ten minutes it took Haland doing what he does best: scoring goals. A brace from the new Manchester City striker (who also provided an assist for the Realist sorlot) has given victory to Norway against Sweden (3-2).
A header from the Norwegian star in the 10th minute opened the way to victory for his team in a Scandinavian derby that -despite the Swedish impetus- dominated the locals from a good start. Already in the second half, at 53 ‘, the 21-year-old striker scored his second goal (fifth in the Nations League) after a penalty caused by sorlot. Sweden got into the match with a great goal from Forsbergwho was the best of his team, despite being overshadowed by Haland. The former Borussia Dortmund player not only scores goals, he also distributes them: in the 77th minute, he caught a bad clearance from the visiting defense to put a ball to the far post with his left leg that sorlot finished off With the match sentenced, in the last minute of the addition, Gyokeres took advantage of a resounding mistake Nyland to make up the marker and put the 3 -2.
Norway took control of the game early on and locked the Swedish team in their field, which did not wake up until the 20th minute of the first half, after a new warning from the locals. A boarding school on the left wing of Daehli ended in a powerful shot that forced Olsen to make the save of the game to avoid 2-0. The locals felt comfortable, but at 22′ the first warning from the Swedes would arrive: Forsberg had the tie in his boots after hunting a pass from Kulusevsky inside the box, but his shot went high. This occasion woke up Sweden who would warn again in the 29th minute with a great individual play by Kulusevsky which ended in a corner. They were the best minutes of the team trained by Jane Andersson, which managed to stop Norway. The Swedes were about to find the tie prize in one of the last actions of the first half: a left-footed shot from the edge of Gundmundsson that went off target for very little, but the 1-0 would be the result at the break.
Already in the second half, the first notable action ended in a favorable penalty to Norway that -who else?- Haland was in charge of transforming. sorlotcompletely alone, had anticipated the Swedish goalkeeper with his head Olsen and it touched him. He did not appreciate a penalty in the first instance, the referee, but after reviewing it in the VAR he pointed it out. Haland he took responsibility and deceiving the goalkeeper with a cross shot put the 2-0 on the scoreboard. It was the 54th minute of the match and the slab of the second goal seemed too much for Sweden, until it appeared Forsberg. The RB Leipzig midfielder gave us in minute 62 the great goal of the afternoon: with a touch he controlled a pass from Kulusevsky inside the area and the next move was a direct hit to the top corner. nothing could do Nyland to avoid the goal, which with half an hour to go, made Sweden believe. The problem for the Swedes was that Haland he hadn’t shown all his magic yet. The new ‘citizen’ striker caught a ball inside the area, near the bottom line, and put it on the far post so that sorlot practically scored the 3 to 1 at will. In the last minute of the addition the final 3 to 2 would come after Nyland will collide with one of their defenders and loosen the ball for Gyokeres mark at will.
The victory consolidates Norway in the leadership of group 4 of League B and leaves Sweden -with 3 points- without mathematical options to be promoted to League A. At 8:45 p.m. the other two teams in the group, Slovenia and Serbian.
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