{"id":2634,"date":"2026-10-02T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:20:55","slug":"wales-2-1-norway-haaland-silenced-in-comeback-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/wales-2-1-norway-haaland-silenced-in-comeback-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales 2-1 Norway: Haaland silenced in comeback win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1-767x533.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haaland was kept off the scoresheet as Wales came from behind to beat Norway 2-1 on Nations League matchday three, with Daniel James and Neco Williams striking after Torbjorn Heggem\u2019s early second-half dismissal to overturn Oscar Bobb\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erling Haaland drew a blank on Thursday as Norway slumped to a 2-1 defeat against Wales on matchday three of the Nations League. The visitors suffered their second loss of the campaign after Torbjorn Heggem&#8217;s early second-half dismissal, with strikes from Daniel James and Neco Williams overturning Oscar Bobb&#8217;s opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It marked a crucial first victory for Wales, who had lost their opening two fixtures to both Portugal and Denmark without scoring a single goal. To halt that run, they called upon numerical superiority, resilience, and two goals in Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norway had drawn first blood through Oscar Bobb in the 11th minute, though their momentum was checked shortly after by an injury-enforced substitution for Borussia Dortmund full-back Julian Ryerson. Wales duly took advantage to restore parity before the break when Daniel James levelled at 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contest turned decisively in the opening exchanges of the second half. Following Heggem&#8217;s sending-off, Neco Williams completed the turnaround to seal all three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result leaves both Norway and Wales locked on three points in Group A4 alongside Denmark, while Portugal continue to lead the way on nine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haaland was kept off the scoresheet as Wales came from  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions\/2636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}