👀 After 88 years! Bundesliga star ends Norway's hoodoo in style

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·30 Juni 2026

👀 After 88 years! Bundesliga star ends Norway's hoodoo in style

So far, one Bundesliga star has left his mark on the round-of-16 clash between Norway and Ivory Coast. He plays for RB Leipzig, but his name is not Yan Diomande. Although the lightning-quick Ivorian is also having a good game, it is his club teammate Antonio Nusa who has provided the biggest highlight of the match so far.

ANTONIO NUSA... TAKE A BOW. 🇳🇴✨ With the game locked at 0-0, Nusa cuts inside and curls an unstoppable strike into the top corner to fire Norway ahead. It's Norway's first goal in a World Cup knockout match in 88 years. And at 21 years and 2 months old, he becomes the
– Selasa, 30 Juni 2026

The 21-year-old showed his incredible one-on-one ability and beautifully curled the ball into the top corner shortly before half-time. In doing so, he also ended a drought that had lasted 88 years.

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🌎🇳🇴 Antonio Nusa makes history for Norway: first goal at WC knockout stages in 88 years!
– Selasa, 30 Juni 2026

The reason: the last time Norway scored a goal in a World Cup knockout match was at the 1938 World Cup in France. Nusa’s predecessor was Arne Brustad, who forced extra time in the round of 16 against Italy.

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