“At 1-1 he started pinching my ass,” Haaland said afterwards. “I thought ‘what are you doing?’ Then I got a little annoyed and told him, ‘Thank you so much for the motivation, let’s fucking do it’.”
Erling Haaland scored twice
Haaland would eventually score twice in two minutes and thus take the match over the line. With more than ten minutes left on the clock it was still equal (1-1). In the 78th and 79th minute, the Norwegian goalgetter scored his mark. Jørgen Strand Larsen determined the final score with the fourth Norwegian goal.
Haaland finally sends Norway to the World Cup, defeat for Italy at home
Norway qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1998. Italy must play play-offs for the third time in a row to reach the World Cup. In 2022, the Azzurri lost to North Macedonia and missed out on a World Cup ticket. Four years earlier, Sweden blocked Italy’s path to the World Cup.