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Erling Haaland headed in the go-ahead goal in the 80th minute and scored again before the end of regulation time, carrying Norway into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time with a 2-1 victory over Brazil on Sunday that showcased the towering striker on soccer\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n

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After being a nonfactor for much of the afternoon and having limited touches, Haaland turned it on when it mattered most, getting the right side of his head on the ball after a perfect setup by Andreas Schjelderup, who entered at halftime. Schjelderup jumped on Haaland\u2019s back to celebrate the 6-foot-5 striker scoring his sixth goal at the World Cup and did so again after assisting on his seventh, tying Argentina\u2019s Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 of France for the most in the tournament.<\/p>\n

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Haaland extended his scoring streak to 14 consecutive competitive matches internationally. He has 27 in that stretch and 62 in 54 with Norway.<\/p>\n

At the other end, goalkeeper \u00d8rjan Nyland was stellar. He made a crucial stop early, diving to his left to deny Bruno Guimar\u00e3es\u2019 penalty kick in the 14th minute, then got his left hand on a shot by Endrick late when Norway was hanging on to a one-goal lead.<\/p>\n

The only goal Nyland allowed was to Neymar on a penalty kick late in stoppage time, which changed just the final score.<\/p>\n

Nyland, who at 35 is his team\u2019s oldest player, was a huge factor in a historic victory that ranks among the most significant in the country\u2019s history \u2014 at least on the men\u2019s side. Norway\u2019s women\u2019s team won the World Cup in 1995, but the men have only qualified four times and not since 1998. They had not gone further than the round of 16.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, Norway will face the winner of the Mexico-England round-of-16 game.<\/p>\n

Guimar\u00e3es became the first Brazil player not to score on a World Cup penalty kick since Zico in 1986. The decision to have him take it instead of star Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior brought immediate second-guessing and may be questioned and criticized for quite some time.<\/p>\n

There were plenty of other missed opportunities, including Casemiro missing Neymar on a crossing attempt on what could have been the tying goal.<\/p>\n

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Brazil goes home having massively underachieved expectations set pretty much at win or bust for the five-time World Cup champions. The global powerhouse had its streak of quarterfinal appearances at the tournament end at eight, losing before that stage for the first time since 1990.<\/p>\n

It was Brazil\u2019s seventh consecutive loss to European opponents at the World Cup, dating to beating Germany in the 2002 final. The absence of injured midfielder Lucas Paquet\u00e1 did not help, even though Gabriel Martinelli showed off his speed at times after being coach Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s choice to go into the starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Norway got defender Julian Ryerson back from his injury that sidelined him the past two games, and coach St\u00e5le Solbakken was rewarded for making the changes at halftime by Schjelderup setting up each of Haaland\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n

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Those moves played a role in the upset, though this one was not nearly as massive as the group stage in 1998. Norway showed how much it had evolved as a soccer nation since then, with knocking off Brazil the latest step in that process.<\/p>\n

Yellow-clad Sele\u00e7\u00e3o fans outnumbered those in Norway red, many of whom did the now-famous Viking Row in the stands \u2014 with Brazil supporters even cheering it before kickoff. Brazil\u2019s fans were stunned silent when it returned after the game.<\/p>\n

Also in the sellout crowd of 80,663 were rapper Jay-Z, comedian Chris Rock, actor Woody Harrelson, actor Sof\u00eda Vergara and basketball player Jalen Brunson of the NBA champion New York Knicks, who elicited a healthy roar when he was shown on video screens.<\/p>\n

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