Brazil's 2026 World Cup is over. Carlo Ancelotti's broadside could not flooded Norway and were eliminated successful the past 16, losing 2-1 astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. Erling Haaland was outstanding with 2 goals and Neymar pulled 1 backmost heavy into stoppage time.
Bruno Guimaraes missed a punishment that could person enactment Brazil up earlier the break, successful a lucifer that featured a drawstring of squandered chances throughout. The effect represents Brazil's worst World Cup run since the 1990 variation successful Italy and extends their rubric drought to 28 years.
Norway besides support an unbeaten grounds against Brazil crossed 5 meetings, which present includes 2 World Cup victories — successful 1998 and 2026. In the quarter-finals, Norway volition look the victor of the England versus Mexico necktie connected Saturday.
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Brazil subordinate ratings vs Norway
GOALKEEPER
Alisson — 7/10
Another composed show from the goalkeeper. He made important interventions to support Brazil level, dealing with efforts from Odegaard and Schjelderup. He could not forestall Haaland's header oregon the long-range second, but was 1 of the amended Brazilian performers connected the nighttime successful New Jersey.
DEFENDERS
Danilo — 5/10
Was asked to enactment the onslaught down the close but ne'er made the benignant of interaction Brazil needed. Misplaced passes successful his ain antiaircraft third, though helium did not perpetrate immoderate mistake straight decisive to the result. Could and should person done more.
Gabriel Magalhaes — 5.5/10
Tasked with keeping Haaland quiet, helium suffered but managed alongside Marquinhos to bounds the Manchester City guardant successful the archetypal half. In the second, arsenic abstraction opened up, Haaland won the idiosyncratic conflict that led to the decisive goal.
Marquinhos — 6/10
Did what was required and did not undermine the antiaircraft structure. Could person been much compact successful the midfield screen.
Douglas Santos — 7.5/10
Struggled initially with Sorloth but recovered his footing arsenic the lucifer progressed. The deficiency of enactment connected the near nevertheless hampered Brazil's attacking improvement down that side.
MIDFIELDERS
Casemiro — 6/10
One of his amended displays astatine this World Cup, adjacent successful defeat. Won the precocious punishment that gave Brazil a lifeline.
Bruno Guimaraes — 5.5/10
Another coagulated midfield displacement but not astatine the level helium reached earlier successful the tournament. Was besides fixed the punishment to instrumentality successful the archetypal fractional and was denied by an fantabulous Nyland save.
Gabriel Martinelli — 6.5/10
Given the hard task of replacing Lucas Paqueta aft Ancelotti's decision. Had immoderate agleam moments passim and was progressive successful the determination that produced the punishment connected Matheus Cunha. The astir progressive of the midfielders alongside Guimaraes.
FORWARDS
Vinicius Junior — 5.5/10
Returned to the dual-role approach, appearing centrally arsenic good arsenic connected the left. Had wide chances to people but was denied by Nyland. Caused problems for Ajer and Ryerson down the left, but lacked the sharpness of his group-stage performances erstwhile it mattered most.
Rayan — 6/10
Won the shot that led to the punishment assertion and was the astir cardinal of the 3 forwards, sitting closest to midfield. Performed his accustomed pressing relation efficaciously and his involution started the determination down Cunha's foul. Leaves the World Cup without a goal, however.
Matheus Cunha — 4/10
Bright successful the archetypal half, dropping heavy to nexus play and creating information successful transition. Won the punishment that Guimaraes subsequently missed. Less incisive than successful different matches, however, and was replaced by Endrick.
SUBSTITUTES
Endrick — 5.5/10
Brought connected to debar elimination, helium had an contiguous accidental to level aboriginal successful the 2nd play but fired wide with lone Nyland to beat. More effort than extremity merchandise connected this occasion.
Neymar — 6.5/10
Introduced to code the attack's deficiency of productivity successful the archetypal play but could not enforce himself against the Norwegian antiaircraft structure. Also recovered the tempo of the Norwegian midfield hard to match. Scored Brazil's lone extremity from the punishment spot successful stoppage time.
Danilo Santos — 5/10
Had competed for a starting relation with Martinelli done the week but mislaid retired successful Ancelotti's thinking. Could not marque the content from the seat that had earned him attraction during pre-tournament friendlies.
Ederson — Not rated
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— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) July 5, 2026Norway subordinate ratings vs Brazil
GOALKEEPER
Orjan Nyland — 8/10
Saved Guimaraes' punishment and was straight liable for keeping the scoreline level successful the opening period. Alongside Haaland, the outstanding performer connected the nighttime — his champion show of the tournament.
DEFENDERS
Julian Ryerson — 7/10
Demonstrated wherefore Norway had missed him since the Senegal fixture. Supported the midfield efficaciously successful his wing-back relation and reduced Vinicius Junior's menace connected Norway's close side.
Kristoffer Ajer — 6/10
Conceded the punishment connected Matheus Cunha, lone to beryllium bailed retired by Nyland. Solid speech from that infinitesimal and mostly kept Brazil's attackers astatine bay.
David Moller Wolfe — 6/10
Torbjorn Heggem — 6.5/10
MIDFIELDERS
Sander Berge — 6/10
Martin Odegaard — 7.5/10
Norway's originative fulcrum. Showed fantabulous prime successful the archetypal half, orchestrating the attacking enactment of Haaland, Nusa and Sorloth. Showed the maturity to emergence supra Brazil's pressing and came adjacent to adding a extremity of his own.
Patrick Berg — 6.5/10
FORWARDS
Alexander Sorloth — 6.5/10
A utile outlet for Norway successful behind, helium made an contiguous content aboriginal on, featuring successful the build-up to Berg's disallowed extremity — though his ain offside presumption was the crushed the emblem was raised.
Antonio Nusa — 6.5/10
Erling Haaland — 9/10
Closely marked by some Marquinhos and Magalhaes, helium had constricted wide opportunities successful the archetypal half. In the 2nd period, abstraction opened up and helium made it number — gathering the Schjelderup transverse with a almighty header for the archetypal goal, past producing a infinitesimal of idiosyncratic brilliance with a composed decorativeness from extracurricular the container to seal Norway's spot successful the quarter-finals.
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— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) July 5, 2026SUBSTITUTES
Oscar Bobb — 6.5/10
Andreas Schjelderup — 7/10
Improved Norway's near flank instantly aft coming on. Delivered the transverse from which Haaland headed the opening goal.
Leo Ostigard — 4.5/10
On lone to foul Casemiro for the punishment that gave Brazil their precocious consolation.
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