Brazil 1-2 Norway: Selecao pay for what they could not afford to get wrong and Haaland wins the personal duel

Brazil's 2026 World Cup travel is over. Norway bushed the Selecao 2-1 connected Sunday astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey to scope the quarter-finals for the archetypal clip successful their history. Erling Haaland was the decisive fig with some goals.

In the 79th minute, the Norwegian centre-forward got up of Gabriel Magalhaes to conscionable an Andreas Schjelderup transverse and caput home. The much-anticipated duel betwixt the defender and the striker delivered connected the pitch. Before stoppage time, Haaland held disconnected Danilo and Magalhaes to occurrence from extracurricular the container and seal the result. Neymar converted a precocious punishment to marque it 2-1, but Norway held on.

A devastating stroke for the five-time satellite champions. Eliminated by a European broadside for the sixth consecutive clip astatine a World Cup — the 3rd by a federation with a shorter footballing pedigree, pursuing Belgium successful 2018 and Croatia successful 2022. A decision shaped by a wide nonaccomplishment successful the precise attack Brazil had chosen to play.

Brazil vs. Norway: How the lucifer unfolded

The archetypal fractional had a wide shape: Norway successful possession, Brazil looking to onslaught successful speedy transitions disconnected turnovers. That overmuch was evident erstwhile Matheus Cunha won a foul starring to the punishment Bruno Guimaraes subsequently missed, having started the determination aft Rayan's tackle, and erstwhile Vinicius Junior robbed the shot earlier receiving again for Nyland to nutrient a good save. The Selecao besides threatened with crosses from Vinicius himself and Gabriel Martinelli, neither of which recovered a interaction wrong the box.

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Norway, who had what seemed an opening extremity ruled retired for an Alexander Sorloth offside, lone created information erstwhile they went direct. A agelong shot recovered Haaland successful down some centre-backs and the shot broke to Martin Odegaard, who struck hard and forced an Alisson save. The Arsenal midfielder was Norway's astir unsafe subordinate successful the opening period.

Up to the cooling break, the goalkeepers were the outstanding figures. Nyland made stops from Rayan and Guimaraes, and benefited from luck erstwhile Endrick missed from adjacent range, portion Alisson chopped retired a transverse that would person fixed Haaland a definite extremity — the striker besides failing with a sliding effort connected different transportation into the box.

After the break, the crippled opened up and became much disjointed. Brazil defended poorly connected the close side. It was down that transmission that Schjelderup acceptable up the archetypal goal, and wherever Haaland climbed to caput location earlier the second. Casemiro past won a punishment that Neymar converted successful the last minute.

Brazil needed to enactment the crippled to bed

The Selecao's crippled program was clear. The thought was to springiness Norway the shot and exploit the gait of Vinicius Junior, Rayan, Guimaraes and others connected the counter. For that benignant to work, the finishing indispensable beryllium precise — due to the fact that you volition walk agelong periods without the ball. That was precisely wherever Brazil fell apart.

Guimaraes missed a punishment aft a speedy combination. Endrick, done connected extremity connected a counter-attack, changeable wide with lone Nyland to beat. Crosses from Vinicius and Martinelli went begging wrong the box.

The crippled needed to beryllium finished off. Brazil could not bash it, and they paid the terms — due to the fact that the different broadside had 1 of the astir objective finishers successful satellite football. Norway beforehand to look either England oregon Mexico adjacent Saturday.

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Ancelotti volition person 4 years to bring Brazil on

Carlo Ancelotti, successful the station since the mediate of past year, had initially signed connected lone until the extremity of this World Cup, but confirmed a declaration hold done to 2030 earlier the tourney began.

He volition person clip successful the relation to let his squad — with less injuries — to amusement much shot than was connected show today. With a afloat rhythm ahead, the quality to trial players crossed antithetic competitions and much continuity successful the squad, the trajectory should beryllium upward from here.