Has Haaland won the "championship"?

Scoring four goals in two matches and calmly watching his teammates play in the third, did Erling Haaland already win the most stressful tournament on the planet right in the group stage?

Haaland has scored at least one goal in every one of Norway's last 12 official matches. In total, he has scored 59 goals in 52 games for Norway. This impressive scoring rate gives Haaland the best goals-per-game ratio of any player with more than 50 international goals in the last 100 years.

Haaland calmly sat on the bench during Norway's 1-4 defeat to France . Photo: AP

At the 2026 World Cup, other superstars are also shining: Lionel Messi has scored 6 goals, including a hat-trick against Algeria, for Argentina; Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele have each scored 4 goals for France; Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first two goals of the tournament in Portugal's 5-1 victory over Uzbekistan... However, these superstars face one burden: the World Cup title.

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In particular, with Messi, the passionate Argentinian fans are yearning for a second consecutive World Cup title, something they haven't achieved in 64 years. Furthermore, a fourth World Cup title would put Argentina just one title behind their arch-rivals Brazil. Meanwhile, France, the strongest contender for the title, is looking for revenge for their 2022 final defeat against Argentina. And Harry Kane is under immense pressure to help England – a nation that invented football but is notoriously never to have won a World Cup – end their trophy drought. Kane scored two goals in England's opening match against Croatia but missed a golden opportunity against Ghana in a 0-0 draw...

Meanwhile, Haaland is in a rare and enviable position in sports: an all-time superstar unburdened by expectations. For the Norwegian national team, simply participating in the World Cup is a victory. Everything else is just an added bonus. And Haaland knows that. “Norway will never win the World Cup,” Haaland stated fearlessly in a press interview. The Norwegian football legend even estimated Norway’s chances at only 0.5%.

In the final group stage match against France, a game that football fans had been anticipating since the World Cup draw last December, Haaland calmly sat on the bench. He wore a radiant smile: “They’ll probably beat us. They’ll probably win the whole tournament.”

Entering the 2026 World Cup with a calm demeanor, Haaland seemed to have already won the "championship" after Norway secured their place in the Round of 16. However, playing with effortless grace and without any pressure, the Norwegian football legend could very well continue to make history in the match against Ivory Coast. "Haaland is like a lion locked in a cage. He can explode in the knockout rounds," predicted coach Solbakken. Let's wait and see!

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