Behind the two goals scored yesterday Erling Haaland Italy also collaborated with Gianluca Mancini. The striker himself told it Manchester City after Norway beat the Azzurri 4-1 at San Siro with a score of 4-1, winning Group I with maximum points (8 wins out of 8) and qualifying for the World Cup after 27 years.
Italy-Norway, Azzurri report card: poor Bastoni, Esposito makes himself known to Haaland
by Andrea Sereni
Haaland top scorer in qualifying
Haaland plays the game with two faces. In the first half he practically did not touch the ball and rarely made attacks. In the second half he switched gears, he and the rest of Norway. After Nusa equalized, the City striker went wild and within two minutes he first scored to make it 2-1 and then the goal that practically ended the match: 16 goals in 8 games, top qualifying scorer.
Duel with Mancini
But what does Mancini have to do with Haaland’s brace? The Norwegian striker himself revealed the strange details of the duel with the Roma defender on TV 2: “Mancini started touching my butt when the score was 1-1 and I thought: ‘What is he doing?’. Then I got a little excited and told him: ‘Thanks for the motivation, let’s go’. So I scored two goals and we won the match 4-1. I think the match went well, so I thank him.”
