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England reached the semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup by beating Norway 2-1 after extra time on Saturday at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium in the quarter-final. Jude Bellingham secured victory for the Three Lions in extra time by scoring his second goal of the match, after an evenly balanced first half ended 1-1. In their first ever quarter-final, Andreas Schjelderup fired Norway into a shock lead in the searing Miami heat. But Bellingham, who also netted a double in a memorable 3-2 over Mexico in the last 16, produced a moment of magic to equalise just before half-time.
Great World Cup QF. England wins battle of attrition to eliminate Norway 2-1. Got to admire grit of this England side. Congrats to Norway. Great WC run. They had a lot of fun in the states. Americans love an underdog pic.twitter.com/tlV53hrKRe
— Matt Stewart (@MattStewartTV) July 11, 2026
Norway had a second goal controversially disallowed after a VAR review in the second half for a foul by Erling Haaland as both sets of players were pushed to their physical limits by going to extra-time. Bellingham came up with another big moment as he pounced on an error by Orjan Nyland to sweep in his sixth goal of the tournament.
England will face Argentina or Switzerland on Wednesday for the chance to reach a first World Cup final in 60 years. Haaland's spectacular run of scoring in his last 14 competitive matches for Norway came to an end against the land of his birth with Norway's exhausted talisman replaced at half-time of extra-time.
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