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07/11 18:01 CDT Norway and England head to extra time with their World Cup
quarterfinal match tied at 1-1
Norway and England head to extra time with their World Cup quarterfinal match
tied at 1-1
By ALANIS THAMES
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) --- Norway and England headed to extra time at the
World Cup with their quarterfinal match even at 1-1 on Saturday.
Andreas Schjelderup scored for Norway in the 36th minute, and England's Jude
Bellingham equalized early in first-half stoppage time.
Schjelderup, making just his second start of the tournament, fired a shot that
caromed off the right post and into the net to stun an England team that had
dominated possession to that point. Bellingham's equalizer from close range was
his fifth goal of the tournament, eliciting a roar from that crowd that
included Mick Jagger and England great David Beckham.
Schjelderup, who set up both of Erling Haaland's goals in Norway's round of 16
win over Brazil, celebrated by stretching his arms wide and looking at the
crowd as his teammates lifted him onto their shoulders. Meanwhile, England's
Harry Kane sat near midfield, grabbing his leg and looking toward the
officials. No foul was called.
Moments before Bellingham evened the score, a Norway goal kick resulted in the
ball appearing to make contact with an aerial camera cable before landing at
the feet of England's Elliot Anderson. The ball was eventually played to
Bellingham, who beat rjan Nyland with a low shot to the far post. By rule, if
the ball had been noticed hitting the cable, play would have stopped and a drop
ball would have been utilized to determine possession.
The teams will play 30 minutes of extra time, split into 15-minute halves. If
the score is still even after extra time, there will be a penalty shootout to
decide which team advances to face either Argentina or Switzerland, who were
set to play Saturday night in Kansas City, Missouri.
Norway has never advanced this far in the World Cup, while England won the
title in 1966 and last reached the semifinals eight years ago.
Norway nearly went ahead 2-1 in the 56th minute when Torbjorn Heggem put a
rebound past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford after a corner kick. Following a video
review, the goal was disallowed because of a foul by Haaland in the box.
Haaland --- the Manchester City star who has seven goals in this tournament,
behind the eight of France's Kylian Mbapp and Argentina's Lionel Messi --- was
also denied by Pickford on a point-blank header in the first half.
There was a brief moment of silence before the match in honor of Jayden Adams,
the 25-year-old midfielder for South Africa whose death was announced earlier
Saturday.
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