FIFA World Cup 2026 | Iraq vs Norway LIVE updates: Group I match gets underway

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Erling Haaland of Norway warms up   earlier  the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group I lucifer  betwixt  Iraq and Norway astatine  Boston Stadium connected  June 16, 2026 successful  Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Erling Haaland of Norway warms up earlier the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group I lucifer betwixt Iraq and Norway astatine Boston Stadium connected June 16, 2026 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. | Photo Credit: AFP

Norway skipper Martin Odegaard says helium has ⁠no concerns astir his fittingness up of his side’s opening World Cup Group I lucifer successful Foxborough, Massachusetts connected June 16, 2026, ‌his nation’s archetypal crippled astatine the finals since 1998. With Erling Haaland scoring the goals and ‌Odegaard pulling the strings successful midfield, Norway person ‌made ⁠their mode backmost to the apical array ⁠of planetary football, but a tally of injuries aboriginal successful the twelvemonth raised questions implicit the wellness of the midfielder who precocious won the English Premier ‌League rubric with Arsenal.

Iraq features a balanced blend of experienced and rising European-based talents. Iraq person Ali Al-Hamadi, Aymen Hussein, Zidane Iqbal, Amir Al-Ammari and Ali Jassim successful its ranks. Norway has dynamic young wingers and dependable defenders. The squad has Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard, Antonio Nusa, Julian Ryerson and Oscar Bobb which volition springiness Norway a flimsy borderline implicit Iraq.

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  • June 17, 2026 03:31

    First fractional Start

    First Half begins.

  • June 17, 2026 02:08

    Lineup

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Published - June 17, 2026 03:30 americium IST

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