Nordic sword unsheathed! Norway scored 3 goals in Italy set a 34-year record, the dawn of the World Cup begins

The rainy night in Oslo witnessed the historic moments of Nordic football. In the early morning of June 7, in the third round of the European qualifiers in the World Cup, Norway defeated the four World Cup champions Italy 3-0 at home. This victory not only ended Norway's record of not defeating Italy in 34 years of official competition, but also allowed the team to firmly ranked first in the group with a record of 9 points in three games, while Italy suffered a black start in the World Cup qualifiers, and the situation of qualifying in the group was suddenly severe.

The first half of the lightning triple strike, and the Italian defense completely collapsed. After the start of the game, Italy had a 62% advantage in the field, but Norway's defensive counterattack was bloody. In the 14th minute, Noosa made a precise pass in the midfield, and Sollot successfully formed a one-on-one striker. Facing the Champions League meritorious goalkeeper Donaluma calmly scored through the crotch, opening the first record for Norway. The Italian three central defenders' slow turn and offside mistakes were fully exposed at this moment.

Twenty minutes later, Norwegian goalkeeper Nilander kicked off with a big foot in the backcourt, Tolsby held Barrera in the midfield to compete for the whereabouts point. Noosa on the left suddenly cut inward after getting the ball, drifting past Zapacosta and Udoji continuously, and shot from the front of the penalty area and scored in the far corner. This 1V2 goal completely broke through Italy's linebacker cooperative defense system.

The real fatal blow appeared in the 42nd minute: Ode High School sent a scalpel straight through the pass, and Haaland successfully got a one-on-one opportunity against offside. He easily picked Donnarumma who attacked and pushed the ball into the empty goal. At the end of the half, Norway scored 3 goals with just four shots, while Italy, which had the advantage of ball possession, did not create an excellent opportunity.

Norway's precise counterattack vs Italy's invalid transmission and control

Norway's tactical design in this battle is textbook level. The team voluntarily gave up possession of the ball (only 38%) and focused on deep assaults: Haaland's 41% sprint pointed directly at the weak point of the Italian right-hand air defense, Odega retreated as the metronome (89% pass success rate in the game), Noosa and Sollot stretched the width of the wings to form a three-dimensional offensive net. The double midfielder Tolsby and Sand Berg completed 11 steals, completely strangling the Italian technical midfielder.

In contrast, in Italy, Spaletti's 3-5-1-1 formation was completely invalid. The single arrow Retge touched the ball in the whole game only 9 times, and Raspadori, who was highly anticipated, handed over the embarrassing data of 0 key passes. Although Vlatesi, who came on as a substitute in the second half, made the only shot in Italy in the 51st minute, the ball rebounded and fell into the arms of the Norwegian goalkeeper. The Blue-clothed Legion, worth 720 million euros, was sleepwalking under the impact of the Norwegian Youth Army.

Sollot's speech after the game was revealed by the Nordic pragmatism: "It is sometimes because the opponent can beat an opponent like Italy, but today we dominate the game." Haaland social media only celebrated the victory with pictures "Not bad!", and it was hard to hide its sharpness in restraint.

And Italian coach Spaletti admitted: "The players are like playing football in the fog." The heavy rain washed away the mud on Donnarumma's face and also the collision marks of the old and new football philosophy - when the 62% ball possession rate became invalid transmission, and when the concrete defense line was dismembered by speed and efficiency, the 3-0 score was a foregone conclusion.