Erling Haaland‘s 2026 World Cup run got here to an finish within the quarterfinals as England secured their place within the semifinals. Within the heated aftermath of a controversy-filled match, the Manchester Metropolis striker’s father, Alfie Haaland, directed his frustration squarely on the referee over Norway‘s eliminatio.
Because the elimination sank in, Alfie Haaland, who was within the stands at Arduous Rock Stadium in Miami, took to X (previously Twitter) to specific his displeasure. Responding to a Fabrizio Romano submit highlighting Jude Bellingham‘s match-winning brace, he saved it brief and pointed: “Properly finished Bellingham and referee.”
He adopted that up by responding to a submit from journalist Henry Winter, going additional along with his criticism. “Saved by the referee. Hope you win the WC now. However really feel we obtained robbed at the moment,” he wrote, making clear his perception that referee Clement Turpin had performed a big position in Norway’s elimination.
The controversies of England vs Norway
Andreas Schjelderup gave Norway the lead within the thirty sixth minute, however Jude Bellingham had different concepts, equalizing within the forty seventh minute earlier than finishing the comeback with a purpose within the 93rd minute of additional time to ship England by way of.
The World Cup match was removed from freed from controversy, nonetheless. Turpin disallowed a Norway purpose from Torbjorn Heggem within the 57th minute, with the rating nonetheless degree at 1-1, ruling that Haaland had fouled Elliot Anderson off the ball, ordering the nook to be retaken.
A second flashpoint emerged after the ultimate whistle, with questions raised over whether or not the ball had struck an overhead wire within the buildup to Bellingham’s equalizer. FIFA issued an announcement confirming that the ball’s contact sensor registered no affect with the wire, however Norway’s camp remained unconvinced by the reason.
At his post-match press convention, head coach Ståle Solbakken relayed what his gamers had informed him concerning the incident: “I can’t say something about that as a result of FIFA. If there’s no been no sound or there was no (studying) within the chip, what can I say towards that? However the ball drops down straight from heaven says everybody, together with Orjan (Nyland), who’s the goalie, together with the man who’s going to obtain the ball. I noticed one other method simply then, so I ponder additionally what occurred. I believe it’s fairly clear that it did and it was an odd factor.“
