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England are set for a monumental clash with a dangerous Norway outfit in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup. With Harry Kane and Erling Haaland set to do battle in a titanic tussle, we have put together our predicted lineups for England vs Norway.<\/strong><\/p>\n We aren\u2019t expecting too many changes between the two teams. While they each put in a monumental effort to make it beyond Brazil and Mexico in the last 16 (respectively), they\u2019ll also have the benefit of a five-day rest period. <\/p>\n Who would make it into your England squad to face Norway? As always, this isn\u2019t who we would necessarily pick \u2013 we\u2019re looking at who we think their respective managers might pick.<\/p>\n Having started in almost every game for Norway at the World Cup thus far, we can\u2019t see any reason as to why Orjan Nyland would be dropped at this juncture. The only game he failed to play in was their dead rubber against France in the final game of Group I.<\/p>\n Julian Ryerson is amongst Norway\u2019s best players. An excellent attacking full-back, you can certainly expect him to keep his spot against England.<\/p>\n Commanding centre-back Kristoffer Ajer has been a dominant force at the back for Norway in the World Cup thus far. A true leader, they can\u2019t afford to drop him in such an important game.<\/p>\n Another almost ever-present player for Norway, Torbjorn Heggem and Ajer have developed a formidable centre-back partnership at the tournament.<\/p>\n David Moller Wolfe might have been relegated to the Championship last season with Wolves, but he has been having a decent World Cup so far. He is, however, perhaps one of their weak links.<\/p>\n Fulham star Sander Berge is a colossus in the holding role. Using his size and underrated technical ability to great use, we\u2019re expecting to see a fascinating battle between him and Jude Bellingham.<\/p>\n Norway\u2019s captain, Martin Odegaard, is an absolute sure-fire starter against England. He has become a real midfield general in recent years \u2013 can he overcome Arsenal teammate Declan Rice in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n Bodo\/Glimt had a magical run in the Champions League \u2013 now, with his national team, Patrick Berg is having a similarly brilliant tournament at the World Cup.<\/p>\n Usually, Alexander Sorloth starts for Norway, but we think it might be Oscar Bobb\u2019s time to shine. With his magnetic ball control, he could give Nico O\u2019Reilly all kinds of issues down the right.<\/p>\n Antonio Nusa was brought off at half-time against Brazil after having a lacklustre game, but he still remains one of Norway\u2019s most dangerous attacking outlets.<\/p>\n You all knew this was coming. Erling Haaland may well be the best striker in the world \u2013 with seven goals in four games at the tournament so far, it is a difficult point to argue.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" England are set for a monumental clash with a dangerous Norway outfit in the quarter-finals…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Norway<\/h2>\n
GK: \u00d8rjan Nyland<\/h2>\n
RB: Julian Ryerson<\/h2>\n
CB: Kristoffer Ajer<\/h2>\n
CB: Torbj\u00f8rn Heggem<\/h2>\n
LB: David M\u00f8ller Wolfe<\/h2>\n
DM: Sander Berge <\/h2>\n
CM: Martin Odegaard<\/h2>\n
CM: Patrick Berg<\/h2>\n
RW: Oscar Bobb<\/h2>\n
LW: Antonio Nusa<\/h2>\n
ST: Erling Haaland<\/h2>\n