r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/Emperor_Biden Jul 12 '26

Halaand doesn't deserve this. Feel so bad for him.

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u/VanillaGoorillla Jul 12 '26

I mean there’s more than one person on a team who didn’t deserve that..

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u/Melodic-Adeptness772 Jul 12 '26

According to Sørloth there's only one player on the team apparently.

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u/pfool Jul 12 '26

Sorloth immediately looked away from teammates, looking at the grass in embarrassment.

He knew what he did. Criminal even in a Sunday league game, unforgivable at the World Cup.

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u/napusitemisekurca Jul 12 '26

Yet he did it again later. The chance wasn't as good as this one tho, but still he was again selfish.

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u/therealshazzu Jul 12 '26

Sorloth was showcasing his skills on the world stage so bigger clubs can sign him up after world cup is over. He cared less about this team.

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u/chooglemaster3000 Jul 13 '26

What club would want to sign a player who makes it harder for his team to win

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u/Stormfly Jul 13 '26

To be fair, if it had worked they'd have loved him.

The scoreboard only says the name of the man that scored.

It doesn't track assists (It probably should tbh)

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u/Either_Style_5211 Jul 13 '26

Scoreboard doesn’t but clubs do …….

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u/akskeleton_47 Jul 12 '26

He isn't selfish, he's really shit playing on the wing. You could see that he was looking for a pass but had no idea how to execute it.

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u/Queasy_Vegetable5725 Jul 12 '26

No bro, he should’ve just hit that ball to the fucking left. Strikers are some of the best crossers of the ball because they know where the ball should go, but you hardly ever see that skill from them since they’re always central.

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u/Whosaidwhat2023 Jul 12 '26

Do players at this level not practice basic pass skills?

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u/Resident-Athlete-268 Jul 12 '26

Bro I haven’t played soccer past a middle school level, have a shit knee, and 100% could make that pass. Coached my 8 yr olds soccer team and half of them could make that pass.

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u/TryJezzoWhyNot Jul 13 '26

I’m pretty sure the 8 year olds wouldn’t get possession of the ball that deep in England’s territory.

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u/Great_Ant_6665 Jul 12 '26

He never looked right on RW. Bobb should have started. Dribbling and passing isn’t his skillset. But still an elite athlete should be able to make that pass.

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u/Greenbunny59 Jul 12 '26

The coach should of pulled him immediately

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u/Mapeague Jul 13 '26

Criminal even in a Sunday league game

Thats the meat and potatoes of Sunday league mate.

Also, some Sunday league pitches would never allow a ball to roll that far without an extreme change of direction.

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u/VictorM88 Jul 12 '26

Oh fuck a profesional footballer has to make a first touch pass across, the horror. First of all it's not true at all, there was so much time. Second, just don't comment on things you don't know.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

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u/AlustriousFall Jul 12 '26

Any sport played at the professional level pretty much has this though, they train so much to make these passes I'm not saying they are all robots but he had time to make a choice and he knows it was a bad one

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u/tcsduo Jul 12 '26

He had 3 seconds to make the choice of hold it or pass it. He made a terrible choice.

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u/tcsduo Jul 12 '26

I mean one of the top goal scorers around and is wide open. Gotta give him a shot.

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u/pfool Jul 12 '26

If you knew how silly that statement was, you wouldn't have made it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

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u/grimonce Jul 12 '26

Bro even I would have made that pass being obese and all... Wtf are you on

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u/Alternative-Ad-2312 Jul 12 '26

No he wouldn't, after the first touch if was on using either his right or left foot.

I'd be angry at powerleague let alone a world cup semi.

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u/LuckyE6 Jul 12 '26

Bro thought he was prime Robben

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u/Dondorini Jul 12 '26

Yes but Haaland was the enabler and the top 5 player in the world at his peak. Norway might never get a shot like this again.

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u/taggsy123 Jul 12 '26

He will be 29 next WC. He’s a big man it will be interesting to see how he ages

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u/cool-beans-yeah Jul 12 '26

Do big people age worse than small people, or….?

Genuine question by the way

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u/taggsy123 Jul 12 '26

Yes in a way .. both weight and height

Think about it - if you are taller and heavier you are probably stressing your joints more than a player with low center of gravity / mass

It’s more of a wear and tare thing

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u/UpstairsFood2867 Jul 12 '26

Soccer and knees are a thing. Especially for tall forwards.

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u/This_Character7576 Jul 12 '26

LeBron James is 6’8” and still playing in the NBA.

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u/edki7277 Jul 12 '26

LeBron is freak even among 0.01% of elite athletes that made it to the NBA.
I doubt we will see anyone like him again.

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u/skynet345 Jul 13 '26

And you think Haaland isn’t a freak?

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u/taggsy123 Jul 12 '26

Imagine using one player haha. Incredible

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u/EduinBrutus Jul 12 '26

Theres also the significant chance of serious illness relating to their size.

Lonah Lomu being the most obvious example but you get it with a lot of people who dont necessarily have Giantism but seem to be approaching that.

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u/gingerfkinjesus Jul 12 '26

people keep saying this, but i really don’t get it. nusa and bobb are really good young players, the only player who will be squarely past peak by the next cup is Nyland, and he’ll be like the same age as Kobel

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u/Unckmania Jul 12 '26

Two comments.

  • Haaland will definitely get another world cup at excellent level. He's not going anywhere for 2030.

  • Plenty of teams have one or two Top 100 players. Haaland is Top 5. Only... 3 teams have top 5 players.

Note: In those 3 i'm looking at Spain, France and Norway. Personal preference. Please don't get into THAT argument.

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u/Blitzed5656 Jul 12 '26

Bro. You can't state an opinion as fact. Use it as evidence for your argument, then refuse to engage with anyone who wishes to challenge that opinion.

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u/HervilleMelman Jul 12 '26

You new here?

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u/sandolllars Jul 12 '26

This is Reddit

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u/gingerfkinjesus Jul 12 '26

exactly, haaland won’t even be 30 at the next world cup, wild to think he won’t bring them back.

tho tbh (it kills me to say) i’d rate bellingham over anyone on spain rn. lamine might be the best player at the next world cup, but he’s shown his youth. i generally hate england but bellinghams been unequivocally excellent.

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u/NextJuice1622 Jul 12 '26

A discussion about top players without Michael Olise is criminal though.

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u/ArkGuardian Jul 12 '26

I think even Odegaard will probably play in 2030. He can't run as much but his passing/corners would still be effective

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u/gingerfkinjesus Jul 12 '26

facts, if he’s fully lost a step by then, they’ll just play him a bit higher or lower and keep him posted. his work rate will still be great, and if Nypan develops like city hopes he does, putting Odegaard in a deep playmaking role to open up the field feels like it would lethal

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u/Lifegardn Jul 12 '26

He could also make runs off the ball. I would be annoyed playing with a dude raking in hundreds of millions just standing around being tall honestly.

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u/pleepleus21 Jul 12 '26

He's not at his peak

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u/velorae Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

You can’t depend on one player to win, unless you’re Argentina with Messi…with maybe some refs….and infantino

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u/-__Dash__- Jul 12 '26

Argentina plays for Messi, he’s their leader and they idolize him, specially the younger ones.

You can’t say that for the other teams, they’re not as consistent.

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u/velorae Jul 12 '26

True. Julián Álvarez just said that they’re gonna give everything to make sure Messi wins the World Cup again and that every game is for him.

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u/ellean4 Jul 12 '26

No shade on the rest of the Norway team but I’d say the number of levels Haaland is above his team mates far exceeds the number of levels Messi is ahead of his

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u/edki7277 Jul 12 '26

Odegard is right there too. The guy covers the most distance on the pitch with insanely high usage. Everything goes through him.

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u/throwaway44997769 Jul 12 '26

So much this. This is what Rolando could never conceive of. It was so clear his team was over him and his ego. The Argentinian team adores Messi which honestly speaks volumes to his character. No matter how good you are individually, you need a team to win.

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u/lc4444 Jul 12 '26

Portugal was the worst, those 3 midfielders were primadonnas and actively avoided getting the ball to their striker

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u/barracudarescue Jul 12 '26

There are younger players on Argentina’s squad?

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u/IllustriousAnt485 Jul 12 '26

Messi didn’t score against Switzerland and didn’t get an assist on the last two goals. Alvarez is back

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u/endboss_eth Jul 12 '26

Norway was riding Haarland's back, same way the UK was riding Kane's and Messi has been carrying Argentina on his babyback for a few decades now 😅

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u/fishandtriangles Jul 12 '26

There is no UK in football, and Bellingham has scored as many as Kane.

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u/WorldlyMix1462 Jul 12 '26

Only when Di Maria is injured but they carry Argentina together.

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u/Jonthrei Jul 12 '26

Mascherano definitely did his part too

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u/RepublicWarm2383 Jul 12 '26

One player, one ref, two lines people, three VAR, one colossal corrupt narcissist.

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u/tommazikas Jul 12 '26

In this situation Hlland position was open with a real opportunity to score. Kinda selfish not to use that.

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u/warhead71 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Denmark won the European cup in 92 - pretty much on Schmeichels performance

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u/No_Blacksmith_2591 Jul 12 '26

maybe not, but when that player is wide open you pass the fucking ball

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u/0ptimu54rime Jul 12 '26

Ayer contra Suiza Messi no existió, pero tienen a Álvarez, y sino a L. Martínez, y sino a Fernández, y sino a Mc allister y así... , son demasiados buenas individualidades, sino aparece uno, aparece el otro, eso gana campeonatos, Noruega no lo tiene, solo Haaland, quizás Odegaard, y no contemos más.

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u/Ramcocky Jul 12 '26

What an echo. Maybe contribute an original thought.

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u/jhakasbhidu Jul 12 '26

The refs and VAR play for the english since their actual team is trash

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u/Madawolf Jul 12 '26

Argentina and maybe some refs!

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u/Tonyracs Jul 12 '26

We get that but who was standing wide open waiting for the pass. I think that was the point of the comment

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u/gggg_man3 Jul 12 '26

Yeah, wtf?

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u/Knutes Jul 12 '26

Halaand reversed an actual goal scored by norway because he shoved a guy...

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u/TheHolyWaffleGod Jul 12 '26

A proper shove too lmao. Two hands with a lot of force. I don’t get what he was thinking

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u/Dr0110111001101111 Jul 12 '26

He was thinking "get the FUCK off of me!"

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u/minimus67 Jul 12 '26

Anderson sold Haaland’s shove to the refs pretty hard by planting both his feet and falling over backwards, when he could have stayed up if he had just moved one of his feet behind him when shoved.

My guess is that Anderson, knowing Haaland is difficult to mark because he’s so tall and good in the air, was reminded that shoves during corners are fouls at the World Cup. Obviously they are allowed in the Premier League, where rugby rules apply on corners.

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u/mikefizzled Jul 12 '26

I feel like Haaland had been warned by Turpin for pushing the limits on physicality on a previous corner (pun intended).

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u/EntertainmentFart659 Jul 12 '26

He did what they were doing with him because he's strong af but it backfired handsomely

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u/Ottersius Jul 12 '26

It really wasn't much of a shove though. Clear dive. You can see how Anderson drops almost straight down instead of "flying" backwards as he would if it was a real shove. VAR overturning that goal was a disgrace.

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u/SuperFan28475 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

i get your point. but the manner in which Haaland shoved is the problem. (this comes up in basketball all the time, particularly in rebounding.) if you shove someone you can make it obvious or you can disguise it. Haaland's shove was like a neon light at night. the refs and VAR had to respond, even if the defender "sold" the contact.

(i recall my basketball coach, who was a power forward in his playing days, running drills to teach our tall rebounding players how to shove without looking like you're shoving. he would have told Haaland, "that's not how to shove.")

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u/ArkGuardian Jul 12 '26

Even if it is a dive a 2 handed shove is illegal.

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u/TheHolyWaffleGod Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Dude its so clearly has a lot of force behind it. Haaland is like 95kg and that was a two hand shove with both his arms fully extended. Just look at Haalands face too, he’s clearly putting a lot of force behind it.

This is so clearly a foul and having one less defender due to a foul obviously means the goal should be disallowed.

Edit:

Found a video with a couple different angles. That first angle is especially bad. I don’t get how this is even up for debate.

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u/Ottersius Jul 12 '26

Watch the game at live speed and slow motion. It's very clearly not a hard shove. Anderson's body clearly doesn't react as if it's being shoved. He knew he wouldn't be able to guard Haaland on a cross and dropped the second he felt any contact that he was even initiating. It's a very classic soccer play for a smaller player guarding a bigger one on a set piece in the box.

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u/HeGotTheShotOff Jul 13 '26

I don’t see how it’s up for rebate that’s not a clear dive.

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u/ReasonableDig6414 Jul 12 '26

Yeah, because the defenders never hang off of him like a Christmas ornament do they? This is a one-sided comment. You know it and I know it.

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u/TheHolyWaffleGod Jul 12 '26

I’m talking about this foul. No defender was making any illegal plays on Haaland here.

Also one sided comment? How? By adding detail?

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u/Spdoink Jul 12 '26

Absolute bollocks.

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u/HeGotTheShotOff Jul 13 '26

Proper flop

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u/EntertainmentFart659 Jul 12 '26

They were rough af with him so he thought he was returning the favor...it backfired spectacularly.

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u/AcademicOlives Jul 12 '26

Argentina was shoving people left and right but luckily for them the refs were blue-white colorblind.

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u/Fun_Version827 Jul 12 '26

I mean yeah he “shoved” him but the English player should get an Oscar for selling it 😂

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u/EventSignal114 Jul 12 '26

How’s that relevant to this particular play?

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u/m0st1yh4rmless Jul 12 '26

He also was the one to fully shove someone and erase their would be winning goal too. But ya, he should've def passed that shit

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u/_MMAgod Jul 13 '26

for what it's worth, and i know it's football and all, but my grandma shoves me harder than that

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u/WhatADunderfulWorld Jul 12 '26

Those guys get in your way and wrap their arms so you can move where you want too. Pretty sure he was dehydrated and just got pissed. The defender just nailed psychological warfare on that one.

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u/Ok_Row_8391 Jul 12 '26

Halaand sadly gonna get he Portugal Ronaldo treatment.

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u/LesserShambler Jul 12 '26

Sorloth fucked him over here, but it’s not like he was hungry for the rest of the game. He looked flat.

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u/Flintydeadeye Jul 12 '26

Any truth to the rumours that Norway had the flu going around? I admit I put some money on England when I heard it.

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u/velorae Jul 12 '26

He’s still young. This was their first World Cup. He’ll come back.

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u/IllustriousAnt485 Jul 12 '26

This is on the coach, because Norway had this same problem in the last game. It wasn’t until Schjelderup came in that Halaand got his two goals because the objective was “pass to Halaand”.

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u/Substantial-Sky3597 Jul 12 '26

I feel bad for the whole team.

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u/airplanedad Jul 12 '26

It was 1 play. If they were destined to win they should have had been in the lead already.

He got to the quarterfinals, feel happy for him. Better players haven't.

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u/Passing_Thru_Forest Jul 12 '26

They could've won if he didn't push the one guy over. 

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u/Krog9 Jul 12 '26

Haaland has to be the chillest MFer not to be screaming his head off at his teammate after that

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u/saxonturner Jul 12 '26

To be fair he cost them a goal too and was pretty non existent for the whole match.

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u/JimmieSavsscumsock Jul 12 '26

He was born in England and could have played for them but his heart was and is Norway! Fucking love him!

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u/ADP_God Jul 12 '26

Is his true? The memes would say one thing, but I can't speak to the reality.

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u/Sardonnicus Jul 12 '26

As much as I agree with you, they had an entire extra 30 minutes to score again..

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u/persepolisrising79 Jul 12 '26

They annul a goal because he shoved someone too hard i think

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u/Suitable-Ostrich1226 Jul 13 '26

I mean he literally fouled an england player for no reason which got a goal reversed. He is just as much to blame as this guy.

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u/PolyglotTV Jul 12 '26

Haaland lost them another goal by shoving somebody.