{"id":493222,"date":"2025-10-12T09:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/493222\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:19:14","slug":"haaland-scores-three-as-norway-crush-israel-amid-pro-palestinian-protest-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/493222\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaland scores three as Norway crush Israel amid pro-Palestinian protest | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erling Haaland\u2019s Norway close in on World Cup qualification in a match where a pro-Palestine demonstration was held.<\/p>\n

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Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick to pass 50 international goals in record time as Norway cruised to a 5-0 thrashing of Israel, edging closer to qualifying for a first FIFA World Cup finals since 1998.<\/p>\n

Before the Saturday night match in Oslo, hundreds of people attended a pro-Palestinian demonstration, chanting \u201cFree Palestine\u201d to protest against Israel\u2019s \u201cgenocide\u201d in Gaza, AFP journalists reported.<\/p>\n

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Norwegian police dispersed a gathering of pro-Palestinian activists with tear gas and made several arrests.<\/p>\n

Inside the Ullevaal Stadium, several dozen Israeli fans waved their country\u2019s flag and a banner reading \u201cLet the Ball Talk!\u201d.<\/p>\n

Norway now lead Group I with 18 points, six more than second-placed Italy, who beat Estonia 3-1 in Tallinn to stay on track for qualification.<\/p>\n

The comfortable win in Oslo leaves Norway firmly in control of the group as they seek a place at next year\u2019s finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

After a meek performance, Israel take on Italy in Udine on Tuesday, knowing they must win to keep alive their fading hopes of qualifying.<\/p>\n

\"Pro-PalestinianA pro-Palestinian protester stands opposite the police outside Ullevaal Stadium during the match [Javad Parsa\/NTB via Reuters]Haaland\u2019s hat-trick sets the tone<\/p>\n

Haaland became the fastest player in men\u2019s international football to reach 50 goals for his country and now boasts 51 goals for Norway in just 46 games.<\/p>\n

His early penalty was saved by Israel goalkeeper Daniel Peretz, but the referee ordered the spot-kick to be retaken for encroachment inside the area, only for Peretz to parry away Haaland\u2019s second effort.<\/p>\n

But Norway forged ahead in the 18th minute through an Anan Khalaili own goal, before Haaland raced clear to score. Norway got their third from an Idan Nachmias own goal.<\/p>\n

Manchester City forward Haaland added his second with a powerful header before nodding in to complete his sixth hat-trick for his country with 18 minutes left.<\/p>\n

Norway has not played at a major tournament since Euro 2000.<\/p>\n

Italy, attempting to reach their first World Cup finals since 2014, moved a step closer thanks to goals from Moise Kean, Mateo Retegui and Pio Esposito in Tallinn.<\/p>\n

The Italians move three points ahead of Israel in second place in Group I, which offers a playoff spot.<\/p>\n

Italy\u2019s meeting with Israel is expected to be a tense affair, surrounded by pro-Palestinian protests<\/a>, and only 5,000 tickets have been sold.<\/p>\n

\"ErlingErling Haaland, centre, scores a goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Norway and Israel at Ullevaal Stadium [Mateusz Slodkowski\/Getty Images]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland\u2019s Norway close in on World Cup qualification in a match where a pro-Palestine demonstration was held.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[299,94,13,7424,12,1115,93,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-493222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-europe","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-israel-palestine-conflict","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-norway","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115360456180898466","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}