Brazil vs Norway, World Cup 2026 last 16 – live

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Hello! It’s the dark horses v the thoroughbreds today as Norway take on five-time champions Brazil for a place in the quarter-finals. There’s been a growing feeling in the last few days that Brazil are there for the taking – partly due to Norway’s impressive showings so far (apart from against France, when they rested their best players), Brazil’s fine-not-great finishes at the last two World Cups, THAT semi-final in 2014 and their problems against Japan and Morocco at this tournament. We shall see if those concerns are valid very soon…

Tom will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Graham Ruthven with a short preview of today’s game:

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