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Jude Bellingham is shaping this World Cup to his will. Great players do that. And Bellingham is one of them. England were exhausted, dead on their feet, but he would just not let them lose. It was not happening on his watch.
Two more goals from this remarkable young man, the second early in extra time, earned England a place in the semi-finals, eventually overcoming a Norway side who had threatened to overwhelm them in the searing Miami heat.
And when the heat is on, Bellingham delivers. It felt fitting that his second goal came after a 25-yard shot from his lifelong friend Morgan Rogers was spilt. Bellingham pounced, England were through and will now play Argentina for a place in the final.
It is also six goals for Bellingham at the World Cup, the same as Harry Kane, and four alone in the stress and pressure of knockout ties in Mexico and now Miami.
Is he surpassing even the England captain in importance? Maybe. Where would England be without him? The answer: home.
If they win their semi-final and beat either France or Spain in the final next Sunday, he will certainly be named player of the tournament.
As Thomas Tuchel said, England just need to find a way to win. They did that. Or, rather, Bellingham did. While the decisive goal was due to his predatory instinct, following in from Rogers’ shot, his first was simply brilliant.
It also means no England player has scored more goals from open play than Bellingham at a World Cup. And the 23-year-old is a midfielder.
Afterwards Tuchel said “enough said” on Bellingham, who is “world class”, although the England manager was far more passionate, spiky and critical about the performance in which England started and ended well but in between were extremely fortunate.
And so they have matched their best achievement on foreign soil at a World Cup, after the semi-finals in Italy in 1990 and Russia in 2018. It is only the fourth time in the tournament’s history that they have reached this stage.
Can they win it? Can they really keep relying on Kane and, increasingly, Bellingham? Tuchel made change after change, switching up his team and eventually and unashamedly going to five at the back as he tried to get them through. That involved taking off Bellingham who, as in Mexico, had worked incredibly hard.
Some of those changes were enforced, such as Declan Rice succumbing to the sickness bug that has affected him in the last few days. The vice-captain really is running on empty. Hopefully he can be revived for Wednesday’s semi-final.
Ultimately it worked, with Rogers in central midfield, Reece James and Djed Spence in defence and Eberechi Eze further forward – after also initially coming on in midfield – making a difference. And then there was Dan Burn celebrating wildly after smashing a towering header deep out of play in the final minute of extra time.
This was a very different night from that memorable game against Mexico, but had England followed it up by going out to Norway then it would have felt as if all that unforgettable work was forgettable after all.
Instead they won again and that is all that matters, with the formidable John Stones dropping to his knees in an exhausted celebration at the final whistle.
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John Stones contemplates a World Cup semi-final - Bradley Collyer/PA
There was controversy as Norway blamed technology for England’s first goal, and a second effort that was ruled out after a VAR check. But more of that later.
England had started well before the accursed hydration break – certainly required on this occasion because of the harsh conditions – broke up their rhythm, allowing Norway to regroup and score.
It was a terrible goal for Jordan Pickford to concede. After his heroics in Mexico and in a game when he became England’s all-time World Cup appearance maker, with 18, the goalkeeper completely misread what appeared to be a cross, aimed towards Erling Haaland, by Andreas Schjelderup. The ball kissed the far post on its way in and England were behind. The Norwegian winger puffed out his cheeks almost in disbelief. As well he might.
There was now a sense of panic with England and they over-committed, allowing Norway to counter-attack. Haaland was free, unmarked, in the middle but, fortunately for England, Alexander Sorloth inexplicably went alone and his shot was blocked.
Then came the first controversy as Bellingham deftly collected Anthony Gordon’s low cross on the run and had the skill, the determination and desire to make it his own, driving his shot low past goalkeeper Orjan Nyland.
Except Norway had a unique complaint, arguing the ball had struck the wires of the so-called Spidercam, which provides television coverage.
If so, play should have stopped and restarted with a drop ball. But the goal was given, with Fifa later released a statement saying the sensor inside the ball had not detected any contact.
If that was factual, if disputed by some images, then Norway’s next complaint was subjective as they struck from a corner, after more poor England defending, only for it to be ruled out when the French referee Clément Turpin was sent to the pitchside monitor and agreed that Haaland had pushed over his new Manchester City team-mate Elliot Anderson.
Norway think they've taken the lead once again but a VAR decision around Erling Haaland's foul rules it outpic.twitter.com/qiLOamGs9Q
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) July 11, 2026
Haaland was furious, but Norway then hit the crossbar through a header by Kristoffer Ajer. Once again, England failed to deal with a corner.
By now England were on the ropes and being overrun with Martin Odegaard controlling the midfield. Their best hope was holding on and trying to regroup for extra time. Tuchel was doing his best and showing he can conjure a result – except he also needs a magician to do that. And that is Bellingham.
01:30am
And finally, Harry Kane speaks to ITV Sport
01:26am
A closer look at Bellingham’s first goal
01:22am
Here’s that Tuchel interview
01:18am
Tuchel’s standards could be Ramseyesque
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01:17am
England will play Argentina or Switzerland
In Atlanta on Wednesday night at 8pm. You can follow the fourth quarter-final here.
01:07am
Gabriel Clarke held his ground well with Tuchel
But the manager was livid. I think he misinterpreted the ‘mentality’ question and that wound him up even more. When asked about Bellingham’s performance he said: “Enough said. He does it every single match. World class.”
01:00am
England player ratings vs Norway:
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01:00am
Jude Bellingham speaks to ITV Sport
Character, perseverance when things weren’t working. Whether it’s 90, 120, we get the job done. Every one who came on smashed it. Credit to everyone. It was a huge shift.
I’ve scored loads of those kind of goals to be fair. The keeper had a worldie but it just popped up.
Warriors, all who came on. You don’t know how much heart and mentality they have until you get into these positions.
All the players put in a great shift. [The manager isn’t happy]. Whatever. It’s tough out there.
12:55am
Thomas Tuchel speaks to ITV Sport
I never talked about suffering. We made lives very difficult for ourselves. The commitment is there but we made life very difficult for ourselves, too many mistakes, I’m not happy with the performance, in every sense. The commitment is there but we made life very difficult for us in the way we played. It was sloppy, a lot of technical mistakes. Not fast enough, not repetitive enough. We were lucky today
No, it’s not a mentality problem. It is pure mentality. You can bottle it and sell it. The quality is the problem.
We will get better. We need to get better. Let’s take it all in. We celebrate now. We need a better performance.
12:53am
Cult hero
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There is a habit in US sports of celebrating every decisive ‘play’ and Dan Burn channels that spirit with his final clearing header, celebrating wildly as the ball goes out of play to seal the game. And quite rightly. Semi-finals: a huge moment for the entire nation.
12:52am
Carra’s verdict
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12:51am
Three Lions is played over the PA
Wonderwallto come when England’s players go to their fans.
There were so many things wrong with this performance but they are there. They really do seem to fight like hell for each other. They need to improve but mission accomplished.
12:48am
Full-time: Norway 1 England 2
They did it. They scrapped and scrapped and the world-class talent of Jude Bellingham allied with the tenacity and heart of his team-mates push England though to their fourth World Cup semi and second in three tournaments.
12:47am
120+2 min: Norway 1 England 2
Eze gives the ball away by overrunning it but Spence wins it back with a very forceful tackle and then Burn makes a towering headed clearance and that’s it.
Into the semi-finals.
12:45am
120+1 min: Norway 1 England 2
Norway, pooped, try one last attack but knock a straightforward pass into touch. Aursnes, I think.
12:45am
120 min: Norway 1 England 2
Spence’s tenacity earns England a throw-in as the board goes up for two more minutes of stoppage time.
Rogers heads for the corner.
12:44am
118 min: Norway 1 England 2
Nusa is caught offside… except he wasn’t. England take their time over the free-kick.
Kane hams up the pain of being bumped by Ajer as he goes up for a header from the long free-kick.
12:43am
116 min: Norway 1 England 2
Bodo/Glimt’s Patrick Berg is a very good player. There must be a raft of suitors.
Norway free-kick for a foul on Berrg. Norway swing the cross into the box. Pickford, like he did a the Azteca, comes out to punch and collides with Rogers. The impact wipes him out. The ref blows the whistle but it wasn’t a foul. It was so-called friendly fire and Norway, rightly, go spare with him, particularly that his remedy for the restart is a drop ball on halfway.
12:40am
114 min: Norway 1 England 2
Nusa’s raking shot from the left is turned behind by, I think, Burn. From the Norway corner, their fifth, Bobb rattles a shot with his left over the bar.
12:38am
112 min: Norway 1 England 2
Bellingham cannot continue. He walks off to thunderous applause.
Burn → Bellingham.
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12:36am
110 min: Norway 1 England 2
Double save from Nyland denies Spence and Saka.
Saka had waltzed in from the right to shoot with his left, tamely. Nyland saves easily, tries to clear but Spence intercepts, cuts in on the left to hammer a shot with his right that Nyland dives headlong to save at the right post, parrying it out to Saka who thumps the rebound straight into Nyland’s face. A custard pie slap. But a vital save.
12:33am
108 min: Norway 1 England 2
Neat triangle between Berge, Bobb and Berg in the inside-right sets up Patrick Berg to hammer a 20-yard shot that flies over the crossbar but only just.
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Burn is still standing, ready to come on.
12:31am
106 min: Norway 1 England 2
Nusa fizzes over a left-foot cross that looked very dangerous but Stones reads it and pumps it away on the volley. Bellingham shields the ball and buys a foul.
12:29am
Erling Haaland’s race is run
Norway withdraw their centre-forward – England halted his 14-match scoring run. He is replaced by Jorgen Strand Larsen.
12:27am
Half-time of extra time
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I agree with the decision to overturn the penalty. It didn’t feel like it was at the time.
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Spence and Bobb collide and VAR tells the referee to consider that Spence had initiated the contact - George Walker IV/AP
12:25am
105+3 min: Norway 1 England 2
Bellingham wafts a right-foot shot from 18 yards over the bar after Saka and James feigned to work the overlap and then Saka funnelled the ball inside.
12:24am
105+2 min: Norway 1 England 2
Burn is ready to come on which would mean a switch to five at the back and a nation’s fingernails being put in mortal danger.
12:23am
105+1 min: Norway 1 England 2
Three more minutes of stoppage time because of the VAR review.
12:22am
105 min: Norway 1 England 2
Guehi throws his body in the way of Nusa’s shot from the right of the D and Norway have another corner. Stones gets on his pogo stick to soar above everyone and head it away.
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12:21am
103 min: Norway 1 England 2
Bellingham’s second goal went down well.
12:20am
102 min: Norway 1 England 2
I’m not saying it was definitely a penalty but it was given and there was contact. By the laws as they stand, that should be enough.
12:19am
No penalty
Another one that was not a clear and obvious error that was overturned. The whole conceit of VAR is stupid. It’s wholly illogical and should go in the bin.
12:18am
The ref is told to have another look
He goes over to the monitor.
12:17am
Spence hung out a leg and Bobb ran into it
Did Spence engineer that? ITV’s resident expert, Christina Unkel, thinks it should be overturned.
12:16am
England penalty!
Spence dribbles into the box from the left and is tripped!
12:16am
95 min: Norway 1 England 2
That was classic scavenging from Bellingham. There are times when he’s a predator but he’s so good at both.
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12:14am
Cometh the hour…
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Has any English player ever had an impact across an entire international tournament like Bellingham at this World Cup?
12:10amVideo • Goals
GOAL!
Norway 1 England 2 (Bellingham) Like Spain’s winner last night. A player – Rogers tonight, Cubarsi last night – has a dig from 20 yards and the goalie spills the shot. Bellingham beats Ostigard to the rebound and smacks it past the keeper.
12:10am
92 min: Norway 1 England 1
Saka faces up Pedersen and runs the left-back who puts the ball behind for a corner.
12:08am
91 min: Norway 1 England 1
Ostigard → Heggem.
England can make one more sub.Tuchel will need to keep Toney up his sleeve for a shootout I’d hazard so won’t do anything until he has to.
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12:03am
End of normal time: Norway 1 England 1
The game has been on a knife edge all half. Norway have made the better chances. England look tired. England need more from Eze and could do with some Rogers magic to help out a plainly exasperated and all but exhausted Bellingham.
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12:01am
90+7 min: Norway 1 England 1
Heggem accidentally stands on the back of Bellingham’s ankle as he was being pressed. Bellinghma thinks it should be reviewed by VAR but the referee and his pals in the bunker do not agree.
11:59pm
90+6 min: Norway 1 England 1
Heggem finally comes back on as James holds off Nusa to earn England a throw-in.
11:58pm
90+4 min: Norway 1 England 1
England take the throw short and work it all the way over to the left. Eze decides not to cross and England work it back over to the right. Stones finally swings over a cross that Bellingham glances past the far post. Kane says his shirt was being pulled but no ref would have given a penalty for that.
11:56pm
90+3 min: Norway 1 England 1
Rogers bullies a throw-in out of Heggem by refusing to stop when the centre-back hit the floor. The throw-in is parallel with the penalty spot on the England right. Heggem takes some time to treat his own cramp.
11:54pm
90+1 min: Norway 1 England 1
Spence chases a seemingly lost cause up the inside-left and blindsides Nyland when he tries to clear, blocking his clearance which could so easily have rebounded into the open goal but spun away.
11:53pm
90 min: Norway 1 England 1
Konsa had to go off. he had run himself to a standstill. Pickford punches away Aursnes’ cross. Seven minutes of stoppage time to come.
11:52pm
89 min: Norway 1 England 1
Kane is penalised for shoving Aursnes at the corner.
Rogers → Konsa.
James to right-back.
Pedersen → Moller Wolfe.
11:50pm
86 min: Norway 1 England 1
Spence → O’Reilly.
Stones chips a long diagonal to the left for Eze who controls by leaping off the ground. England work the ball out to the right via Eze, Anderson and Bellingham to Saka who stabs a right-foot cross through the six-yard box. Aursnes steals ahead of Kane and Eze to poke it out for a corner on the right.
11:48pm
85 min: Norway 1 England 1
Konsa and Saka combine to stop the dribbling Nusa as he drove into the box. But England cannot clear their lines and Norway calmly work it back across to Nusa who cuts into the box from the left on to his right to shoot tamely at Pickford who flops forward to catch it.
11:46pm
84 min: Norway 1 England 1
Djed Spence is posied to be England’s fourth substitute.
11:45pm
84 min: Norway 1 England 1
Kane heads the corner back to the taker Berg who passes to Odegaard and the captain chips it over Nusa and out for a goal-kick.
11:44pm
83 min: Norway 1 England 1
Nusa runs at Saka who shows him down the line then blocks the cross behind for a corner.
11:44pm
81 min: Norway 1 England 1
Bobb runs at O’Reilly, stops, starts, stops, lollipops a couple of stepovers then hits his cross at Guehi who heads it out of the box.
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11:42pm
On the introduction of James
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11:41pm
79 min: Norway 1 England 1
Now England have a spell of probing and Saka cuts in from the right on to his left to waft a cross towards the back post. Norway retreat and Anderson can’t get past one of them to reach it before it skids behind.
11:40pm
77 min: Norway 1 England 1
England survive by the skin of their teeth from the corner. Pickford punches the cross out to the right Aursnes stands another cross up and Ajer plants a header into the heart of the crossbar. Konsa holds off Haaland who lashes his follow-up into the side-netting.
11:37pm
75 min: Norway 1 England 1
O’Reilly makes a vital tackle on Bobb in the box when the Fulham winger was jitterbugging in from the right. Guehi was caught by Haaland’s studs in the build-up but the referee allowed the move to continue.
Guehi and Konsa then win headers in the box as Nusa and Bobb have another go at picking out Haaland. Saka bundles it behind for a corner.
11:35pm
73 min: Norway 1 England 1
Eze is on the left and James as the holding midfielder in a double pivot with Anderson.
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11:34pm
71 min: Norway 1 England 1
Is that five at the back or will James go into midfield? He’s in midfield and almost gives the ball away with his first touch.
11:33pm
68 min: Norway 1 England 1
Second drinks break.
Norway will replace both wide men:
Nusa → Schjelderup
Bobb → Sorloth.
And England will make a third change:
James → Gordon.
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Haaland, Stones and Pickford wait for the VAR-directed check - Getty Image/Richard Pelham
11:30pm
66 min: Norway 1 England 1
Anderson snaps into a tackle on Schjelderup on the England right and passes crossfield to Gordon. The left winger lines up Aursnes then bursts into a sprint that takes him easily past the sub right-back to make the byline and stand up a deep cross that just won’t fall properly for Kane at the back post as he waits. Heggem tidies up.
11:27pm
64 min: Norway 1 England 1
Norway have been pressing much more this half. England try to bypass it with a 70-yard ball over the top foer Gordon down the left but the ball skips on and goes behind for a goal-kick.
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11:26pm
62 min: Norway 1 England 1
All Norway at the moment who spend time playing at walking pace before accelerating down the flanks.
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Heggem shoots past Saka and Pickford but the ‘goal’ was ruled out for a foul - OMAR AZIZ/Reuters
11:23pmVideo
59 min: Norway 1 England 1
Norway think they've taken the lead once again but a VAR decision around Erling Haaland's foul rules it out
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) July 11, 2026
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England reprieved. But red warning lights are flashing everywhere for England, with Pickford’s radar looking utterly scrambled. He is repeatedly falling prey to an abundance of caution after his suspect positioning for Schjelderup’s goal. Two corners in a row come from shots he had no need to save, and the third seems to have allowed Torbjorn Heggem to re-establish Norway’s lead, before the goal is ruled out for Haaland’s shove on Anderson.
11:22pm
58 min: Norway 1 England 1
Kane manages to win the defensive header at the corner but Bellingham, as he tried to break, is tackled by Schjelderup and the ball rebounds off the England man and out for a Norway throw-in.
Ryerson sits down and says he can’t go on.
Aursnes → Ryerson.
11:20pm
The foul was before the ball ws in play
Hence the corner will be retaken. Heggem had slotted in Berg’s deflected shot at the back post. England all over the shop defending three corners in a row. Here comes a fourth.
11:19pm
VAR asks the ref to go to the monitor
It was a big push. Surely he has to disallow it.
11:18pm
GOAL!
Norway 2 England 1 (Heggem) VAR check for a shove by Haaland on Anderson.
11:17pm
54 min: Norway 1 England 1
One corner brings another when Haaland’s header is turned behind. The second one is flicked behind for a third by Kane after England let it come through the six-yard box.
11:16pm
54 min: Norway 1 England 1
Berg exploits Eze’s doziness in midfield to run off his man and play Sorloth down the right. His cross is sliced and swerves towards the near post. Pickford tips it over to be sure.
11:15pm
53 min: Norway 1 England 1
Eze pounces on Haaland’s miscontrol on halfway to send Saka down the right who chops inside on to his left but sends his cross into no man’s land at the edge of the box. Norway clear.
11:13pm
51 min: Norway 1 England 1
Bellingham diddles Sorloth on the England left with quick feet and immaculate control. But Norway successfully flood back to squeeze and stop England’s progress.
11:12pm
50 min: Norway 1 England 1
Saka sticks to the advancing Moller Wolfe like glue and earns England a throw-in.
11:11pm
48 min: Norway 1 England 1
Eze fires the free-kick and strikes Gordon who was standing on the edge of the wall. I would have thought Mainoo would have been better playing alongside Anderson and let Bellingfhan do whatever he likes. He can’t do that with Eze on the pitch.
11:09pm
46 min: Norway 1 England 1
England have an early free-kick on the left, about 22 yards out for a trip on Gordon. Eze stands over it.
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11:07pm
England make two changes
Saka → Madueke
Eze → Rice.
There’s a rationing of Gooners. Two on, two off.
11:06pm
Norway’s complaints
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11:03pm
Bellingham’s goal
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11:01pm
From the archive
Meet Andreas Schjelderup: Europe’s ‘other’ Norwegian goal-machine
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The Premier League is not the only place where a young Norwegian is topping the goalscoring charts after a stunning start to the season. There had been murmurings over the next big talent to come from Scandinavia and Andreas Schjelderup has started to live up to the billing.
Barely old enough to get a drivers’ licence, Schjelderup has scored nine goals for Nordsjaelland in the Danish Superliga, leading to Europe’s biggest clubs sending their scouts to watch him including those from England. They believe there could be another talent emerging from Norway following Erling Haaland’s rise.
Schjelderup describes Haaland as an inspiration to his native Norway and their young players. The 18-year-old had trials at Liverpool and Tottenham before deciding on his move to Denmark but has ambitions on returning to England eventually.
10:58pm
Carra’s half-time verdict
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Your best players get you out of jail. England looked poor after conceding, and Norway were growing. Not for the first time, the inspiration comes from Bellingham. He is starting to look like the player of the tournament.
Unsurprisingly, a winger – Gordon – is involved in the build-up to the goal. Nothing is coming from the other flank. I think Saka has to come on very quickly in the second half. That’s where the game can be won for England.
10:53pm
Half-time: Norway 1 England 1
Phew! England were the better side until the hydration break but with no penetration. They wobbled alarmingly for the 15 minutes after it, conceded and now have the game by the scruff of its neck again. Rice looks utterly knackered. There’s a case for Mainoo very soon.
10:51pm
45+3 min: Norway 1 England 1
Kane chips the goalie who went down at the right post but he had been six inches offside when found by Bellingham’s dinked pass.
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10:48pmVideo • Goals
GOAL!
Norway 1 England 1 (Bellingham) It’s that man again. Anderson passes to Gordon who shapes to drive to the byline but chops it back with his left foot as he made the 18-yard line then sprayed a pass to Bellingham by the left of the D. He takes a touch, drives past Heggem in a semi-circular path and then fires his shot across Nyland and into the bottom right corner.
10:47pm
45 min: Norway 1 England 0
Four minutes of stoppage time to come. Madueke gets to the byline and earns a corner from his driven cross. Rice again fails to get it into the box.
10:46pm
44 min: Norway 1 England 0
England are left virtually naked at the back when they lose the ball and Berg frees Sorloth down the right. He has Haaland in support and, having made it as far as the 18-yard line, only has to square it but he takes a touch, cuts in on his left as Haaland protests and hammers a shot into Stones.
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10:45pm
42 min: Norway 1 England 0
Haaland fights both Guehi and Stones for Odegaard’s pass and beats them both, winning a throw-in.
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10:44pm
40 min: Norway 1 England 0
England are reeling now and allow Sorloth to come in off the right too easily to smash a volley over the bar then make a mess of playing out from the back to let Norway counter at pace and Odegaard rifle a shot, a daisycutter from 25 yards that Pickford fumbles but retrieves in the nick of time.
10:36pmVideo • Goals
GOAL!
Norway 1 England 0 (Schjelderup) What a goal! Looks like a cross from the left for Haaland at the back post but somehow he contrives to spear it into the top right corner, in off the post. Kane and England claim he was fouled in the build-up by Berg but the referee allowed play to continue and the VAR agrees with him. England switched off as soon as Kane hit the deck.
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10:36pm
34 min: Norway 0 England 0
First heart in mouth moment for England when Norway press and elicit a mistake from Stone who squirts a ball across the penalty area from the right. And there lurking is the alpha predator himself but Pickford’s quick feet get him there first to clank it away.
10:35pm
32 min: Norway 0 England 0
Ryerson is lucky not to be booked for bringing down Gordon who could have him on toast if he keeps running at him. Rice takes the free-kick and again hits the first Norway defender.
10:33pm
30 min: Norway 0 England 0
The Norway fans start rowing as they enjoy a spell of possession. England hold their shape and see off the offensive when, after some efficient work down the right, Odegaard tries to play Schjelderup in over the top. Pickford runs out to gather.
10:31pm
27 min: Norway 0 England 0
England free-kick a yard wide of the right of the D, 19 yards out. Kane takes and goes for power but hits it with such force that it keeps rising and vaults the bar. The free-kick was awarded for a clumsy foul on Bellingham after Norway gave possession away straight from their own throw-in on the left.
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10:29pm
25 min: Norway 0 England 0
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10:27pm
First hydration break
Tuchel is hammering his right hand karate style into his left palm to make his points. The consensus in the ITV studio is that Norway look tired.
10:26pm
22 min: Norway 0 England 0
Twice in the space of a couple of minutes O’Reilly has spun in dangerous crosses from the left with whip and dip. The problem being that Kane hasn’t been high enough to attack them. Madueke retrieves the second of them, easily beats Sorloth then flashes a right-foot cross/shot through the six-yard box. O’Reilly stretches to try to cushion it but can’t kill the pace.
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Declan Rice is playing noticeably deeper today, just in front of the back four. That may be because he has struggled with injury and illness or it may be to screen the high balls for Haaland and Sorloth.
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Rice is playing deeper today - SAM NAVARRO/IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters
10:23pm
20 min: Norway 0 England 0
O’Reilly overlaps Gordon then passes back to Anderson who checks back on to his right foot to whip a flat cross to the penalty spot. Bellingham flashes his head at it but doesn’t make the connection and the ball spins past Madueke who was backing him up. Bellinghan clutches his left shoulder, the result of an important challenge by Heggem but he’s OK.
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10:20pm
18 min: Norway 0 England 0
“Rice is clearly unwell,” says Dixon after Rice horses up his corner. Usually so menacing with the spin on his delivery, he hits the first Norwegian sentry who boots it clear.
10:18pm
16 min: Norway 0 England 0
Gordon takes a Stones diagonal, spins and hares past Ryerson down the outside to cross. Ajer helps his team-mate out and blocks it behind for a corner that Rice will take.
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10:16pm
14 min: Norway 0 England 0
Norway are happy to slow the tempo down and stroke it around, trying to entice England out of position.
10:14pm
12 min: Norway 0 England 0
Madueke is getting a Medusa stare from Tuchel now having been caught offside again. Three strikes and you’re a pillar of salt. Paddington to Medusa to Sodom.
10:13pm
11 min: Norway 0 England 0
Now Schjelderup gets the ball in a useful position and tries to find Haaland who wants to lay it off to Sorloth in a rat-a-tat-tat left-to right move. O’Reilly reads it perfectly and intercepts.
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10:11pm
9 min: Norway 0 England 0
Anderson plays a cute pass that should have sent Madueke through past Schjelderup to have a run at moller Wolfe. But Madueke jumps the gun and is caught offside. ‘Criminal,’ says Lee Dixon and Tuchel seems to agree with his Rumpelstiltskin act on the touchline.
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10:08pm
7 min: Norway 0 England 0
Stones to the rescue after Gordon let Sorloth go down the right. The Atléti forward pinged a pass infield to Haaland who lengthened his stride and started to gallop towards the England box. Stones raced off the 18-yard line and nicked it off the big fella’s toes.
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10:06pm
5 min: Norway 0 England 0
Bellingham gives Anderson a Paddington Beat hard stare when his team-mate failed to read his run and play it to him instead of a safer option. Then Kane drops off and lets Bellingahm run past him to challenge for a long chip up the middle that floats too close to Nyland.
10:05pm
3 min: Norway 0 England 0
Madueke gets the better of Moller Wolfe and strides down the right only to balloon his cross on to the roof of the net. Good that he got past so easily, bad that the cross was such a dud.
10:04pm
2 min: Norway 0 England 0
Ajer messes up an easy pass to Ryerson and clips a ball straight out of play. Nerves.
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Plenty of empty seats just in front of the press box as the teams line-up.
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10:02pm
1 min: Norway 0 England 0
There was a well-observed minute’s silence for South Africa’s Jayden Adams before kick-off.
Norway kick off and work it all the way back to Nyland who pumps a long diagonal from left to right. England win the header and force a throw-in off Sortloth.
09:59pm
A pall of smoke hangs above the pitch
From the pyros. Just what you need on a sweltering day, flame throwers.
09:56pm
Shirt-sleeve weather
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09:53pm
Out come the teams
England are in all white, Norway in red and navy blue with the Scandinavian cross on their shirts.
First up the national anthems: God Save the King and Ja, vi elsker dette landet.
09:51pm
The players are coming out of the tunnel
John Stones and Nico O’Reilly have had hugs from Erling Haaland.
09:50pm
Bring the noise
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09:47pm
Here’s a rather abashed Jordan Henderson
09:46pm
No expectations…
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09:40pm
Scenes from the warm-ups
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Jude Bellingham limbers up… - Martin Rickett/PA Wire
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… while his close friend and former Dortmund team-mate does the same for Norway - SAM NAVARRO/IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters
09:37pm
A helping hand… but only the one
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Jordan Henderson in his cast is not just doing the pre-match interviews, he is also out there setting the attacking players’ shots in their pre-match shooting practice.
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Jordan Henderson is in full kit and lending his good hand to England’s drills - Patrick Smith/Fifa via Getty Images
Ellie Goulding has just been introduced by the stadium host/hype man as a “songwriter, singer from England”. The old showbiz line about “needing no introduction” doesn’t seem to apply here.
09:31pm
Familar names, familiar faces
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Norway have other familiar names to English football aside from Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard. Sander Berge (Fulham), Jorgen Strand Larsen (Crystal Palace) and David Moller Wolfe (Wolves) played in the Premier League last season. On the bench, Kristian Thorstvedt is the son of former Tottenham goalkeeper Erik. Alexander Sorloth was loaned out twice while at Palace but has scored 70 in the last three seasons in Spain with Villarreal and Atlético Madrid.
09:28pm
World Cup’s greatest hit
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09:17pm
Hotter than hell
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The sheer sultriness of the conditions encourages a view that this game will be played almost at walking pace, with neither England nor Norways accustomed to the humidity at this latitude. One dreaded prospect is a goalless draw and penalty shoot-out, the one drama missing from England’s campaign so far, to echo their last major quarter-final against Switzerland two years ago. But the sheer hunger of Harry Kane and Erling Haaland to keep scoring is likely to prove the crucial factor. Haaland has been in one World Cup to Kane’s three but already has half his goals tally, with seven to the Englishman’s 14.
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It’s so hot on the press benches up at the top of the stadium that both my computer and phone are glitching. I’m not the only press person up here reporting difficulties so I suspect it genuinely is the sticky heat rather than my technological incompetence. So England and Norway are going to be playing professional sport for at least 90 minutes in such searing, sticky heat that computers don’t properly work.
09:15pm
Villan and potential villain?
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09:12pm
Thomas Tuchel speaks to ITV Sport
09:05pm
Your teams in the traditional style
Norway Nyland; Ryerson, Ajer, Heggem, Moller Wolfe; Berg, Odegaard, Berge; Sorloth, Haaland, Schjelderup.
Substitutes Tangvik, Selvik, Thorsby, Ostigard, Larsen, Aursnes, Bjorkan, Pedersen, Thorstvedt, Aasgaard, Bobb, Hauge, Langas, Falchener, Nusa.
England: Pickford; Konsa, Stones, Guéhi, O’Reilly; Anderson, Rice; Madueke, Bellingham, Gordon; Kane.
Substitutes Dean Henderson, Trafford, Rashford, Chalobah, Burn, Mainoo, Rogers, Watkins, Eze, Toney, James, Jordan Henderson, Saka, Spence.
Referee Clement Turpin (France)
09:01pm
Combatting the heat
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08:58pm
Record breaker
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This is a huge moment for Jordan Pickford as he is breaking the record for World Cup appearances for England. The Everton keeper is making his 18th appearance, with his first coming in the 2018 edition when Gareth Southgate installed him as No 1. It was a bold move at the time as Pickford only had three caps before that tournament but Southgate saw enough in him to replace Joe Hart.
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08:54pm
Oxford reunion comes at a pretty price
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We all know about the cost of this World Cup. But the numbers are dazzling. Eric Gleason, the chief executive of an energy company, acquired six tickets for this game: for himself, his English-born wife, her old neighbour from Oxford and her husband and two children. The cost was $5,000 a ticket. That’s $30,000 (£22, 400) or the bundle. For one game.
Mr Gleason, who lives in North Palm Beach, Florida, said: “It was either that or putting our kids through college.” His wife Pippa Robinson, 57, whom he describes on his official tax returns as a ‘domestic goddess’, knows her football. Ms Robinson, who used to live in Oxford, is predicting a key role for Dan Burn in keeping Erling Haaland quiet. “Don’t be ridiculous. Of course we are going to win,” she said, “Tuchel has brought Dan Burn to do a job. If he keeps Haaland quiet and England win, Tuchel is going to be a hero.”
Her old neighbour from Oxford Louisa Canham, 47, a clinical psychologist, who has flown in with her husband and children, admitted: “I haven’t got a clue.” But she’s happy to be here and very happy to have catch up time with her old neighbour. And that folks is what this World Cup is all about. As well as winning…
08:53pm
Pensive Rogers
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Morgan Rogers has been out on the pitch on his own after his England team-mates have all gone inside, just soaking up the atmosphere. The 23-year-old can count himself unlucky not to have had starts in this World Cup. There was an option of using him on the right but Thomas Tuchel has decided to go with Noni Madueke.
08:51pm
Norway team news
One change, on the left wing where Benfica’s Andreas Schjelderup, who set up Haaland twice against Brazil, replaces Antonio Nusa.
Nyland; Ryerson, Ajer, Heggem, Moller Wolfe; Berg, Berge, Odegaard; Sorloth, Haaland, Schjelderup.
08:49pm
Cheese, art and Haaland
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This is Isabel Mogstad and her husband Martin Mogstad with some excellent high-brow stadium banner offerings. Martin, 37, is Norwegian, and, like his wife, 35, works in offshore energy in Houston, Texas. Isabel is a US national but Norwegian “by association”. “We weren’t planning to come to this,” Martin says, “but we went to Brazil and then the unthinkable happened.”
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“Brunost” is Norway’s most famous soft cheese. Edvard Munch is, of course, the great Norwegian painter of the late19th and early 20th century. If you have not seen The Scream you have surely used the emoji. Erling Braut Haaland needs no introduction.
Martin has already enjoyed a degree of fame this World Cup. He was captured sobbing with joy during the win over Brazil by New York Times photographer Hiroko Masuike, a picture that the newspaper ran in its online coverage. More emotion guaranteed this time too.
08:44pm
Boyz ’n’ the hood
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Updates on the heat may quickly become boring, but....many of the England players walked on to the pitch in Miami in their hooded jackets. Crazy behaviour in the conditions. It could be a very slow-paced game in these temperatures.
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08:38pm
England team confirmed
As reported by Matt Law and Jason Burt at 7.15pm:
08:35pm
Carra’s view on Tuchel’s changes
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Six games in, England are onto their fifth right back of the tournament. Reece James, Djed Spence, Jarell Quansah and Declan Rice have all been used there. Now it’s Ezri Konsa’s turn. It’s not ideal.
Moving Konsa to full-back is a particular issue because – as I know from personal experience – when you play in an international tournament you want to be in the position you know best.
That said, Thomas Tuchel has opted for the two centre-backs who know Erling Haaland better than any in the England squad: his Manchester City team mates Marc Guéhi and John Stones.
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Guehi and Stones know Haaland well - Michael Steele/Getty Images
Can Stones deal with the physicality of Haaland? It’s a question that may define tonight’s match. We all saw what Haaland did to Gabriel, one of the most imposing centre-backs in the Premier League. England’s centre-backs are not the most powerful. But sometimes you must accept that if a striker of Haaland’s ability gets a chance, he will score. It might sound obvious, but the key is controlling the game and restricting such opportunities.
I’m surprised Noni Madueke has replaced Bukayo Saka. Saka can’t be 100 percent fit. His level improved versus Mexico, as was shown when he brilliantly created Jude Bellingham’s opening goal, so there must be an issue.
As I have said throughout the tournament, the key to England’s set-up functioning at its best and causing problems for the opposition defence is the wingers performing. That was critical against Mexico. Madueke has to raise his level tonight.
08:32pm
Yellow cards were wiped after the group stage
Five England players picked up bookings in the victories over DR Congo and Mexico, meaning another tonight would rule them out of the semi-final should they get there. The five are Jude Bellingham, Marc Guéhi, Nico O’Reilly, Declan Rice and, of course, Jordan Henderson, who earned one for an uninvited contribution from the sidelines. He’s not playing tonight but he might well be on the bench in his civvies and could technically earn another.
Antonio Nusa, who was booked during the 2-1 victory over Senegal in the R32, is the only Norway player in the same position.
08:23pm
Hard work pays
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Tim Gascoyne-Day might just be England’s best dad. He’s treated his two daughters to the game, the family flying in to Miami from their home in Kent on Thursday. He bought the tickets on Monday inspired by the Mexico win, paying just over $4,000 (£3,000) a ticket on the Fifa resale site.
The tickets are in part a treat for his girls Imogen, 21, and Ines, 18, as reward for their hard work at university and at school. Mr Gascoyne-Day, 53, a retired IT type of person, is predicting a win for England 4-2 on penalties.
“It’s going to be awful,” he said. His daughters are both going 2-1 for England so you heard it here first. What do they love about England’s football? “Jude Bellingham” came back the response. Obviously.
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Tim Gascoyne-Day on the right with his daughters Imogen and Ines - Robert Mendick for The Telegraph
08:19pm
Norway fans outnumber English
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Around the stadium, and in the Fifa approved corporate partners’ fanzone it does feel like there are more Norway fans than England. That’s an unscientific estimate. Lots of horned helmets. The heat out the shade is fierce. Sun is behind clouds but it’s still very strong. The local police have fans – of the cooling kind – mounted on the dashboards of their buggies.
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Erling Haaland arrives at the Hard Rock Stadium - Bradley Collyer/PA
08:14pm
Friendly in Florida
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I never want to speak too soon (which I often do) but this is a genuinely warm and friendly World Cup. So far at least. There have been fewer than 15 arrests of England fans across the five matches played so far, according to my man at the embassy.
Fans have started pouring into the stadium with two hours to go to kick-off and both sets are shaking hands (it’s too hot to embrace) and wishing each other luck. The bonhomie is genuine. Norwegians are singing: “You’re going home” and England fans are responding with: “You’re rowing home.”
08:07pm
Presumptive Mexico fans who bought quarter-final tickets early
Have gone Norse
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08:05pm
The best of Telegraph Sport’s World Cup coverage
08:01pm
The King of Docklands
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Your move: ‘Mornington Crescent!’
07:54pm
The Matt and Mike Show, Miami edition
07:50pm
Will she sing her song for Dan, Burn?
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Ellie Goulding’s plan to perform at half-time during this match is reminiscent of the time that Chesney Hawkes made an utterly bizarre appearance at the last World Cup in Qatar, offering a rendition of his 1991 No 1 hit The One and Only. A one-hit wonder Hawkes may have been, but Declan Rice still labelled the singer England’s “lucky charm”, given that they went on to beat Wales 3-0.
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07:34pm
The only replica shirts in town
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Having done all the England games so far has meant leaving the office about 90 minutes after the final whistle, when the boozers are chucking out. Kane and Bellingham shirts must have vastly outsold the rest by about 20:1. Over the past couple of weeks I have spotted only a couple of Rices, a handful of Sakas and a solitary Eze. That’s it.
07:30pm
Which England players have yet to be given any playing time?
I make it the two sub goalkeepers, Dean Henderson and James Trafford plus Trevoh Chalobah, Kobbie Mainoo and Ivan Toney. Still a bit of a puzzler that they went for Chalobah as a replacement for Tino Livramento. Even if he does not trust Trent Alexander-Arnold, there are other versatile defenders who could play in all four positions across the back, not just the central two. One of them is James Justin…
07:22pm
What do you make of that line-up?
It screams that Reece James is too fragile to start after missing the last three games and Bukayo Saka, who was limping in the first-half at the Azteca and was the player sacrificed early when Quansah was sent off, is also only going to be risked in a cameo or if England are staring down the barrel.
I’ve seen Konsa play right-back for Villa a few times when Matty Cash was injured in 2024-25. He was fine in the position and if Unai Emery trusts him there, he is worth his place. Stones showed his experience against Mexico on Sunday night with some robust defending when the penalty area was packed. How he fares against a team that won’t do that but will look to move him around and test how he can maintain the right distance between him and Guéhi could be crucial to England’s fortunes.
07:15pm
England team news: Konsa at right-back, Madueke replaces Saka
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Thomas Tuchel is expected to take a World Cup quarter-final gamble by moving central defender Ezri Konsa to right-back for today’s clash against Norway.
And it is also thought that Noni Madueke will replace Bukayo Saka on the right of England’s attack in Tuchel’s starting line-up in Miami.
Rather than taking a risk over the fitness of Reece James and throwing him straight back in to start, Tuchel is likely to shift Konsa to right-back and bring in John Stones to partner Marc Guéhi.
The availability of Guéhi is a boost, given the central defender was nursing a hamstring problem and missed training on Wednesday and Thursday.
Konsa, who is naturally a centre-back, finished the victory over Mexico at right wing-back and that appears to have convinced Tuchel to ask the Aston Villa player to fill in at right-back against Norway.
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Well, if you will wear the No 2 shirt Ezri, what did you expect? - Bradley Collyer/PA
Tuchel is without Jarell Quansah, who is suspended after being sent-off against Mexico and banned for two games, while James has only just returned to training following a hamstring problem.
Djed Spence made a substitutes’ appearance against Mexico as a left-back, but has struggled when he has played on the right.
In forward areas, Tuchel is again expected to swap Saka and Madueke, with Madueke preferred from the start against Norway in what will be the hottest conditions England have faced in this tournament.
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Noni Madueke, will start on the right of the attack for the fourth time for England at this World Cup - Richard Pelham/Getty Images
Saka has been managing an injury, although he did set up Jude Bellingham’s first goal against Mexico with a low cross.
England vice-captain Declan Rice is expected to take his place in midfield, despite missing two days of training through illness.
Rice was kept away from the rest of the squad to prevent the threat of a sickness bug spreading among the players and that seems to have worked.
Expected England team: Pickford; Konsa, Stones, Guéhi, O’Reilly; Rice, Anderson; Madueke, Bellingham, Gordon; Kane.
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06:58pm
Considerably richer than you
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I am told by British embassy staff there’s about 10,000 England fans in Miami for the game. But that ticketed and unticketed so I reckon we could see as few as 5,000 England supporters inside the stadium. I expect England fans – like they were at the Mexico game – to be heavily outnumbered by the opposition.
Judging by the Norwegian presence in Miami Beach over the last few days, there’ll be an awful lot more Norwegians than England fans here. I reckon by as much as four or five to one. It didn’t bother England in Mexico and it won’t bother them here but this will feel like another away game.
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Reports had suggested 30,000 England fans were going to swamp Miami for this match. But it’s just not happened. The ticket prices are just too high for many and then flights and hotels really stack up. In Norway wages are just so much higher. I’m guessing this is affordable for the average Norwegian. And anyway they’ve never got this far before so well worth the effort.
Claims of a huge invasion of England fans are misguided.
06:48pm
Breathless (and topless)
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Boy it’s hot. Like melting in the heat hot. Like slow cooking a rib of beef hot. It’s also sweatier than Prince Andrew in Annabel’s nightclub (yes I know he doesn’t sweat but I’m just painting a picture.)
Paul Gregory, an England super fan who is famous for never wearing a shirt at games, says it’s way too warm for him even without his clothes on. He’s known as Tango in homage to the fizzy pop ad from a while ago. “I like it at a game when it’s minus 14 in Carlisle with my shirt off. In this I just can’t even breathe,” he tells me. He’s right and how both teams will fare out there is a big question.
Fifa tells me the game will go ahead at 5pm and currently no plans to change that. To be honest I’m not sure it’ll get any much cooler even in the middle of the night.
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Paul Gregory was in finer fettle in Atlanta but is struggling in the Miami heat - Richard Sellers/Allstar via Getty Images
06:29pm
Good evening
Rob Bagchi taking over from Greg Wilcox for the duration. Shall we have a brief look at England’s quarter-finals of the past
1954: England 2 Uruguay 4
1962: England 1 Brazil 3
1966: England 1 Argentina 0
1970: England 2 West Germany 3
1986: England 1 Argentina 2
1990: England 3 Cameroon 2 (aet)
2002: England 1 Brazil 2
2006: England 0 Portugal 0; Portugal won 3-1 on pens
2018: England 2 Sweden 0
2022; England 2 France 1
So, that’s played 10, W3 L7 (or L6, D1 if you want to be pedantic).
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Dele Alli scores England’s second in the 2-0 victory over Sweden in 2018 - DAVID GRAY/REUTERS
06:01pm
What do...
...Winston Churchill, Lady Diana, Lord Beaverbrook and Henry Cooper all have in common?
If you were to answer ‘not a lot’ you’d be, more often than not, correct. But considering England are playing Norway tonight, today you would be wrong.
All those illustrious names were part of one of the most memorable bits of football commentary, uttered by Bjorge Lillelien after the Norwegians had beaten Bobby Robson’s England in 1981.
05:28pm
Find your inner Nostradamus
Predict tonight’s score.
05:19pm
The calm before the storm
05:01pm
More on Bellingham and Kane
Warm up for tonight by watching all the pair’s goals this World Cup.
04:53pm
Friendly bet
04:40pm
Kane and Bellingham
The pair have been peerless for England so far and their form is a big reason why England not only have made the last eight, but also why they are fancied to possibly go all the way.
Telegraph Sport revealed there was a momentous conversation between Tuchel and Bellingham before the tournament when, in May, the England manager flew to Madrid to meet the midfielder.
Before the World Cup however...
04:15pm
What are you thinking ahead of kick-off?
03:57pm
More Viking row action?
The golfing fraternity is getting in on the act.
03:49pm
We could all do with tips on how to combat the heat at the moment
And luckily for us in the UK we take bits from England’s strategy, featuring palm-cooling devices and slushies.
The temperature for tonight’s match is forecast to be 34C. But with the humidity it will feel more like 43C.
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03:28pm
Everyone’s favourite 1990s Norwegian was...
...if you said Morten Harket, you’d be wrong (A-ha’s heyday was long gone by the 90s). If you saidJostein Gaarder, you’d also be wrong (as good as Sophie’s World was it was a bit too didactic to be a proper classic).Nope, the correct answer is Jan Aage Fjørtoft, the Swindon, Middlesborough, Sheffield United and Norway striker. He was a minor legend and always a good, cheap buy in the early days of Fantasy Football.
Jan Aage has let it be known how he wants Norway to win tonight.
To all my English friends!
I love England
Always have
I loved to play in England! I love to work there now!
But tonight I want to beat you!!! So desperately!
And I want to beat you on penalties!!!
— Jan Aage Fjørtoft (@JanAageFjortoft) July 11, 2026
03:07pm
When you’re in Miami
You whack on a pastel-coloured linen suit (rolled up sleeves, obviously...), sport a pair of espadrilles (no socks, clearly...) and put on a pair of Wayfarers while Phil Collins can feel it coming in the air tonight (Miami Vice for anyone not au fait with 1980s culture).
But once you’ve done your best Crockett and Tubbs impressions, you then meet David Beckham. At least that’s what you do when you’re the England football team.
The former national team captain has made the Florida hot spot his own, co-owning the football club, a retail complex and supplements business there.
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Thomas Tuchel and the England team met Sir David Beckham during Friday’s training session - Eddie Keogh/Getty Images
02:42pm
And, of course they engaged in...
...the now-famous Viking row.
02:41pm
Norway fans had a good night in Miami
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Miami Beach was a sea of red - Rebecca Blackwell/AP
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How many of the Norway fans expected them to get ot the last eight? - Rebecca Blackwell/AP
02:32pm
Cycling support
Norwegian team Uno-X Mobility getting in the mood for later before today’s stage at the Tour de France.
02:24pm
How do you stop Haaland?
It’s a question many a manager has sought to answer, with very few, if any, coming up with a solution.
Telegraph Sport columnist Scott Parker had a go, and came up with a few ideas for Thomas Tuchel and Co...
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01:56pm
With this lot behind them, England cannot fail
01:42pm
Find your inner Mystic Meg
And predict who you think will make the semi-final.
01:34pm
Good news for England
Who doesn’t love a bit of good news on the morning of a World Cup quarter-final...Thomas Tuchel received some as Marc Guéhi and Declan Rice returned to training and were declared fit for the match.
A hamstring pain led Guéhi to miss training on Wednesday and Thursday, while a bug laid Rice low on the same two days.
01:25pm
Training session with a smile
England were put through their paces on Friday in Miami 24 hours ahead of the last-eight encounter.
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England prepared for the Norway match at Inter Miami’s training ground - Evrim Aydin/Getty Images
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Harry Kane looked in a a relaxed mood - Evrim Aydin/Getty Images
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Jude Bellingham will doubtless be on a high after his two goals against Mexico - Evrim Aydin/Getty Images
12:26pm
Hopes high ahead of last-eight clash
England know World Cup quarter-finals well. This will be their 10th appearance in the last eight and it’s a running theme for many a fan that when asked to predict how the side will do heading into the tournament, to respond: “we’ll get the the quarters and then who knows...”
After Monday’s thrilling 3-2 win over Mexico, however, hopes are such that exiting in the quarter-finals would now be considered at best a hugely underwhelming result, at worst a failure.
The victory at the fabled Azteca had everything – at high altitude against a passionate, partisan crowd as much as the Mexico players, then down to 10 men producing a backs-to-the wall second-half performance that will live long in the memory. The result, other than getting the side into the last eight, is that expectation has risen. Added to that England will face Norway, a team that few predicted would get this far.
But this is the Norway of Erling Haaland and Martin Ødegaard, talented players who having caused Brazil a host of problems in the 2-1 win last round, are more than capable of doing the same to England tonight.
So, how did Thomas Tuchel gee up his players, knowing that victory in Miami will put England one match away from a first World Cup final since 1966? Well, he compared the win over Mexico as being like an FA Cup victory away at Sunderland in January.
“That was how we framed it with the team, it’s just you find a way to win. If you need a picture from the Premier League, it is January. It’s Sunderland, FA Cup. It’s away in Sunderland, it’s away in Leeds. You go. It’s adversity. It’s not good weather. You don’t like the decisions of the referee. Everything feels bad. They are on the front foot. You just need to get it done,” the England manager said.
“If you want to be at Wembley in the end. Don’t go out in January, don’t go out in February. No one will ask you any more how you did it. And then comes the exciting times. Then comes April, then comes May, things can become easier and then you have your identity and you have to let go.”
While the framing might be slightly left field, the sentiment is spot on. England have played well, in parts, to get to this point, but that will count for nothing if Haaland and Co get the better of them tonight.
Stay here for all the build up and action, with kick-off set for 10pm.
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