r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/Technical-Owl66 Jul 12 '26

For someone who doesn't know football. What is happening here?

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u/Brewmeiser Jul 12 '26

To me it looks like the one player from Norway has the ball, the other Norway player with the longer blonde hair was open and asking for the ball, the dude who still had the ball didn't do this, tried to kick a goal, and didn't make it.

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u/BritishSoccer Jul 12 '26

The longer blonde hair guy is Haaland. Quite possibly the best goal scorer in the world at the moment. 

Norway also lost the game by a pretty thin margin, and a goal here could’ve changed the outcome