England did the tough job against Mexico at the Azteca Stadium. Jude Bellingham woke up when England really needed it with his two goals. However, this was not enough for victory, as Mexico equalized in the second half to make it 2-2. It took a Harry Kane to give the Three Lions the quarter-final ticket. The joy was enormous on the ball island, Thomas Tuchel had led England on a continued course towards the World Cup title the nation has longed for for decades, after decades, after decades. Then came the thought of the next game. The BBC summed it up briefly: “The man who is England’s greatest fear.” Several English media followed in the same tone.
It’s about Erling Haaland, of course. England have Harry Kane, but football’s gentleman can’t match the fear Haaland puts in his opponents’ defenders. In every single duel between Brazilian players and Haaaland, it mostly ended with a yellow-clad player walking on the turf. Harry Kane is without a doubt one of the world’s very best strikers, but cannot match Norway’s striker in football brutality.
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What the English and the English media forget is that Norway is no longer just Haaland.
Against Brazil, our defense stopped Vinicius Jr. from scoring, we had one of the World Cup’s best goalkeeping performances in Nyland, we had a midfield that controlled for large parts of the game, we didn’t have a dip in our performances when Sørloth and Nusa were replaced – on the contrary. With Schelderup and Bobb, tired Brazil players got even bigger problems.
We have the captain, who has lifted England’s biggest trophy earlier this summer, proves to be an extreme winner and is the undisputed leader. We have Ståle Solbakken on the sidelines, who has given the players the football that has made the impossible possible.
And yes, we have Erling Haaland at the top.
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We are happy to let our English friends think it is only Haaland they have to stop. Firstly, it is not possible, secondly, a red horde of goal-scoring players are ready to put in the match-winning goal against England on their way to the World Cup title.
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