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

The Guardian · 2 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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