Erling Haaland, a striker for Manchester City, scored a hat trick to help Norway crush Kazakhstan 5-0 at home, finishing as group champions and advancing to the top league in the Nations League. In the

match last Sunday, Haaland wore the captain’s armband and took 37 minutes to score two goals by following up on Antonio Nusa’s shot and heading in a cross from Nusa.

Before the end of the first half, Alexander Sørloth scored another goal to make it 3-0. In the second half, Haaland completed his hat trick by receiving a pass from Sander Berge and shooting into the post.

The latest performance made Haaland increase Norway’s all-time scoring record to 38 goals from 39 matches. He is also the top scorer in the Nations League this season, ยูฟ่าเบท with 6 appearances and 7 goals.

Noosa, a winger from RB Leipzig, scored the final goal for Norway, ending with a 5-0 victory, overtaking Austria to finish as runners-up in League B and automatically gaining a promotion quota.

Austria, under Ralf Rangnick, competed on the same day. Romano Schmidt scored the lead and was about to win, but in the 81st minute, Slovenia tied 1-1, finishing as runners-up and having to wait for the play-off with the 3rd place from the top league to be promoted.