Norway put Iraq to the sword
Norway 4, Iraq 1. A statement in the group stage — they didn't just win, they sent a message. The kind of result that makes the rest of the field sit up.
Erling Haaland
Goal · David Møller Wolfe
Aymen Hussein
Goal · Amir Al-Ammari
Erling Haaland
Goal · Normal Goal
Ali Al-Hamadi
Substitution · Marko Farji
Zaid Ismail
Substitution · Zidane Iqbal
Ali Jasim
Substitution · Ahmed Qasem
Hussein Ali
Substitution · Mustafa Saadoon
David Møller Wolfe
Substitution · Leo Østigård
Alexander Sørloth
Substitution · Oscar Bobb
Fredrik Aursnes
Substitution · Kristian Thorstvedt
Antonio Nusa
Substitution · Andreas Schjelderup
Leo Østigård
Goal · Martin Ødegaard
Ibrahim Bayesh
Substitution · Mohanad Ali
Martin Ødegaard
Substitution · Patrick Berg
Zaid Tahseen
Booking · Yellow Card
Aymen Hussein
Own goal · Own Goal
Why it matters
Group stage, Group I — points on the line.
Aymen Hussein
Iraq
The man Iraq lean on for goals in a side that finds them hard to come by.
Erling Haaland
Norway
The team's gravity and one of the planet's deadliest finishers, hungry for a long-awaited global stage.
Norway are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.
That's that, then. Iraq are out at the group stage — the maths finally caught up. A disappointing end, but there'll be stories to tell and lessons to take from it.
Right at the death. Norway found the winner deep into stoppage time against Brazil in the last 16 — the kind of goal that empties the lungs of a living room. Heartbreak one end, bedlam the other.
The bracket just buckled. Norway, rank 28 to Brazil's 5, found a result nobody outside their dressing room saw coming in the last 16. This is the upset the tournament will remember.
Teams out: Iraq 4-4-2 · Norway 4-4-2. Full lineups on the pitch in the Lineups tab.