One-night summary of World Cup qualifying! Norway 4-1, Portugal 0-2, Italy 2-0, France 4-0, England 2-0

The European World Cup preliminaries have begun again, and it is another crazy night of goals. The most watched one is that Haaland led Norway to win all 7 games, and it is certain to advance to the World Cup after 28 years; although Italy also won, but The World Cup has been stuck in the play-offs for three consecutive years and has once again stood on the edge of the cliff; Cristiano Ronaldo lost unexpectedly and Portugal failed to advance. The powerful French team and England won easily and, as expected, advanced to the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup.

Norway 4-1 Estonia

Facing Estonia, Norway launched a pressing attack from the beginning, but was unable to score in the first half. Top star Haaland seemed a little anxious. The game changed sides again. Only 5 minutes into the game, Berg made precise guidance from the right. Serlot jumped high in front of the goal and smashed the header into the net. The Norwegian team led 1-0. Just 2 minutes later, Leersen once again contributed an assist, and Serlot dived over the top to score twice. The Norwegian team expanded the score to 2-0, taking a 2-goal lead in just 8 minutes. It was really exciting. In the 56th minute, Leersen sent another wonderful pass, Haaland scored with a header in front of the goal, and the Norwegian team sealed the victory 3-0. In the 62nd minute, Wolfe's header flew over and Haaland scored with a volley, completing his personal double. The Norwegian team was 4-0, completely sealing the victory. There was only a matter of time left to advance to the 2026 World Cup. Unless the Italian team scored more than ten goals in the final round and was defeated, this was completely impossible to happen. In just 7 World Cup qualifying games, Haaland has scored 14 goals, and his form is so strong. He has scored in 9 consecutive World Cup qualifying games and scored 10 goals in the last two games. He almost single-handedly carried Norway into the World Cup. Norway has won all 7 games and leads the group with an absolute advantage. As long as they don't collapse in the final round, they will get their first World Cup ticket since 1998.

Italy 2-0 Moldova

In this round, they faced Moldova, the weakest team in the group, but the Azzurri were unable to open up the situation. In the first half, they had no control of the ball and failed to pose an effective threat. Once they are tied, they are likely to lose the qualification to compete for first place in the group early. It was not until the 88th minute that the deadlock was finally broken. Dimarco sent a precise cross from the left, Mancini succeeded in a header, and Italy led 1-0; in stoppage time, Politano went down the right and sent it to the goal. Esposito grabbed the point and scored another victory, and the final score was fixed at 2-0.

Although Italy struggled to score 3 points, the group situation is still not optimistic: 3 points behind Norway, and the goal difference is 17 fewer! Direct dialogue with Norway in the final round means: Even if Italy wins in the final round, as long as they cannot win by a huge score, they may still miss the pass and can only play in the play-offs for the third consecutive time! Two absences from the World Cup have left Italian fans heartbroken, and now they are standing on the edge of the cliff. Can the Azzurri break the curse and qualify for the World Cup?

Portugal 0-2 Ireland

played an away game against Ireland, which only had 4 points. It shouldn't be a big problem for the powerful Portugal to score 3 points, but the result was a big upset. The rude red card of Ronaldo, who was 40, became the turning point of the game. After the game started, the Portuguese team quickly turned away and threatened the Irish defense many times. However, in the 17th minute, the Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa passed the ball in the backcourt and the Irish corner kick tactics were successful. Parrott grabbed the point and scored, and the Portuguese team fell behind 0-1. Before the end of the first half, Ireland once again penetrated the goal with a long shot, and the Portuguese team entered the halftime break 0-2.

Change sides and fight again. In the 60th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo made excessive hand movements in the penalty area and was deemed an elbow foul by VAR. The yellow card was changed to a red card and the president was directly sent off. It was difficult to make a comeback this time. When the president left the field, he made a crying gesture in response to the boos, and his emotions rarely got out of control. Portugal, with one less player to play, could no longer resist. In the end, they accepted the upset result 0-2. Although they are still 2 points ahead of Hungary, if they make a slight mistake in the final round, they may fall into the play-offs.

In other games, France 4-0 Ukraine, advancing to the World Cup, England 2-0 Serbia, winning all 7 games, which is quite domineering.