From being in the toughest group in the preliminary rounds, the road to a final actually doesn’t look so daunting for Norway. – It is conceivable that national team manager Ståle Solbakken’s strategy of resting 10 players in Friday’s match against France was not so bad.
Norway can first meet the World Cup’s biggest favorites in a possible final, both Spain and France are on the opposite side of the final tree, the same goes for Germany and the Netherlands.
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On Tuesday, Norway will face the Ivory Coast, if we win it, it is ok to start rowing on escalators again!: – Follow the matches on our Live service!
Sweet brother will have a tougher time, they will face France in their first match on Tuesday as well. Here is the complete schedule of the round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup:
Sunday 28 June
- South Africa – Canada (at 20:00)
Monday 29 June
- Brazil – Japan (6:00 p.m.)
- Germany – Paraguay (9:30 p.m.)
Tuesday 30 June
- Netherlands – Morocco (at 02:00)
- Côte d’Ivoire – Norway (at 18:00)
- France – Sweden (22:00)
Wednesday 1 July
- Mexico – Ecuador (at 02:00)
- England – DR Congo (at 17:00)
- Belgium – Senegal (at 21:00)
Thursday 2 July
- United States – Bosnia and Herzegovina (13:00)
- Spain – Austria (20:00)
Friday 3 July
- Portugal – Croatia (00:00)
- Australia – Egypt (7:00 p.m.)
- Switzerland – Algeria (at 04:00)
- Argentina – Cape Verde (23:00)
Saturday 4 July
- Colombia – Ghana (2:30 p.m.)
Now it remains to be seen whether we will face Ivory Coast with our very best – even if we are stronger on paper. Let’s hope we don’t rest key players against the Africans!
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