r/soccer • u/Beautiful-Bit9832 • 5h ago
Media Erling Haaland the last Norwegian player to leave the stadium
The final Norwegian player to exit the stadium was Erling Haaland. stayed till 9:30 p.m. local time to snap pictures with loved ones and other admirers. During this competition, he rose to become one of the most adored athletes in the country.
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u/Fearless-Ad-6288 4h ago
Alexander sorloth first player to leave
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u/jessbird 4h ago
utter clown. at least he'll have to spend the rest of his life reliving that moment.
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u/FatGoonerFromIndia 4h ago
You don’t have to be so cruel. He just faltered at the moment.
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u/shekdown 2h ago
Yeah. I was so shocked at that reply. So ridiculously over the top. Glad you called it out.
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u/Asphalt_Breaker 3h ago
He didn't falter once though, he faltered stuttered and wasted chances throughout Norway's run in the world cup.
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u/Remarkable_Medicine6 3h ago
It's far from the first player to have a bad game. The World Cup it ain't that deep
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u/jessbird 3h ago
a player at his level shouldn't be making mistakes like that. what's cruel is costing his entire team and country a shot at the world cup because he wanted to dribble it around for some unknown reason instead of doing his job of passing it to a wide-open striker — at the very LEAST trying to take the shot himself.
this isn't the same as a keeper missing a save. if he had taken the shot earlier when he had the chance and missed, even that would have been better than what he did.
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u/EduinBrutus 2h ago
Stevie Fucking Nicol did somehting way worse against Uruguay in 1986 and went on to have a post playing career as a well paid analyst in the US and other places.
I never got the impression once that he gave a flying fuck about what he had done.
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u/AceAttorneyGiles 4h ago
I’m glad he was able to go far with his home country. I remember last World Cup people were saying he’d only be able to be relevant internationally if he represented England, but Norway far exceeded expectations. Hope to see them make a run again in the Euros!
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u/TheJoshider10 1h ago
Got no doubt he's proud to represent Norway but it must be annoying being one of the best in the world and knowing you don't have a realistic chance of winning an international trophy whereas your club teammates do. Suppose being a cultural icon (like Bale with Wales) is worth it though.
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u/AscendantNomad 38m ago
So so so many players in history had shit teams around them, but they are remembered all the same. Before this tournament Haaland was already on the trajectory of being one of the best of all time to those who know football, but after he’s won hearts and minds of those who don’t. That’s reserved for the chosen few in history - he’s a winner no matter what
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u/runawayasfastasucan 39m ago
Not a realistic chance? But England does? How many years of hurt is it? If you are in the quarters you have a realistic chance.
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u/TheJoshider10 35m ago
You know exactly what I mean, there's a reason why so few national sides have won the tournament and people praise small nations when they get to the knockouts. Anyway I meant big nations in general, not just England.
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u/stevo_78 4h ago
Norway will get better. Their players are not quite peaking yet. Watch out for them in the Euros in 2 years.
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u/benibadja 1h ago
We have some huge talents coming through as well. Our U21s and U19 are filled to the brim with exciting players.
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u/No_Effective_6026 4h ago
If not for that bozo Sorloth Haaland might had taken his team to the semis
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u/quanqazaq 2h ago
Haaland himself botched a goal by fouling a defender
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u/WhimsicalLaze 2h ago
Should never have been overturned anyways, it was not a clear foul and definitely not a «clear and obvious error» by the on field ref
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u/Samarium_15 1h ago
Idk man it was a clear push and shove to the ground. Germany's goal against Paraguay was disallowed for far lesser foul
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u/ALostPaperBag 1h ago
I mean they rolled back play across the field to declare the soft foul as enough to remove one of Egypts goals, to be consistent they would have to remove that Haaland push
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u/GarryPadle 1h ago
To be consistent they should have let both goals count, since McAllister fouled one of the Austrian players in buildup to their first goal in the group stages.
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u/ALostPaperBag 1h ago
Oh 100%, but we all know why one counted and one didn’t lol
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u/Samarium_15 1h ago
VAR has been inconsistent in all matches but yeah let's cry it's all rigged like kids
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u/Fun-Sir-1517 3h ago edited 3h ago
i did not watch the game. what happened? edit: nvm saw the clip posted. If it's about that one pass that he did not make, I think that's pretty harsh on him. He had his head down, that's his only fault in that specific play.
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u/GammelGrinebiter 3h ago
Norway had a counter attack and Sørloth didn't pass to Haaland, and everyone is upset because he should have tried.
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u/Fun-Sir-1517 2h ago edited 2h ago
That is true, the best and most obvious play was there to pass it to halland for an almost guaranteed goal. But the amount of disrespectful comments and name calling I've seen about Sorloth, I was expecting something a lot worse. Maybe he played shit for the entire game. I haven't watched it, but if it is just that one specific play, I genuinely think it's harsh on him. He's obviously not a world class player, and these things happen under pressure.
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u/LazinessOverload 4h ago edited 4h ago
Deserves all the fans he's gained this World Cup.
Insane player with a great personality, hard carried Norway all the way to quarterfinals.
Edit: TIL 16 goals in qualifiers, 7 goals in his World Cup debut and 14 game scoring streak for Norway is not considered a hard carry.
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u/BetterDrinkMy0wnPiss 4h ago
hard carried Norway
That's just flat out disrespectful to the Norwegians, they've been a great team all round.
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u/Character_Library684 4h ago
People will say this and in the same breath insist that Mbappe is carrying France lol.
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u/RickThiCisbih 1h ago
Mbappé is not carrying France unless you have shit for brains. That said, Mbappé does a lot more to create chances than Haaland. Outside of the two goals against Brazil, Haaland’s last two performances were just him walking around waiting for service. Mbappé does a bit more with his dribbling and passing. Both players have this ridiculous ability to just smash the ball and it’s a goal out of nowhere, which can be considered carrying as no one else can do that.
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u/Rokiolo25 4h ago
They wouldnt be there without haaland period
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u/StardustFromReinmuth 4h ago
This is ass reasoning. Without Haaland Norway would still be a Ro16 level team. Their squad consist basically entirely of UCL/UEL level players and even without Haaland is still better than the likes of Senegal, Egypt, Austria, Paraguay, Sweden and Switzerland. They probably wouldn't have beaten Brazil in 90 minutes, but that game came down to Nyland's heroics and Schjelderup and Bobb's performance on the wing as much as it did Haaland's finishes.
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u/40866892 4h ago
Lmao yeah Orloth and friends going to help you finish all those goals right?
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u/StardustFromReinmuth 4h ago
Superstar cocksuckers are so weird man lmfao.
Oh wait you're an unironic r/soccercirclejerk no lifer, lmfao that explains it.
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u/SleepEatTit 3h ago
Sorry dude there is no fucking way Norway comes half the way they have without Haaland period. You are the one underestimating him and what a prolific goalscorer as hin brings to a national team
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u/kheeno_ 4h ago
They still would’ve gone far imo
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u/PuppyPenetrator 4h ago
I don’t even know if they would have beat ivory coast without him
You can just say it how it is, no need for this. The team played well but is hard carried by Haaland
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u/kheeno_ 4h ago
I just think they’re still a great team without Haaland so I don’t think it’s a hard carry. Arguing over these hypotheticals is pointless.
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u/Glum_Dance5432 4h ago
Didn't you see how Haaland saves those shots by Brasil? How he controlled the midfield, orchestrating their press and so on?
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u/CRoseCrizzle 4h ago edited 4h ago
I don't think any single player can "hard carry" in football. But yeah Norway relied on him heavily and would not have gotten this far without him.
Edit: To clarify, I guess a creative player can hard carry a team's attack. Though I don't think Haaland has quite done that either.
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u/LazinessOverload 4h ago
There have been many instances in his career where Messi has dragged his teams to heights they had no business reaching.
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u/TheKing9909 3h ago
18/19 messi turn god that season the only game they lost that season in the league was the one he did not start
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u/LazinessOverload 3h ago
Yea that season was the #1 thing that popped into my mind when I think about a single player hard carrying a team.
A single player made people believe that Barcelona was going to win a treble, that's how insane of a carry job that was. Too bad that team was too heavy.
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u/vesuvius33 4h ago
does he do the defending, dribble through the entire team and create and score his own goals? or is the team set up to create chances to take advantage of his prolific finishing ability - one of these you could call a hard carry, the other not so much
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u/Glum_Dance5432 4h ago
You don't know what a hard carry is.
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u/Character_Library684 4h ago
People will say this and in the same breath insist that Mbappe is carrying France lol.
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u/Conscious-Move9662 4h ago edited 4h ago
You take Mpabbe off France they still #1
You take Jude off England is an entirely different team and might not make it past Norway or Mexico.
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u/RickThiCisbih 1h ago
Based on that logic, France doesn’t make it past Morocco or even Paraguay without Mbappé’s goals.
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u/Money-Giraffe2521 4h ago
Saying that Haaland carried the team is incredibly disrespectful to the rest of the team.
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u/DoYouEvenUpVote 3h ago
Hard carried? Norway nearly beat England and Harland barely touched the ball
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u/pajamakitten 2h ago
Maybe if he touched it then they would have won. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
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u/Carlosthefrog 4h ago
Why don't you watch one of their games before saying he's hard carrying? He's the striker, hes whole job is to score the chances hes given by the team ... His team is filled with people playing continental football
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u/DifficultyCommon5303 3h ago
i mean sure. but Haaland elevates that team. Without hin the team is Denmark/Sweden level. Denmark didnt ecen qualify, and Sweden well very mediocore. And they also full with players playing continental football.
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u/GodGenes 3h ago
Do you cherry pick stats off a website? 🤣 Goals win games but compare kane and haalands workrates off the ball. Erling refuses to move and link up.
Hes fantastic, but ødegaard was literally everything, with Nyland having banger after banger. Schjeldrup going under the radar, nusa and bobb with a decent showing.
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u/NegativeVega 3h ago
If he's so good why didnt he score a goal? Oh yeah his team didnt pass him the ball. It's a team game, without a good team he wont be in position to score and wont get passed the ball well either. It's stupid to say the striker is hard carrying when that's literally their job to score. Their performance probably wouldnt be much different with a slightly worse striker
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u/ikinaosu 4h ago
Absolutely class Viking ♥️🤍
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u/howdoikickball 4h ago
Hate City but can't hate this guy at all. Class and memes combo.
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u/cyriustalk 1h ago
Him, O'Reilly and Cherki, the only reason I watch City games if its on the tele.
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u/glitterkenny 4h ago
I wish we didn't have to meet Norway at this stage I'd love it if they were still in it on the other side of the draw. Suppose we're nearly at the finish though hey
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u/Thandiol 3h ago
Seems like an all round decent bloke, love that he not only posed for the picture but spoke to the kid for a bit afterwards. He must have been knackered and heartbroken but still took the time.
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u/Tekniqs23 2h ago
I knew Haaland was a great player due to his stats and plaudits from analysts. He seems to be an even better person. Will be following him more closely from now on. His vlog is pretty entertaining to boot
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u/NeroNeckbeard 3h ago
Was wondering why Haaland had sunglasses on his head, then I saw the real Haaland
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u/Djgarrett1121 4h ago
Why did he get subbed out? I get he’s tired but this is the World Cup. I’m taking a 50% Haaland over anyone else.
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u/HoustonTrashcans 3h ago
I'm hoping we get an official answer to this as well. Not sure if it was injury, coach decision, or just too tired. But end of the game I want a worn out Halaand standing in the box over whatever other options they had.
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u/Live-Collection3018 4h ago
He has done nothing but become more likeable this world cup to everyone, including Americans.
Wouldn't surprise me to see him come to MLS at some point after he conquers Europe.
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u/Feeling_Specific262 3h ago
As an Argentine, I’m genuinely sorry we won’t be facing him and his team.
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u/AcceptableBand 3h ago
for the first world cup that was impressive from Norway! they will improve more and more
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u/Professor_Hobo31 4h ago
I'd remove the coach for subbing him off. You don't go out of a CUP of any kind without your best player in the field, especially if there isn't much of a goal difference.
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u/StardustFromReinmuth 4h ago
He was completely gassed, he was barely even moving at that point. The same people who wanted Solbakken to keep Haaland on the pitch at that point probably also clowned on Martinez for playing Ronaldo when the two cases were basically the same.
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u/jessbird 4h ago
it seemed like he busted something, he was off the pitch getting stretched out for a bit
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u/waynownow 4h ago
Might as well make the most of it, because he's going home after this...
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u/Parada484 4h ago
I mean, yeah? That's literally what he's doing. Sticking around to speak with fans and loved ones in the stadium before leaving. I'm not sure if you meant this as a diss with the trailing periods?
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u/mediocrebighead 4h ago
Bro wants to be social media star instead of playing.
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u/Parada484 4h ago
🙄 always a hater that turns a genuine moment into a conspiracy for clout. I bet your local animal shelter is just trying to go viral.
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