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90 min + 4: This is the thing. Norway<\/a> haven\u2019t played out of their skins today. They\u2019ve been about as good as you\u2019s expect. They haven\u2019t needed to raise their game particularly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min + 3: That was Haaland\u2019s seventh goal of the tournament so far, by the way. He is level at the top of the Golden Boot standings.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min + 2: Pele\u2019s Brazil<\/a> would struggle to get back into this one. This is not Pele\u2019s Brazil.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: Seven minutes of added time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL!!!! Brazil 0-2 Norway (Haaland 89 min)<\/p>\n He does it again. Schjelderup is the provider again. He passes to Haaland on the edge of the area. No one is marking him \u2013 why would you? He\u2019s only the best striker in the world. And Haaland skims the ball into the corner. A fantastic finish.<\/p>\n Norway’s Erling Haaland scores their second goal. Photograph: John Sibley\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.55 EDT<\/p>\n 89 min: Even now, Brazil don\u2019t really look like a team who need to score to stay in the World Cup<\/a>. What a curiously flat performance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 88 min: Corner for Norway<\/a> after some trickery from Brazil, who out-Brazils the Brazilians. Norway can spend some valuable seconds here. They play it back to Nyland.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 86 min: Wow. Nearly a crazy goal for Brazil<\/a>. The ball deflects wildly and Nyland has to scramble back and claw the ball on to the post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 85 min: Bobb takes the ball of Vini and surges clear. Brazil manage to gum it up on the edge of the area. Norway<\/a> play keep-ball. Remember when Brazil used to do this?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 83 min: Vinicius Jr, one of the few Brazilians to have taken the game to Norway<\/a> wins a corner. Neymar takes. Norway head it away for another corner. Cleared at the near post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min: I wouldn’t say that was coming but Brazil<\/a> have been so passive in this game, it\u2019s far from an injustice.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Haaland has barely had a touch this game but this is what he does. Schjelderup floats the ball across and Haaland leaps and thumps the ball home with his head. Of course he does.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL!!! Brazil 0-1 Norway (Haaland 79 min)<\/p>\n Who else?<\/p>\n Erling Haaland of Norway scores with a bullet header. Photograph: Image Photo Agency\/Getty ImagesAlisson has no chance. Photograph: Omar Aziz\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.53 EDT<\/p>\n 79 min: Ederson is on for Bruno Guimaraes. Are Brazil<\/a> thinking of penalties?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 77 min: And so we approach the end times. Norway<\/a> are slowing play down to a crawl. Maybe they\u2019ll play backwards if it goes to extra time? \u201cOne word that describes this weird game: Stage fright,\u201d says Sujit.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.40 EDT<\/p>\n 75 min: Haaland has his best mooment of the match, holding off his defender and laying it off for Schjelderup, whose shot is saved by Alisson at the near post. The Brazil<\/a> keeper has been as solid as always today.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 72 min: Neymar is going to score an 94th minute winner, isn\u2019t he? Norway<\/a> sort of run into Brazilians a few time in the box. If you asked me who I think the best team in this game is, I\u2019d say Cape Verde.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 70 min: We\u2019re back and hydrated.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min: Who\u2019s this coming on? Some guy called Neymar? For Matinelli? Yes it is. We will have drinks now too.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 67 min: Norway<\/a>, who scored 947 goals in qualifying, have been a non-event in attack. They appear reluctant to take any risks in the Brazil half. That said Alisson concedes a corner after pawing a cross away from Haaland. Brazil clear. Then Haaland is inches away from prodding the ball home as the ball slides across goal. Better from Norway, they clearly listened to my team talk.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64 min: Were Brazil playing rope a dope the whole time? They\u2019re breaking past the tiring Norwegians a lot now. Nyland charges out to make an excellent save but it was offside. The Norway<\/a> keeper is man of the match so far. Aursnes comes on for Ryerson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min: Corner for Brazil<\/a>, who are maybe creeping into control of this game. Nyland punches it clear. He then has to save smartly from a swirling Rayan shot. \u201cIf Brazil win no one will care,\u201d says Mary Waltz. \u201cBut get rid of the distinctive kit and this could be Everton v Fulham.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: Endrick nearly has an instant impact! He finds himself free and clear after a lovely pass from Vini with the outside of his boot. The teenager scampers free but prods the ball wide. Should have scored.<\/p>\n Endrick shoots but his effort goes wide. Photograph: Timothy A Clary\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.26 EDT<\/p>\n 58 min: Endrick comes on for Cunha.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57 min: Brazil<\/a> are finding it\u2019s hard to score when there isn\u2019t a Scottish defender to pass it to them.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min: Vini drifts past a few Norwegian defenders and wins a corner (nothing comes of it). Lovely stuff from the Brazilian and it makes you wonder why Brazil<\/a> are mounting so few attacks.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53 min: Brazil are still sitting back but Norway<\/a> are giving it away less. But also not really attacking.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.16 EDT<\/p>\n 51 min: Bobb runs around in a circle. Which is about as dangerous for the Brazilian as it sounds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min: The sun is out in New Jersey, things may heat up. Here\u2019s Joshua Lynn Eisenstein: \u201cHey, I grew up amongst the highways and malls of New Jersey, and they\u2019re not really all that bad. Drive for awhile in any direction and you\u2019ll eventually get to a city or a beach.\u201d<\/p>\n And Shark River Hills. Never forget Shark River Hills.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min: Two subs for Norway<\/a>. Bobb and Schjelderup are on for Nusa and Sorloth. Nusa had been very lively but had given it away quite a bit. I wonder if Norway are looking to become more disciplined in possession. I thought Sorloth had been pretty good \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.10 EDT<\/p>\n Leander Schaerlaeckens is at the stadium for us today and has a quick update on his impressions so far:<\/p>\n \u201cA weirdly paced game played on a much cooler afternoon but in absolutely cloaking humidity. It feels like neither team could quite decide how to approach that half, or what they were trying to get out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Half-time emails:<\/p>\n Tim Mason: \u201cNusa has tried cutting in from the left three or four times, failed each time, and each time it\u2019s led to a Brazilian fast break. Maybe Nusa needs a second move.\u201d<\/p>\n Rowan Hooper: \u201cNevermind heavy metal football, I think the men in red should listen to some Norwegian death metal at half time.\u201d<\/p>\n Justin Kavanagh: \u201cIt\u2019s not quite catenaccio, but the Brazilian fans are beginning to get frustrated with their Italian coach\u2019s tactic of soaking up the Norwegian pressure and playing them on the break. It\u2019s becoming Carlo\u2019s Nogo bonito, and they don\u2019t like it.\u201d<\/p>\n Farhan: \u201cThat Martinelli chance was a great one. Needed someone ever so slightly better in the air at the end of it. Too bad Casemiro couldn\u2019t be there since he was the creator in that instance.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A strange half. Norway<\/a> dominated possession but only created a few chances, and that was towards the end of the half. Brazil sat back and looked happy to try to exploit the frequent Norway turnovers. Their fans didn\u2019t seem happy at the tactics and there were a few whistles from the crowd towards the end of the half. I hear this Ancelotti guy knows what he\u2019s doing though.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time: Brazil 0-0 Norway<\/p>\n Norway had a goal disallowed, Brazil missed a penalty. We go into the break scoreless.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min + 5: Martinelli nearly gets on to a lovely ball from Casemiro but it\u2019s a little too high for him.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min + 3: Haaland causes a bit of panic in the box and Odegaard has time to stop and steady himself before shooting. Alisson sprawls and saves. Odegaard should have done better with the time he was given.<\/p>\n Alisson of Brazil saves a shot taken by Martin Odegaard of Norway. Photograph: Steph Chambers\/FIFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.54 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min +1: A corner for Norway, wasted again. Fox says Haaland has scored every 14 touches this World Cup<\/a>. Why don\u2019t they just pass it to him 14 times then?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min: Six minutes of added time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min: Norway<\/a> are giving the ball away every few minutes. They\u2019re very lucky not to have been punished.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 43 min: Norway<\/a> go back to the 90s and lump it long. Haaland nearly chases it through to create a chance. A few moments later he lays it off to Odegaard, whose shot is blocked for a corner. Nothing comes of it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41 min: Brazil sit in possession on the edge of the Norway<\/a> box. Vini is given too much room again but Ryerson recovers. A few moments later Vini twists and turns in the area and Nyland has to pull off a good save to keep the scores level.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 38 min: Haaland tries to hook\/lob it over Alisson but he doesn\u2019t quite get the needed height and arc. Smart play though. He could do well, this kid. \u201cWhy don\u2019t Norway<\/a> do the old cross to the big man and see what he can do? Some intricate plays in possession but no crosses is irritating me to no end,\u201d asks Daniel Wright on email.<\/p>\n Norway’s Erling Braut Haaland tries to lob the keeper. Photograph: Odd Andersen\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.43 EDT<\/p>\n 36 min: Norway<\/a> are turning it over like Russell Westbrook. Haaland gets a rare touch but \u2026 gives it away. Then Brazil give it away and, on the counter attack, Odegaard smacks the ball into the side netting. If both teams counter-attack is that just an attack?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 34 min: Brazil<\/a> continue to look scary on the break. Vini dances away from the Norwegian defence but can\u2019t catch up with the ball before it wends its way towards a goal kick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31 min: Martinelli races away from his marker and flashes the ball across goal. Nyland gets a boot to it and is very relieved to see it deflect away from the net. That could have gone anywhere.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29 min: We\u2019re back. A few people have written in to say that the Norwegian defender got a touch on the penalty. Looked stone cold where I was sitting but it doesn\u2019t matter \u2013 they missed anyway. Speaking of which, here\u2019s Martin Gamage. \u201cI genuinely think stutter run up penalties discomfit the taker more than the keeper. Practice your best penalty and take it with a smooth run up. If you get it right, the keeper won\u2019t save it. Which is typically Kane\u2019s technique until he tried that stutter run up against Croatia – off which, of course, he missed.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 28 min: Drinks break. They\u2019ll have sweated a fair bit in this wet bulb extravaganza. Nusa has been a wonderful livewire for Norway<\/a> so far. He doesn\u2019t actually get very far but he\u2019s scampering about with the ball at any opportunity.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26 min: The Fox broadcast says Bruno Guimaraes is the first Brazilian to miss a World Cup<\/a> penalty since 1986. Yikes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 25 min: Free-kick to Norway<\/a> to the left of the goal, about 45 yards out. All set up for Odegaard to swing it in but they take the slow approach instead and Brazil win the bacll back. Norway are controlling the possession but they\u2019re turning it over a lot, and Brazil look very dangerous on the counter.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22 min: Norway have 60% of the possession so far. Maybe 61% after a backpass to the keeper. They already won the Winter Olympics, why not the World Cup<\/a>?<\/p>\n