erling haaland His reputation as a superstar grew even more Norway scored a hat-trick as they beat Israel 5-0 at home, while Cristiano Ronaldo was vacated as Portugal beat Ireland 1-0. world cup qualifiers Saturday.
With Ronaldo unable to improve his men’s national team record, Haaland increased his tally to 51 goals for Norway in just 46 games. scoring record 141 of.
Both players missed penalties and Haaland also missed a re-take on a night when fluffed spot-kicks looked contagious but had no effect on the result. Spain’s Ferran Torres and Italy’s Matteo Letegui were also saved.
European champions Spain defeated Georgia 2-0, and Italy defeated Estonia 3-1 to stop goal-hungry Norway from advancing. Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma added to the tally with a sloppy goal late on. failure In recent years.
Spain takes the lead
Spain has won three games in a row without conceding a goal, and leads Group E with nine points.
Spain, missing Barcelona’s genius player Lamine Yamal due to injury, took the lead midway through the first half thanks to the performance of Elemy Pino.
Midfielder Mikel Oyarzabal, who scored the goal, scored a free kick midway through the second half to make it 2-0.
Spain has a three-point lead over Turkey, who defeated Bulgaria 6-1 with two goals from Juventus forward Kenan Yildiz.
Portugal is in charge
Portugal won in the final stages and won their third straight match, giving them a five-point lead over second place Hungary in Group F.
Ruben Neves scored a header in stoppage time to make up for Ronaldo’s penalty miss in the 75th minute. Ronaldo fired a shot down the middle and goalkeeper Caoichhin Kelleher stuck out his left foot to curl the ball over the top.
Kelleher celebrated by jumping up and punching his right fist as Ronaldo put his hands to his face.
Lisbon fans applauded in the 21st minute in memory of Diogo Jota, who wore that number for Portugal. Former Liverpool forward died in a car accident With my brother in July.
Neves currently wears number 21. tattoo On my left calf in honor of my deceased friend.
In the other match in the group, Hungary defeated Armenia 2-0 with goals from Daniil Lukács and Zombor Gruber.
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Haaland was the only Norwegian player to score in Oslo, with Israel scoring two own goals.
Norway has won all six races and is six points behind second place Italy. Haaland’s team has scored 29 goals and conceded 3, giving them a goal difference of +26.
Haaland scored an angled shot in the 27th minute, followed by a powerful downward header in the 63rd minute and a header from the back post in the 72nd minute.
He was also involved in Norway’s third goal, with his eerie presence forcing a blunder between goalkeeper and defender Dan Nashmias.
Norway took the lead in the 18th minute with an own goal from Israeli striker Anan Harairi.
there were pro-Palestinian protests Before the match in Oslo.
By the time Donnarumma dropped a routine catch from a cross from the left to give Estonia’s Rauno Sappinen a tap-in, Italy were already coasting.
Italy took an early lead thanks to striker Moise Kean, who plays for Serie A side Fiorentina, but Kean then limped off with what appeared to be an injury to his right ankle.
Retegui found the back of the net just before half-time, and in the 74th minute Inter Milan forward Pio Esposito turned in Leonardo Spinazzola’s cross and scored just before Donnarumma finished.
Manaj makes nationalist billboards
Albania beat Serbia 1-0, overtaking the hosts in Group K and moving into second place, four points behind England.
Striker Rey Manaj scored with a clean volley on the stroke of half-time, symbol of nationalism He held her hand as she rushed to the bench to celebrate.
He clasped his hands with his thumbs fixed and his fingers spread apart, forming a shape like the double-headed eagle depicted on the Albanian flag. The thumbs represent the heads of two eagles.
In the other match, Andorra drew 2-2 with Latvia.
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