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5-0! Haaland scored a hat-trick for the fourth time in the national team to help Norway upgrade, scoring 38 goals in 39 games and becoming Europe's first player in 52 years

In the final round of Group C of the UEFA Nations League, which ended in the early morning of November 18, Beijing time, Norway swept Kazakhstan 5-0 at home and won the first place in the group and was successfully promoted. In this game, Norwegian genius Haaland scored a hat trick and became the number one contributor to the team's promotion.

Haaland started the game, and just 23 minutes later, Haaland scored in front of goal to help Norway break the deadlock early.

In the 37th minute, Haaland received a cross from teammate Nousa and scored with a header that he was not good at to extend the score to 2-0. Norway then scored a goal through Thurlot to give Norway a 3-0 lead at half-time.

In the 71st minute, Haaland finally completed a hat-trick. Confident, he scored with a dashing low shot from the top of the box to make it 4-0. In the 76th minute, Noussa scored another goal. In the end, Norway won a hearty 5-0 victory under Haaland.

It was also Haaland's fourth hat-trick for his country, the previous three being in October 2020 (vs. Romania), September 2021 (vs. Gibraltar) and June 2024 (vs. Kosovo).

So far, Haaland has scored 38 goals in 39 appearances in his international career. Haaland became the first European player in nearly 52 years to score 38 goals in his first 39 games for his national team, since Gerd Muller in May 1972 (47 goals).

In the end, with the help of Haaland's courageous performance, Norway beat Austria by two points and won the group, thus being promoted to Group A with England in the next UEFA Nations League. Haaland is finally expected to play against Europe's top teams at the national team level.

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