In five days the World Cup 2026. After the lists of all the players called up by the 48 national teams that qualified for the tournament, the official photos with which they present themselves and announce their respective participations on social media are also arriving. This “game” has a winner since yesterday: la Norway. The national revelation of the last two years, which demolished theItaly in the qualifying round, he decided to prepare his departure for North America in an original way. Here’s what they did Haaland and companions.
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Norway, departing players dressed as Vikings: the original idea of Haaland and his companions
One of the national teams to keep an eye on in the next edition of the World Cup, whose start is only 5 days away, will certainly be there Norway. The Ståle team Solbakken attracted great attention after qualifying by dominating the group from start to finish with ben 37 goals scored and only 5 conceded: 7 of which to Italy between home and away matches (3-0 in Norway, 4-1 in Milan). An unchallenged dominance that led to the return to the final phase of the competition after 28 years of absence.
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Beyond being the architect of the third consecutive elimination of the Azzurri, i Lions they wanted to pay homage to themselves and their national team in a completely original and already viral way: all the players took a group photo completely dressed as Vikings. The photo went viral within a few minutes and although it initially raised some doubts due to the probable use of AI, the Federation later declared that the photo is absolutely real: a photo shoot taken live and organized down to the smallest detail.
Erling Haaland, striker of Manchester City and Norway (GettyImages)
The photo, taken at the end of May, was taken in great secrecy on a beach in the Oslofjord, the Oslo fjord, shortly before starting the pre-World Cup training camp. The idea was exclusively from Norwegian Football Federation whose aim was “to move away from the classic banal team photos to create something unique”. All this on the great enthusiasm of the Scandinavian fans galvanized by the return to a World Cup after 28 years and who had already been celebrating the team for some time by singing a particular choreography in the stands, inspired by the Viking tradition, the “Viking Row” or the coordinated gesture of rowing as on ancient ships.
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