{"id":22614,"date":"2026-07-06T15:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22614"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:52:03","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-norway-knock-five-time-champions-brazil-out-with-stunning-2-1-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22614","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026: Norway Knock Five-Time Champions Brazil Out With Stunning 2-1 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norway national football team pulled off a major World Cup upset by defeating five-time champions Brazil national football team 2-1 in the Round of 16 to reach the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The match in New Jersey saw Erling Haaland deliver a match-winning performance by scoring both goals for Norway.<\/p>\n

Haaland opened the scoring in the 79th minute before striking again in the 90th minute to put Norway in control.<\/p>\n

Neymar scored Brazil’s only goal from the penalty spot deep into stoppage time, but it was not enough to prevent elimination. Norway’s victory secured their first-ever place in a World Cup quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Norway’s players and supporters celebrated the historic victory inside the stadium, with Haaland joining the team’s traditional drum celebration.<\/p>\n

Neymar was visibly emotional after Brazil’s World Cup campaign came to an end. The defeat marked Brazil’s earliest World Cup exit since 1990.<\/p>\n

Norway will face England national football team in the quarter-finals after England defeated Mexico in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n

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Norway national football team pulled off a major World Cup upset by defeating five-time champions Brazil national football team 2-1 in the Round of 16 to reach the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The match in New Jersey saw Erling Haaland deliver a match-winning performance by scoring both goals for Norway. Haaland opened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"3","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"no-sidebar","sidebar":"home-loop","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"ago","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","number_popup_post":"5","show_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"no-crop","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-715"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,38],"tags":[2052,12825,12822,1194,12820,8945,8948,12826,12821,12121,12823,12824,12648,5347,1502],"class_list":["post-22614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-sports","tag-brazil","tag-brazil-eliminated","tag-brazil-football-team","tag-england","tag-erling-haaland","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-football","tag-haaland","tag-neymar-jr","tag-norway","tag-norway-football-team","tag-quarter-finals","tag-round-of-16","tag-sports-news","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22619,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22614\/revisions\/22619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}