Erling Haaland fires Norway past Brazil to end up in World Cup quarterfinals for first time in history

The Viking enactment continues connected astatine the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and it’s the superstar Erling Haaland who each Norwegian tin convey for that aft different masterful show Sunday against Brazil.

Norway is moving connected to its first-ever quarterfinals astatine the World Cup aft Haaland scored doubly successful the 2-1 triumph implicit Brazil, which heads location earlier than they apt expected.

But this tourney has proven Haaland, nary substance however galore touches helium gets connected the ball, is conscionable similar Thanos: he’s inevitable.

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Erling Haaland of Norway celebrates with teammates Andreas Schjelderup and David Moller Wolfe aft scoring his team's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 lucifer betwixt Brazil and Norway astatine New York New Jersey Stadium connected July 5, 2026 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Norway, which had grade-A chances passim the match, arsenic did Brazil including a cardinal punishment changeable precise aboriginal on, recovered yet different successful the container erstwhile a abbreviated transverse came crossed the extremity front. The Brazil defence mislaid way of Haaland for a divided second, and that’s each the 6-foot-5 Norwegian needed to leap and flick his caput onto the ball, which went past goalkeeper Allison for the go-ahead goal.

It was the 79th infinitesimal of the match, and it felt similar that was yet the decider successful a back-and-forth bout betwixt these 2 countries.

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Both keepers, including Norway’s Ørjan Nyland, had a tremendous match. But Nyland’s prevention connected a punishment footwear by Bruno Guimarães successful the 14th infinitesimal changed the trajectory of this match.

Many wondered wherefore Vini Jr., a superstar who had 4 goals successful the World Cup earlier this match, handed the shot to Guimarães to instrumentality his archetypal vocation punishment for Brazil. And they were justified considering the result.

Brazil had different threats connected Norway, including a unsafe transverse of the footwear of Gabriel Martinelli successful the archetypal half, but Nyland erstwhile again kept the doorway slammed unopen with a 0-0 draw.

David Moller Wolfe, Oscar Bobb, Andreas Schjelderup and Erling Haaland of Norway observe the opening extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 lucifer betwixt Brazil and Norway astatine New York New Jersey Stadium connected July 5, 2026 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar)

Haaland’s breakthrough precocious successful the 2nd fractional turned Norway into a defensive-minded squad, portion Brazil, which had subbed successful Neymar Jr. to the delight of the sold-out assemblage successful New Jersey, was trying desperately to necktie things up again.

But permission it to the Manchester City superstar striker to find an opening and exploit it.

Haaland sealed triumph for Norway erstwhile helium inched the shot guardant with his near ft conscionable extracurricular Brazil’s container and fired a debased onslaught to the close broadside past the sprawling Allison to marque it 2-0 astatine the 90th minute. There was nary pomp and condition by Haaland, though his teammates screamed and jumped connected his back.

This is what helium does – people goals. He present has 7 successful this World Cup, tying him with France's Kylian Mbappé and Argentina's Lionel Messi arsenic they contend for the Golden Boot Award arsenic the apical goalscorer successful the tournament.

Brazil was awarded different punishment changeable soon aft Haaland’s 2nd goal, which Neymar took this time. After helium and Nyland were seen jawing backmost and forth, Neymar buried the attempt, which was yet a consolation goal. He and Nyland exchanged words again, but Norway was the lone ones delighted erstwhile the whistle blew astatine New York/New Jersey Stadium.

Erling Haaland of Norway celebrates with teammates aft scoring his team's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 lucifer betwixt Brazil and Norway astatine New York New Jersey Stadium connected July 5, 2026 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

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This is Norway’s archetypal World Cup successful 28 years, and they’ve done much than conscionable correspond their state well. They’ve taken down a five-time champion successful Brazil to support their rubric hopes alive, and Haaland continues to play a ample relation successful making it hap for his squad.

It’s wherefore determination was nary different idiosyncratic to pb that Viking enactment successful the stands aft the match, arsenic Haaland gleefully banged the drum to orchestrate 1 of the champion celebrations this tourney has seen passim a fantastic World Cup.

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