4-1! The small country with a population of 5.5 million is excited: Winning all 7 games in the World Cup preliminaries leads the way! Nearly direct access to the World Cup

On November 14, in the Asian World Cup preliminaries, the United Arab Emirates drew 1-1 at home with Iraq in the first round. The competition for qualification for the play-offs is still full of suspense. In the African division, Nigeria 4-1 Gabon, Democratic Congo 1-0 Cameroon, the opponent in the African play-off final is determined. In the European Division, 4-1! The small country with a population of 5.5 million is excited: it has won all 7 games in the World Preliminaries and leads the way! Almost direct access to the World Cup.

On the latest match day, the French team defeated Ukraine 4-0 and advanced to the World Cup one round ahead of schedule, becoming the 29th team to qualify for the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Portuguese team led by Cristiano Ronaldo suffered an upset defeat. After 0-2 against Ireland, they failed to secure qualification for the World Cup in advance. They had to face Armenia in the final round. Only by winning can they ensure their qualification for the World Cup. In other groups, with the current situation of the Norwegian team, they have almost got tickets to the World Cup.

In the penultimate round, Norway faced Estonia at home. In the first half of the game, Norway tied with its opponent 0-0. In the second half, Serlot scored twice, and then Haaland also completed a double. Norway led by 4 goals. Salma got a goal back for the Estonian team, and Norway won 4-1. In another match in the same group, Italy narrowly defeated Moldova, ranked 156th in the world, 2-0 with goals from Mancini and Esposito in the 88th and 92nd minutes.

After 7 rounds, Norway, which has maintained a complete victory, is ranked first in Group I, Italy is ranked second with 6 wins, 1 loss and 18 points. Israel, Estonia and Moldova in the same group have all missed the top two in the group. If there is a tie in the European qualifiers, the goal difference will be compared first, then the number of goals scored and the mutual record. In the last round, Italy faced Norway at home. Italy was 3 points behind Norway and 17 goals behind. If Italy wanted to overtake Norway and directly qualify for the World Cup, it would need a 9-0 victory. Such a result is almost impossible to happen. Therefore, Norway is guaranteed to qualify for the World Cup, and we can even congratulate them in advance on their return to the World Cup after 27 years.

Norway has a territory of 385,000 square kilometers, which is similar to Yunnan Province in my country, but its population is only about 5.5 million, which is only about one-ninth of Yunnan. Norway is a small country in terms of population. They have reached the main draw of the World Cup three times before, and now they are about to end their long wait to enter the World Cup again. In recent years, Norwegian football talent has exploded. With Haaland worth 180 million euros, Ødegaard worth 80 million euros, as well as strong players such as Serlot, Bob, Noosa, etc., in next year's World Cup, Norway has the strength to compete in the top 8 or even go further. As for Italy, do you think it will miss three consecutive World Cups?