(Web Desk) – Erling Haaland scored a dramatic late winner as Norway knocked Ivory Coast out of the 2026 World Cup._x000D_
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Haaland had been largely anonymous for much of the game, but appeared when it mattered most to score his fifth goal of the tournament and send Norway through._x000D_
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Antonio Nusa had given Norway a first-half lead with a sublime curling strike, only for Manchester United’s Amad Diallo to level with a wonderful solo effort._x000D_
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Norway will now face Brazil in New York on July 5 for a place in the quarter-finals._x000D_
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Erling Haaland has brought his goalscoring inevitability to the World Cup stage._x000D_
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The 25-year-old has scored in 14 competitive matches in a row for Norway, netting 22 goals in that run of fixtures._x000D_
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He had the simple task of finishing into an empty from six yards out to extend the run today but, like any good striker, deserves praise for getting into that position. Norway have scored in the World Cup knockout stage for the first time since 1938._x000D_
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The scorer of that goal in 1938 was Arne Brustad, who was born on the same day that the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
