Haaland and Co. celebrate
LIVE: Norway start under pressure against Estonia!
With a 4:1 victory over Estonia, Norway has become the second team after England to secure one of the twelve fixed European tickets for the 2026 World Cup!
In Oslo, Alexander Sörloth (50th, 52nd) and Erling Haaland (56th, 62nd) made the difference within 13 minutes. Norway can still be overtaken by Italy in Group I, but can only theoretically be displaced from first place thanks to their clearly superior goal difference.
Italy face 9:0 "mission impossible"
For their part, the "Squadra Azzurra" beat Moldova 2-0 in the evening game thanks to late goals from Gianluca Mancini (88') and Francesco Esposito (92'). Given the three-point and 17-goal gap in the table, the Italians would have to win 9-0 or more against Norway on Sunday to secure their ticket to the World Cup ...
Varga shoots Hungary to a three-pointer
In another early match of the qualifying day, Hungary celebrated a 1-0 win in Armenia, with former Mattersburg striker Barnabás Varga scoring the decisive goal. With the three-goal win, Hungary consolidated second place behind Portugal and ahead of Ireland.
Iceland win in Azerbaijan
Iceland also recorded an away win against Azerbaijan. The northerners won thanks to goals from Albert Gudmundsson (20th minute) and
Sverrir Ingason (39') to win 2-0 and remain in the race for second place in Group D behind France.
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