The Viking team won with a penalty goal from Manchester City’s penalty shooter; However, the foreigners rallied and managed to secure a crucial win with two goals in the final minutes. The Norwegians, for now, remain out of the qualifying positions for the competition to be held in Germany in 2024.
He’s not having a good time with his team. Erling Haaland a striker who only a few days ago was crowned champion of the Champions League with Manchester City, fails to repeat the successes with Norway .
the red vikings they have not been able to find the formula that will lead them to success; on the contrary, This Saturday they were beaten at home by Scotland 2-1 on the third date of Group A of the qualifying phase of the next European Cup.
In the first part, those led by stale solbakken They showed dominance on the pitch, but without clear ideas. The owners of the house tried to approach the area with repeated crosses, in search of the appearance of the star of the current Champions League monarch, a strategy which did not produce results because the visitors successfully retreated, containing the host’s attacks.
However, the Norwegians’ research paid off in the plugin. In the 61st minute of the match, Haaland exchanged a shot from twelve steps for a goal after a foul committed by Ryan Porteous .
However, from then on Scotland began to control the flow of the game, so it was no surprise that the draw happened: as soon as the replacement for former Borussia Dortmund was finalized ( he was replaced by Mats Daehli at minute 84), Lyndon Dykes scored parity (87′) after taking advantage of a defensive error .
But the malaise was going to seize the fans present in the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo: barely two minutes later (89 ‘) Kenny McLean scored the final 2-1 for the Blues, after an assist from the author of the first goal .
With this result, Norway add just one point after three matches played (lost 3-0 with Spain and drew 1-1 with Georgia), Currently ranked fourth among five Group A teams in the standings .
Meanwhile, Scotland are having a perfect campaign, leading the table with 9 points thanks to their three wins in the same number of games played. (beat Cyprus 3-0 and Spain 2-0).
For now, “El Androide” sees its participation in the next Eurocup which will take place in Germany between June and July 2024 from afar.
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