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Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick to walk 50 planetary goals successful grounds clip arsenic Norway cruised to a 5-0 thrashing of Israel connected Saturday, edging person to qualifying for a archetypal World Cup since 1998.
Norway, who person not played astatine a large tourney since Euro 2000, present pb Group I with 9 points much than second-placed Italy, who person 2 games successful manus and play successful Estonia aboriginal Saturday.
The Scandinavians volition unafraid a spot astatine adjacent year’s finals successful the United States, Canada and Mexico with a triumph implicit the Estonians connected Tuesday if Italy neglect to decision either Estonia oregon Israel successful their adjacent 2 matches.
Manchester City striker Haaland is the starring scorer successful European qualifying with 12 goals truthful far.
He besides became the fastest subordinate successful men’s planetary shot to scope 50 goals for his state and present boasts 51 goals for Norway successful conscionable 46 games.
England skipper Harry Kane held the erstwhile record, bringing up his half-century successful 71 appearances.
Ahead of kick-off, hundreds of radical attended a pro-Palestinian demonstration, chanting “Free Palestine” to protestation against Israel’s “genocide” successful Gaza, AFP journalists reported.
The caput of the Norwegian shot association, Lise Klaveness, precocious said she was pushing “for Israel to beryllium sanctioned”.
In aboriginal action, Haaland amazed the Norwegian fans successful the Ullevaal Stadium erstwhile his punishment was saved by Israel goalkeeper Daniel Peretz.
The spot-kick was ordered to beryllium retaken for encroachment wrong the country and Haaland struck his 2nd effort the other direction, lone for it to beryllium parried distant again by Peretz.
But Norway did forge up successful the 18th infinitesimal done an Anan Khalaili ain goal, earlier Haaland raced wide to people successful a ninth successive planetary appearance.
The hosts grabbed their 3rd conscionable seconds aft Israel kicked disconnected again successful the 28th minute, arsenic Peretz kicked the shot disconnected Idan Nachmias, who was nether unit from Haaland, and into the nett for different ain goal.
Nachmias besides had to spell disconnected injured aft colliding with the post.
Haaland added his 2nd successful the 63rd minute, powering location a header from Antonio Nusa’s cross, earlier nodding successful to implicit his hat-trick with 18 minutes left.
Elsewhere, Hungary bushed Armenia 2-0 successful Group F, meaning Portugal could suffice with back-to-back wins implicit the Republic of Ireland, who they were facing astatine location aboriginal Saturday, and past Hungary connected Tuesday.
The station Haaland fires Norway person to World Cup instrumentality successful casual triumph implicit Israel appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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