Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland took advantage of the weakness of the Gibraltar team to increase his scoring account with a triplet, in a match on the sixth day of Group G of the European qualifying phase of the World Cup in Qatar (5-1).
Haaland shared ownership with midfielder Martin Odegaard, a former Real Madrid player transferred to Arsenal.
However, it was Genk’s Kristian Thorsvedt who opened the scoring at Oslo’s Ulleval Stadium. Haaland scored the next two. The second at half an hour and six minutes before the break made the third to pass from Alexander Sorloth.
Gibraltar closed the gap at 43 through Reece Styche and in the second half, at the hour of play, Sorloth made the fourth for the Scandinavian team and, in added time, Haaland closed the scoring and the win.
Erling Haaland accumulates five goals in the qualifying phase. He scored Latvia and the Netherlands and now three to Gibraltar.
The win keeps Norway’s World Cup options. They are tied on points with the Netherlands, both with thirteen after six games played. EFE (HN)