Norway's national football team "entered with the right" in the 2026 World Cup, as for the 9th group premiere, it prevailed in Boston, Iraq 4-1, but clearly harder than the final score shows.

In the first minutes of the showdown, the Iraqis were not closed in defense and tried to play "in equal" the Norwegians, claiming balls and trying to reach the opposing area with claims. In fact, they made three shots towards the opposing focus, but without any substantial result. For their part, the Scandinavians had control of the race and it was a matter of time before they reached the goal, as the quality difference between the two teams was evident.

In the 29th minute, the Norwegians were first combined in the match in a "rational" way and the ball reached Wolfe, who from a position outside left made a parallel centra, with Earling Haaland making his known move behind the two arcades and with a view to opening the score for Europeans. This was the first goal of Manchester City quarterback in the final phase of the World Cup, as Norway returned to the major football festival after 28 years (p. its last participation was in 1998 in France), when Haaland was not born (p. 21 July 2000).
Despite the goal they accepted, the Iraqis were not "delivered" to the quality superiority of the Norwegians and tied in the 39th minute with Hussein's sharp header from a center of Alamari from the left. But four minutes later, Haaland ideally used Ali's "criminal" inconsistency with Hassan within the great region of Iraq and gave Norway the lead again. In the second minute of the first part delays, Iraq missed a great opportunity for the tie, but Al Hamadi's frame sent the ball to pass. ..excruciatingly beside Nieland's right beam.
In the second 45 minute, the pace of the race "falled" with the Norwegians trying more to hold the lead, than to widen the score and the Iraqis attempting to reach the tie, but without succeeding.
The match "finished" in the 76th minute, when from an execution of Endegard's corner, Estegard defeated Iraq's defenders in the air and with a header shaped 3-1, while the final score formed Thorstved with a header in the seventh minute of delays.

Referee: Pierre Acho (Gabon)

Yellow : Tahsin

Red:

Compositions:
IRAK (Graham Arnold): Hassan, Ali, Tahsin, Hashem, Dokshi, Al-Amari, Ismail (59` Zidan Ikbal), Bayes (78` Mohanad Ali), Yasim (73` Kasem), Al-Hamadi (59` Marco Farji), Hussein (73` Saantun).
NORWAY (Stale Solbaken): Niland, Ryerson, Ayer, Hegrem, Wolfe (73' Estegard), Endegard (81' Berg), Berge, Orsens (73' Thorsted), Sorloth (73' Bob), Nousa (73' Sielderup), Haaland.