLO Forward
• 16 Mohamed KONE Goalkeeper
• 21 Evan NDICKA Defender
• 22 Evann GUESSAND Forward
• 23 Alban Lafont Goalkeeper
• 24 Bazoumana TOURE Forward
• 25 Parfait GUIAGON Midfielder

Norway squad

• Selected
• 1 Orjan NYLAND Goalkeeper
• 3 Kristoffer AJER Defender
• 5 David MOLLER WOLFE Defender
• 6 Patrick BERG Midfielder
• 7 Alexander SORLOTH Forward
• 8 Sander BERGE Midfielder
• 9 Erling HAALAND Forward
• 10 Martin ODEGAARD C Midfielder
• 16 Marcus HOLMGREN PEDERSEN Defender
• 17 Torbjorn HEGGEM Defender
• 20 Antonio NUSA Forward
• 2 Morten Thorsby Midfielder
• 4 Leo OSTIGARD Defender
• 11 Jorgen STRAND LARSEN Forward
• 12 Sander TANGVIK Goalkeeper
• 13 Egil SELVIK Goalkeeper
• 14 Fredrik AURSNES Midfielder
• 15 Fredrik Andre BJORKAN Defender
• 18 Kristian Thorstvedt Midfielder
• 19 Thelo AASGAARD Midfielder
• 21 Andreas SCHJELDERUP Midfielder
• 22 Oscar BOBB Midfielder
• 23 Jens Petter HAUGE Midfielder
• 24 Sondre LANGAS Defender
• 25 Henrik FALCHENER Defender
• 26 Julian RYERSON Forward

Decision vindicated. The Norway coach, Ståle Solbakken, had taken a major gamble in resting almost his entire side in the final group game against France, drawing stiff criticism, not least from those who had paid hundreds of dollars to witness a showdown between Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé. As Solbakken said, the decision would stand…

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