The international match days in September have all ended. Five teams, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Morocco and Tunisia, have obtained direct access to the 2026 World Cup. Currently, 18 seats have been generated in the top 48.
As the continent with the largest number of places in the World Cup, the World Cup qualifiers in Europe have exceeded half, but no team has qualified in advance. According to the points situation, teams may go directly to the World Cup next month, including England, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, Norway, etc.
As the four-time World Cup champion, the Italian team encountered trouble again this World Cup qualifier. The Norwegian team in the same group was unstoppable and had already won five consecutive victories at the beginning and had 21 goals difference advantage. How can the Italian team catch up?
In the 6th round of the European Group I Group in the World Cup, Norway played the advantage at home, Haaland scored 5 goals and gave 2 assists, Osgou scored 4 goals, Miller and Odegau each scored one goal, and finally defeated Moldova 11-1, continuing to lead the standings with 15 points, and at the same time, he beat Italy in one round with 6 points.
In this game, Haaland played completely crazy and made his first five-son win in the national team. He was the first player to represent the Norwegian national team in a single game in this century. He also became the first player to score 5 goals in the European qualifiers in the past 48 years since Hans Klankel in 1977.
According to German statistics, the Norwegian team's total value is 512 million euros high, ranking eighth in Europe, with Haaland + Odegao in the team, and the Gemini's value is 265 million euros (180 million + 85 million). There are also Wolves forward Larson, Leipzig forward Noosa, Atletico Madrid forward Sollot and other powerful players, but these players have never participated in the national team competition, and this time they are getting closer and closer to achieving this goal.
As Norwegian team performs more and more strongly, it also makes the veteran strong team Italy more and more embarrassed. They are 6 points behind in one round of the game and 16 goals behind. Norway's last three rounds include two home games and one away game. Even if the Italian team defeats Norway in the last round at home, the goal difference will be compared first, rather than the victory or loss relationship, so the Italian team basically has no hope of competing for the first place in the group.
In addition, even if the Italian team qualifies for the playoffs, it will be difficult for them to compete for the World Cup ticket. Look at the past two World Cup qualifiers, and the team's strength has been declining and has become the third-rate level in the world. It is highly likely that they missed the World Cup for three consecutive times.
