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There were 10 in the net, and another one left Moldova bowled over Jason Pettigrove, 09.09.2025 22:37 Norway are a provisional six points clear at the top of their World Cup (WC) qualification group after an 11-1 demolition of Moldova at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. Erling Haaland struck five times, hugely strengthening his position as the top scorer in the 2026 qualifiers. With the visitors looking for their first point in the group, starting with a back six against the Norwegians certainly wasn’t the best tactic. It invited the hosts to attack consistently, and within just five minutes, a superbly-lofted ball from Martin Ødegaard found Erling Haaland, and his pass across goal left Felix Myhre with the simplest of tap-ins. Any occasional Moldovan forays upfield were quickly snuffed out, and when Haaland slid home number two after 10 minutes - his 44th goal in 45 internationals thanks to Myhre returning the favour - the game was already over as a contest. Alexander Sørloth was left disappointed not to have scored from five yards out with only the keeper to beat, but Ødegaard’s unplayable passing game ensured that Moldova wouldn’t punish him. It was only a matter of time before the Arsenal man contributed, and a quick break forward on 35’ saw him release Haaland, whose crisp, low finish to Avram’s left brought a deserved third for Norway. It was swiftly followed by a stunning chip for his third and Norway’s fourth, and there was still time for Ødegaard to turn goalscorer, smashing home a fifth just before the referee's whistle for HT. With no change to the pattern of the game after the break, it simply became a case of how many the hosts would score. Nusa’s driving run on 52’ split the Moldovan defence and the cross from David Møller Wolfe was far too inviting for Haaland, who made no mistake with a header. A carbon copy on the hour came back off the crossbar, but Moldova’s reprieve from torture was fleeting, as substitute Thelonious Aasgaard rolled home a seventh goal just three minutes after being deployed. Leo Østigård won’t look back on the match with any fondness given his own goal a minute after coming on deprived Ørjan Nyland of a clean sheet, however, that mistake was quickly forgotten, as Aasgaard grabbed an eighth two minutes later and his hat-trick goal from the spot shortly after. A superb move from a corner saw Haaland drill home the 10th but Norway still weren’t finished with Aasgaard getting his fourth in injury-time - an incredible return when considering that he didn’t come on until the 63rd minute. Rather poetically, in the context of tonight’s margin, Moldova can but look back with blank expressions after a 10th WC qualifying loss away from home in succession - and their 30th from their 35 away qualifiers in total. Meanwhile, Haaland has rocketed from nowhere to sit three goals clear of Andrej Kramarić at the scoring charts’ summit, and the continuation of such blistering form can only help Norway in their quest to enter their first WC finals of the 21st century.