Tomorrow morning in the European group stage of the World Cup preliminaries, Norway may qualify early and return to the World Cup stage again after 1998.
If Norway defeats Estonia and Italy loses to Moldova, Norway will lock in its ticket to the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup one round in advance. If Italy loses unexpectedly, a draw would be enough for Norway to advance.
The last time Norway participated in a world series was the 2000 European Cup, and the last time it participated in a World Cup was in the 1998 World Cup.
In the case of the same score, priority is given to comparing the goal difference, number of goals, and mutual records.
In this World Cup preliminaries, Norway won 6 games and scored 29 goals and conceded 3 goals, with a goal difference of 26 goals, which is 16 more goals than the second-place Italy.
The Norwegian team has Haaland, who is worth 180 million, and has scored 12 goals in 6 games. If Norway qualify, Haaland will usher in the first World Series of his career next year.
In addition, despite being injured, midfielder Odegaard, who is worth 80 million, will follow Norway in the World Cup preliminaries this month. Like Haaland, Odegaard has not played in a major competition before.