New Delhi, July 12 -- MIAMI - Norway's goalkeeper stood at one end of Hard Rock Stadium and held his nerve while England's could not. Erling Haaland, whose goal had been taken away by VAR in the second half, watched from the opposite end as Norway eliminated England in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw, advancing to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in Norwegian football history.

The decisive turn came not in the shootout but before it. Haaland appeared to have put Norway 2-1 ahead in the second half before a VAR review ruled a foul in the build-up and cancelled the goal. Norway had outplayed England for stretches and held their defensive shape through the most concentrated period of English pressure, yet the moment that sho...