Norway close to the World Cup – Italy must win 9–0

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Norway close to the World Cup – Italy must win 9–0
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A 4-1 win against Estonia meant the seventh straight victory in World Cup qualifying. Now everything points to Norway playing in the World Cup this summer.

After a goalless first half in Oslo, everything came loose for Norway at the beginning of the second half.

Alexander Sørloth headed in both 1–0 and 2–0. Erling Braut Haaland also used his head to make it 3–0 before pushing it up to 4–0 with a volley into the roof of the net.

The two attacking stars, who play for Atlético Madrid and Manchester City, scored a goal within just twelve minutes.

Estonia was of course a beaten team, even though a reduction came shortly after the 4–0 goal.

The crowd at Ullevål, just over 25,000 spectators, celebrated the continued qualifying success. Norway's advancement to next year's World Cup is all but assured - in that case, the first World Cup for the men's national team since 1998.

Italy, who beat Moldova 2-0 away after a couple of late goals, can certainly come up on the same points in the fight for first place in the group.

But Norway – with a goal difference of 33-4 so far in qualifying – has 17 goals to its credit on the Italians ahead of the teams' meeting in Milan on Sunday evening.

Italy must therefore win 9–0 to knock the Norwegians out of the World Cup spot.

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