Chapter 69: Norway, a little boy named Erling

The World Cup qualifiers are in full swing.

Italy, who had won two in a row, visited Bulgaria.

Andrea Pirlo, Gianluigi Buffon and Camoranesi were sidelined through injury, Piero and Barzagli were not selected, and Lippi's new team could not knock on the home side at the Estadio Levski Sofia.

In the end, the two teams drew 0-0.

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Brazil beat Venezuela 4-0 away to lead Argentina on goal difference and sit second in the table, four points behind leaders Paraguay. Kaka, who returned to the national team after 11 months, opened the scoring with a solo break, Robinho scored twice and Adriano broke his drough of goals for the national team since the 2006 World Cup.

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Portugal travelled to Solna, a suburb of Stockholm, where Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic went head-to-head with the two teams drawing a goalless draw.

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Argentina beat Uruguay 2-1 at home, with Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero scoring respectively, and Lugano pulling one back for Uruguay to give Argentina their first win in six games.

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Wembley StadiumEngland beat Kazakhstan 5-1 at home. Rio Ferdinand took the lead, Frank Lampard's free-kick from a cross resulted in an own goal and Wayne Rooney's overhead kick sealed the win, giving Defoe the icing on the cake as England made it three wins in a row.

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Spain beat Estonia 3-0 away to make it 26 games unbeaten and Casillas kept a clean sheet for 709 minutes, breaking the record set by Subisareta and Buyo 16 years ago. And Cassie once again caught up with Hierro's national team record of 89 appearances with this game.

This year's Golden Globe competition seems to have seen a hint of suspense.

The Netherlands, who beat Iceland 6-0 at home, became the most unexpected game of the round.

Although Iceland is not a strong team, they have always been resilient and are not a fish belly that can be handled at will.

But it fell apart under the smack-chilling firepower of the Netherlands in this game.

And Levy, who scored five goals and had a meaningful interaction with Cruyff after the game

It has reappeared in the eyes of the whole world.

For a while, major sports media in Europe wrote a piece of news.

"The Dutch Crown Prince! Cruyff personally put the new Dutch star on the throne

"The Uncrowned King, Filling the Last Jewel Missing in the Crown"

"The rumors are self-defeating, and the infighting in the Dutch team is pure fiction"

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"Li, I really didn't expect you to be such a person."

Levi was lying on his bed, looking out the window at the night view of Amsterdam, and Van der Vaart was 'expletive' on the phone.

The heckling of other teammates, the loud music, and the soft voices of the girls.

After the game, the Dutch team packed up their cars and went out to experience the unique culture of Amsterdam.

As the initiator of the team building activity, Li Wei refused to participate in the hunt on the grounds of a cold, which made Van der Vaart and others feel very disappointed.

Out of deep-rooted beliefs, Levi is very resistant to this model of spending money to buy services.

At the same time, the time for the next game is very tight, and he is taking advantage of this time to rest well.

But out of revenge, Van der Vaart told head coach Van Marwijk the news of Levy's ill health, who hurriedly pulled Levi out of the hotel room and was examined by the Dutch team doctor for half an hour.

Van Marwijk now looks at him like his own son.

Until the doctor told him that there was nothing wrong with Levi.

Van Marwijk was still reassured, and only left after repeated instructions.

The next stop for the Dutch team is Oslo, the capital of Norway.

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"What's wrong? Erling, didn't you have a good meal today? ”

In a Chinese restaurant called [Wenhua Building] in Brüne, Norway, the Chinese proprietress Wang Huizhu walked to a table of guests and greeted her cordially.

At the table were a father and son surnamed Haaland, a father with a stern face like a rock, and his eight-year-old son.

The father and son are frequent customers of this restaurant, and the little boy is very fond of Wang Huizhu's Chinese food, which has almost become his canteen, and he eats very happily every time he visits.

But today, the young boy named Erling sat at the table with his cheeks crossed, looking uninterested in facing a steaming meal.

"It's fine, it's just that his favourite star hasn't achieved the results he wants."

The elder Haaland had a smile on his face, and his palm gently caressed his son's neck.

Alf Inge Haaland is a former professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Manchester City FC in England.

He played as a midfielder when he was a player and also captained the Blues.

And his eight-year-old son, Erling Haaland's favourite football star is also Nordic Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has not scored in a recent match and even received a yellow card for protesting against the referee, and will miss the match against Portugal in Lisbon on March 28 next year.

That's why Haaland Jr. is sullen.

"Erling, you remember, there is no eternal victory or defeat in the world of football, and the result of a game does not mean anything..."

The elder Haaland patiently enlightened his son, whose football career was regretted by injury, so he pinned his unfulfilled long-cherished wish on this young son, who had shown great talent since childhood.

When he played for Leeds United, the elder Haaland had a conflict with former Manchester United captain Keane, trying to intercept Haaland's dribbling Keane, who was injured in the cruciate ligament of the knee and fell to the ground, and the elder Haaland complained to the referee that he was cheating, and Keane has been resentful of him ever since.

Three years later, Haaland Sr. had moved to Manchester City, and in a Manchester derby, Keane saw the moment and stepped forward to slap him into a flying tackle at the knee position, and the elder Haaland was tackled to the knee of his right leg.

After Haaland went to the ground, Keane mocked him as an insult and returned to the dressing room without looking back before the referee showed him a red card.

Keane was fined £150,000 and suspended for five games.

Haaland suffered a cruciate ligament injury in his knee and did not play again, announcing his retirement in 2002.

In his autobiography published in the same year, Keane admitted to intentionally hurting people.

"Dad, can Norway win the game?"

Norway will play the Netherlands at home in four days' time, and Haaland Sr. has decided to take his family to the capital to watch the game.

There is a clear gap in the strength of the two teams.

And little Haaland was in an unhappy mood, and he couldn't answer this question well, so he could only touch his head and prevaricate.

"Maybe, everyone has a chance to win, but I believe Norway can win, and you believe it."

"How many goals can Norway score?"

Haaland looked up at his father, and the emotions of children always come and go quickly.

"Will there be nine?" Haaland asked.

Such a number made the old Haaland not know how to answer for a while.

"Maybe there will be one or two, the Dutch team is also very strong, and the new Manchester United kid is even more of a monster."

Haaland Sr. is constantly keeping an eye on the situation in football, due to his time at Manchester City and his feud with Keane.

Although Levi is currently playing on loan in La Liga, he has long been labelled as Manchester United.

Haaland Jr. put his mind down and began to taste the food with relish.

"I have one more good news for you."

Old Haaland stroked his son's head.

"Do you remember Uncle Karui too? He's a team-mate from my time with the national team, and the last time he visited our house, he wanted you to help him think of a post-goal celebration, did you think about it? ”

Haaland Jr. put down the dishes and fell into deep thought.

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In Amsterdam at this time, Levi was thinking about the match against Norway in a few days.

A strong figure eating a child suddenly appeared in his mind.

The current Haaland should still be just a little kid, and I don't know if there is him in the audience.

If you can score in this game, what should you celebrate?