In a match where the Norwegian team desperately needed a goal to defeat direct opponent Spain, striker Erling Haaland played under his strength.
Erling Haaland is very confident before entering the important match against Spain because a few days ago, he scored a double against Cyprus.
However, Spain’s defense is at a much higher level than Cyprus.
The away team’s central defenders marked Haaland very closely and he almost disappeared for 90 minutes.
Since the beginning of the season, this was Haaland’s worst match when he was only scored 6.5 points by Sofascore.
It’s hard to believe that Haaland only won 2/9 duels against Spanish players. It feels like he is overloaded after four consecutive matches in the first 16 days of October.
During the 90 minutes of the match, Haaland only hit 5 passes on target (63%) and had only 1 shot on target.
In addition, Norway’s No. 9 striker also touched the ball 18 times and lost the ball 7 times.
Of the 12 shots that the home team launched this morning, Man City’s striker only had 2 shots.
Haaland’s disappointing form is the main reason why Norway could not score against Spain, although they were not too lacking in opportunities.
Losing 0-1 to Spain, Norway has almost no hope of participating in EURO 2024. They have 10 points after 7 matches and are 5 points behind Spain and Scotland, in the context of having played more than two teams. mentioned above in one match.
