disappointing game from norway as they only had one plan the whole tournament and that was to pass the ball to haaland or get the ball to him somehow and hope for the best. that may have worked against the previous teams they went against and with luck that they made it this far, based on the fact that the teams just forgot to mark a 6’5 hulking blonde norwegian on their backline. unfortunately for them, england were never going to make that mistake and tuchel probably drilled it down to the defenders to never take their eyes of haaland. in hindsight, this will be an aggravating game for norway to look back on because they had a real chance in the first half. once the second half came, norway just looked out of options. passing to their only target was impossible and even then i have to question why didn’t haaland move around more? or be part of the movement when they had possession? there are many things to be exasperated about but especially thinking if only sorloth got over his ego, looked up, and passed to haaland who had a wide open shot he could strike in so fast and powerful it would’ve left pickford stunned. props to england who pushed norway to sub haaland out - and ironically subbed in dan burn in just to rub the salt in norway’s wound - and bellingham who scored a brace. this england team is unlike their previous rosters from prior world cups; they’re better and more cohesive with a manager who knows a lot more with what he wants from his squad.