🌍 Norway near World Cup: 4-1 Estonia, doubles for Sorloth, Haaland🤖 | OneFootball

Norway virtually qualifies for the World Cup: 4-1 against Estonia, with braces from Sorloth and Haaland. In the last match, Norway would need to lose by a 9-goal margin against Italy to slip to 2nd place.

In the first 45 minutes, Estonia held on: 0-0 before collapsing in the second half against Haaland and his teammates.

❌ Clean sheet in the 1st half: it's the 3rd time against the BIG teams

The Estonian national team had already managed to keep a clean sheet in the first half against the two big teams in the group: against Italy (a match that ended 5-0) and also against Norway in the first leg, which they lost 1-0.

Estonia also had a chance in the first half: a counterattack finished with a shot from Sappinen at the edge of the box, easily saved by Nyland.

Collapse in the second half: Sorloth and Haaland on 🔥

At the start of the second half, Norway came out strong: Ryerson's cross from the right and a header by Sorloth in the 50th minute, who hadn't scored since June 6 against Spalletti's Italy. In the 52nd minute, the same play: cross from Berge from the midfield and another header from Sorloth: 2-0.

Haaland's 3-0 was identical to the first goal of the match: Ryerson's cross and a powerful header from Haaland. The City striker scored his brace in the 63rd minute: a right-footed volley after a deflected cross in the penalty area for 4-0.

Estonia took advantage of a lapse in concentration from the Norwegians to make it 4-1 in the 64th minute with Saarma: a solo run and a nice dribble at the edge of the box before finding the bottom corner.

🤖 Haaland chasing Lewandowski's record

With 14 goals in these World Cup Qualifiers, Haaland is closing in on the 16 goals scored by Lewandowski in 2018 during the qualifiers for the edition played in Russia.

The Norwegian has just one match left to complete this additional challenge: the final game against Italy.

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