📊 Haaland: 5 goals, social snaps and records in 11-1 v Moldova 😱 | OneFootball

Norway's 11-1 victory over Moldova almost certainly rules out the possibility of Italy reaching 1st place due to the goal difference (+21 to +5) in the event of a tie on points.

Now it's certain: for Italy to go directly to the World Cup, they will have to beat Norway and hope that Haaland's team makes a mistake in a game against Estonia or Israel.

But now let's look at all the records of this amazing result.

🤖 Haaland: more goals than appearances in the National team

Erling Haaland, with the 5 goals scored against Moldova, has now scored 48 goals in 45 appearances for Norway: he has never had more goals than games played in the National team in his career.

This is his 5th hat-trick in the National team (the leader in this respect is CR7 with 11) and he increases an impressive statistic: in the World Cup Qualifiers he has scored 14 goals and 2 assists in 11 games, i.e. a goal contribution every 58 minutes. With him on the field, it's "almost" 2-0.

After the game, Haaland took a photo and added an ironic caption: "Not bad".

🔙 5 goals in World Cup Qualifiers: hasn't happened since '77

Haaland has also tied a record that has stood since 1977: when Hans Krankl (historic Austrian striker) scored 5 goals against Malta in a World Cup Qualifying match. A record that has lasted for 48 years, according to Opta, was repeated in Norway-Moldova.

📊 Aasgaard comes on and scores four

The 64th minute introduction of Thelo Aasgaard is historic: 4 goals in 26 minutes and he "imitates" Haaland on a smaller scale, because the Rangers striker now also has more goals (5) than appearances for Norway (3).

Scoring four from the bench is a very rare event at the highest levels: one of the last examples we can remember is associated with Lautaro Martinez, when he scored 4 goals against Salernitana in 2023 as a substitute.

Norway created a total of 18 big chances against Moldova: the highest figure in a European national team match since this type of data has been recorded.

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📸 FREDRIK VARFJELL