New York, USA – Norway continued its historic dominance over Brazil, after knocking the “Seleção” out of the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup, following a 2-1 victory in the match that brought them together on Sunday evening.
The stadium hosted the match between the two teams in the round of 16 of the World Cup, where Brazil imposed its control at many times, but failed to translate its superiority into goals, due to the brilliance of the Norwegian defense and its goalkeeper.
The Norwegian team almost opened the scoring early, after Patrick Berg shook the net in the third minute, but the referee canceled the goal due to offside.
Brazil had a perfect opportunity to take the lead in the 14th minute when the referee awarded a penalty, but Bruno Guimarães missed it after the Norwegian goalkeeper made a brilliant save.
The score remained unchanged until the 80th minute, when Erling Haaland rose to meet a perfect cross and headed it into the net, giving Norway the lead.
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— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) July 5, 2026One minute before the end of regular time, Haaland returned to confirm his country’s superiority, after he launched a powerful shot from outside the penalty area that settled into Alisson Becker’s net, scoring his second personal goal in the match.
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— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) July 5, 2026In stoppage time, substitute Neymar narrowed the gap for Brazil, after successfully converting a penalty kick into a goal, but that was not enough to save the “Seleção” from bidding farewell to the tournament.
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— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) July 5, 2026With this victory, the Norwegian national team continued its positive results against Brazil, maintaining its unbeaten record in direct encounters between the two teams, thus securing qualification for the quarter-finals.
Norway are scheduled to face the winner of the England-Mexico match, which is set to take place later today, in the next round.
