Manchester City star striker Erling Haaland helped Norway make a positive start to their World Cup qualifying campaign by scoring in a 5-0 rout of Moldova. Norway’s third and last World Cup appearance was back in 1998, two years before Haaland was born. Now, Haaland leads a team featuring Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard that bears high expectations of reaching the 2026 tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

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