FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 : IRAQ VS NORWAY – 16/06/2026 (PHOTO – HAALAND AND NORWAY CELEBRATE)

IF IT WAS SOME ‘HAALAND MAGIC’ YOU WERE EXPECTING IN THE MATCH BETWEEN IRAQ AND NORWAY, HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT ON HIS DEBUT WORLD CUP APPEARANCE LAST NIGHT, PLUS THERE WAS LOT’S OF OTHER DYNAMISM FROM BOTH TEAMS ALSO! NORWAY MADE 530 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 63% POSSESSION, AND 12 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A MAGNIFICENT BRACE FROM ERLING HAALAND AT 29 MINS. AND 43 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND A CRACKER FROM LEO OSTIGARD AT 76 MINS! IRAQ PUT ON AN ENERGETIC AND COMPACT PERFORMANCE, MAKING 335 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND 11 SHOTS WITH 1 ON-TARGET WHICH SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET WITH VIGOUR FROM AYMEN HUSSEIN AT 39 MINS., SO, AFTER 90 MINUTES (AND WHILST FACTORING-IN AN EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL FROM AYMEN HUSSEIN IN EXTRA TIME AT 90 +6 MINS.) THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 4 – 1 WIN TO NORWAY.

WORLD CUP 2026 – IRAQ VS NORWAY – 16/06/2026