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Key takeaways
- Of all the 72 group games, there is not a single one in which one name on the scoresheet -- his name -- was so utterly predictable.
- Haaland scored a hat trick in his UEFA Champions League debut in 2019.
- It was Haaland's first taste of World Cup soccer.
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Of all the 72 group games, there is not a single one in which one name on the scoresheet -- his name -- was so utterly predictable.
Haaland scored a hat trick in his UEFA Champions League debut in 2019. He scored a 23-minute hat trick from the bench for Borussia Dortmund in his Bundesliga debut in 2020. He netted twice for Manchester City in his Premier League debut in 2022.
This, it must be said, was the worst possible omen for Iraq, which had the unfortunate task of being Norway's first group-stage opponents at Boston Stadium (Gillette Stadium) on Tuesday, and this game was perhaps his biggest debut of all.
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