Norway's World Cup afterglow meets the gap England exposed

The hangover fades, the questions begin

Norway 1–2 England in the World Cup quarter-finals. The parade is over, the 100,000 who filled Oslo's streets have gone home, and now the real work starts. Haaland's raccoon and the palace-steps Viking row made for a perfect homecoming, but Jude Bellingham's two goals told a harder truth: there is still a gap to close against the elite. This was Norway's best World Cup ever, and it ended with a clear ceiling. The squad earned its heroes' welcome, but the question now is whether this is a peak or a platform.

Fan reactions

Brazilian fans are still processing Norway's role in their tournament exit. On Reddit, one supporter asked why Carlo Ancelotti kept his job after Brazil fell to Norway, treating the upset as the defining shock of the tournament from their side. Read the thread