Norway has made a brilliant start to the 2026 FIFA World Cup by defeating Iraq 4-1.
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Norway has made a brilliant start to the FIFA World Cup 2026 by defeating Iraq 4-1.
Norway made a great start to the match held in Boston, USA on Wednesday morning.
Norway, which returned to the FIFA World Cup after 28 years, had a great opening game, which will be a challenge for France and Senegal in this group for the upcoming journey. With today's victory, Norway has added 3 points in the World Cup 2026.
Star striker Erling Haaland scored two goals for Norway's victory. Norway dominated against Iraq from the start of the match. Haaland scored the first goal in the 29th minute of the first half after a pass from David Muller Wolff.
Similarly, in the 39th minute, Aymen Hussein scored a goal from a pass from Iraq's Amir Al-Amari to equalize the game.
But four minutes later, Haaland scored his second personal goal in the 43rd minute, making the game 2-1 in the first half. Leo Ostigaard scored in the 73rd minute for Norway, who also dominated the second half, to make it 3-1.
After Iraq's Aymen Hussein, who was struggling, scored an own goal in the last minute, Norway won its first match against Iraq 4-1. In the other match of the same group that night, France defeated Senegal by a 3-1 goal difference.
