{"id":37840,"date":"2026-06-23T16:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37840"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:30:48","slug":"erling-haaland-carries-norway-past-senegal-into-round-of-32","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/erling-haaland-carries-norway-past-senegal-into-round-of-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland carries Norway past Senegal, into round of 32"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Hi Erling Haaland\u2019s second consecutive two-goal match led Norway into the round of 32 at the World Cup with a 3-2 victory against Senegal in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Tuesday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Norway and France each have six points from two matches heading into their Group I finale on Friday in Foxborough, Massachusetts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>France lead on goal differential (plus-5 to plus-4), meaning they need just a draw to take first place in the group.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Senegal (0-2-0, 0 points) are on the verge of elimination entering their match against Iraq (0-2-0, 0 points) on Friday in Toronto.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>After goals by substitute Marcus Holmgren Pedersen in the 43rd minute and Haaland in the 48th, Senegal\u2018s Ismaila Sarr pulled one back in the 53rd before Haaland made it a two-goal lead again in the 58th.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Sarr caused a nervy finish by scoring in the third minute of second-half stoppage time with a strike from the middle of the box to make it 3-2.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Haaland, who scored twice in his World Cup debut vs. Iraq in the opening match, made it 2-0 when Martin Odegaard slipped a pass through two defenders and Haaland took a shot despite slipping.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Sarr held off two defenders to score from the center of the box to make it 2-1, but Norway responded with pressure that created a turnover and Patrick Berg spotted Haaland in front of the goal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Haaland took the hip-high service and still managed to get off a right-footed shot.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>He has 24 goals during a 12-match goal streak for Norway in competitive matches and 59 goals in 52 career international matches overall.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Shortly after that, Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who made three spectacular saves, left with an injury. Mory Diaw replaced him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The Norwegians started with a bang but could not crack the scoresheet despite a sequence of four consecutive corner kicks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Still, it took a spectacular reactionary save by Mendy to keep Norway at bay in the fourth minute.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Julian Ryerson\u2019s in-swinger from the left corner went to unmarked Kristoffer Ajer at the 6-yard box. Ajer headed the ball down, and Mendy trapped it between his legs at the goal line and as he was falling somehow flicked the ball out of harm\u2019s way.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Pedersen entered in the 12th minute for an injured Ryerson, and a blunder by Kalidou Koulibaly led to his goal. Koulibaly\u2019s clearance of an Odegaard pass went directly to Pedersen, who unleashed a shot that went off Mendy\u2019s left arm.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30241,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-37840","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Norway and France each have six points from two matches","published_date":"","news_description":"Norway and France each have six points from two matches","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37844,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37840\/revisions\/37844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}