Norway 6-0 Philippines: Norwegians hit form with big win to qualify for last 16

Haug scored a timely opener for Norway successful conscionable the sixth infinitesimal - their archetypal extremity of this World Cup

Former satellite champions Norway rediscovered their signifier and ferocity successful the nick of clip arsenic Sophie Haug's hat-trick helped them hammer the Philippines to scope the past 16 of the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup.

But with Hansen restored to the broadside and the spot betwixt her teeth successful Auckland's Eden Park, the Grasshoppers tore into their mediocre opponents to get the triumph that sees them decorativeness 2nd successful Group A and sends the Philippines home.

Haug got the shot rolling successful conscionable the sixth infinitesimal courtesy of a neatly taken back-post volley earlier past doubling her and her side's tally 11 minutes aboriginal via a looping header.

Hansen underlined her value with the third, scoring with a superb debased changeable from scope - a cardinal extremity that gave Norway implicit power of their fate, careless of the scoreline successful the different last radical crippled betwixt Switzerland and co-hosts New Zealand.

Norway past enactment the result wholly to furniture with 2 goals aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional - a bundled ain extremity from the unfortunate Alicia Barker and a Guro Reiten penalty.

The Philippines' woes were compounded erstwhile substitute Sofia Harrison was sent disconnected little than 10 minutes aft coming connected pursuing a VAR reappraisal connected a precocious situation connected Thea Bjelde.

In the mediate of 11 added minutes, Haug completed her treble with different header and could person had a 4th but steered a sliding effort against the post.

Norway volition present look the victor of Group C - which volition beryllium either Spain oregon Japan - successful the past 16 successful Wellington connected 5 August.

Switzerland topped Group A after drafting with New Zealand successful the different game played connected Sunday.

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The existent Norway get conscionable successful time

What a quality a well-timed extremity tin make.

Norway came into this lucifer having failed to get the shot successful the nett successful their 2 erstwhile games, with an opening-game decision and second-game gully leaving them nether superior menace of going retired earlier the knockout rounds of a World Cup for lone the 2nd time.

All of this had been played retired to the sound of disharmony successful their camp, with rumours of discontent coming to a caput erstwhile Hansen went nationalist with her disapproval pursuing the determination to seat her for the gully with Switzerland.

On apical of each that, their different elite player, inaugural Ballon d'Or victor Ada Hegerberg, has spent much clip connected the sidelines than she has connected the transportation arsenic a effect of a groin injury, which besides kept her retired of Sunday's contest.

For 5 minutes, successful an Eden Park audibly mostly backing their opponents, the Norwegians were visibly tense arsenic the Philippines came retired swinging.

And past Haug hooked successful her back-post volley from Bjelde's transverse and everything changed. The power was flicked and the brittle and astir breached Grasshoppers became the assured and objective broadside that person graced truthful galore a palmy large tourney successful the past.

Haug headed location her 2nd with 17 minutes connected the timepiece and arsenic soon arsenic Hansen's debased thrust recovered the nett conscionable aft the fractional hr the effect was beyond doubt.

Wary of the information a azygous Philippines extremity successful Auckland oregon either of the sides netting successful Dunedin posed to their qualification chances, Norway came retired aft the interruption with caller vigour.

Clumsy Philippines defending gave them the cushion and comfortableness they craved arsenic Barker bundled into her ain net, Jaclyn Sawicki clattered Reiten successful the container for the punishment and past Harrison flung a precocious footwear into Bjelde's shin to marque it 11 v 10.

The icing connected the barroom came courtesy of Haug, who completed her hat-trick successful a lengthy play of wounded time, becoming the 2nd subordinate to nett a treble astatine this World Cup aft Ary Borges for Brazil against Panama.

They tin present look towards the past 16 with renewed content and the anticipation that Haug, Hansen and Rieter tin replicate their displays present and Hegerberg tin instrumentality to further boost their chances.

Philippines retired but not down

It did not extremity arsenic they had hoped, but this has been a tourney of advancement for the Philippines.

Having undertaken a thrust implicit the past decennary to enlistee endowment from the Filipino diaspora, astir notably successful the United States, they present person not conscionable their archetypal ever World Cup quality but besides a archetypal triumph connected the planetary stage, courtesy of the 1-0 triumph implicit New Zealand connected Tuesday.

Barring the momentum-fuelled complaint of the opening 5 minutes successful Auckland, they struggled to get astatine Norway and did not erstwhile decently trial Aurora Mikalsen successful the Grasshoppers goal.

They had a fewer moments to remember, though, astir notably a magnificent fingertip prevention to contradict Rieter a precocious extremity from Olivia McDaniel, who did everything successful her powerfulness to support the shortage to conscionable six.

They autumn astatine the archetypal hurdle but permission with heads held high.