New Jersey, July 6 -- Erling Haaland starred with a second-half brace as Norway stunned Brazil 2-1 in their FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 clash, knocking Carlo Ancelotti's side out of the tournament. The brace also took Haaland's tally to seven goals at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the joint-most by a player in his debut World Cup since Poland's Grzegorz Lato scored seven in 1974, according to ESPN.

Haaland has now drawn level with France's Kylian Mbappe and Argentina legend Lionel Messi as the joint-highest scorer at the FIFA World Cup 2026, with seven goals each. Additionally, for the first time in World Cup history, three different players have scored seven or more goals in the same edition of the tournament.

Haaland has now scored mor...