Erling Haaland bai taɓa samun mataki da ya yi girma sosai a gare shi ba — kuma FIFA World Cup 2026 bai zama banda daga haka ba. Dan wasan Norway ya ci kwalaye biyu a wasansa na farko a matakin karshe na Kofin Duniya, yana jagorantar Norway zuwa nasara ta 4-1 a kan Irak, yana ƙara wani alamar tarihi ga aikinsa wanda ya riga ya cika da wasannin farko na musamman.

Haaland ya fara wasansa a Champions League tare da RB Salzburg da hat-trick, Bundesliga da Borussia Dortmund da wani hat-trick, da farkon wasansa a Premier League tare da Manchester City da kwalaye biyu. A ranar Talata, ya ci gaba da wannan al'ada a mafi girman mataki na ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya.

Kwallon farko a Kofin Duniya — bayan kwanaki 10,220

Norway ba ta ci kwallo a matakin karshe na Kofin Duniya tun kwanaki 10,220. Kwallar ƙarshe tasu ta kasance a 1998, kwanaki 759 kafin a haifi Haaland. Ya kawo ƙarshen wannan jiran a minti na 30, yana tura ƙwallon gida bayan David Moller Wolfe ya yi kirga mai jan hankali daga gefen hagu — duk da taɓa ƙwallon sau 11 kawai a duk fadin rabin farko, ƙasa da kowane ɗan wasan a filin.

Irak ta daidaita a taƙaice ta hanyar bugun kai mai ƙarfi na Aymen Hussein, amma Haaland ya mayar da ci ga Norway ta hanyar gudu zuwa wani ƙwallon da aka mayar kuma ya tilasta shi cikin gidan wasa yayin da mai tsaron gida Jalal Hassan ya yi jinkiri kafin ya buga. An hana shi hat-trick — wanda da zai kasance na 55 a tarihin Kofin Duniya — lokacin da Jalal ya toshe ƙoƙarinsa na ƙarshe, kafin Hussein ya juya bugun kai na sama na Haaland a layin sa na kansa a lokacin ƙari.

Masu horarwa sun yaba shi daya bayan daya

Manajan Norway Stale Solbakken ya yi yabo mai yawa ga ɗan wasan tare bayan busar da ta ƙare.