{"id":170110,"date":"2026-04-29T10:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=170110"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:54:31","slug":"norway-2026-world-cup-spotlight-the-return-%f0%9f%94%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=170110","title":{"rendered":"Norway 2026 World Cup SPOTLIGHT | The RETURN \ud83d\udd25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xukLrpmZfk0?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The 2026 World Cup is inching closer day by day, and that has our crew taking a look at one of the most exciting World Cup returnees, Erling Haaland, Martin \u00d8degaard &#038; Norway. Stefano Fusaro, Geoff Shreeves &#038; Tony Meola are pleased to be joined by Jan \u00c5ge Fj\u00f8rtoft to break down Norway&#8217;s chances in the tournament, previewing their Group I fixtures vs. Iraq, Senegal &#038; 2020 runners-up France.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Norwegian OPTIMISM<br \/>\n0:34 St\u00e5le Solbakken EXPERIENCE<br \/>\n1:04 Norway EXPECTATIONS<br \/>\n2:55 Alexander S\u00f8rloth IMPACT<br \/>\n4:00 Norway&#8217;s hidden gems<br \/>\n5:27 Norway GK situation<br \/>\n7:16 Playing in 1994 vs. 2026<br \/>\n8:58 Final Thoughts<br \/>\n9:10 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#norway #2026worldcup #worldcup #cbssports #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #preview #groupi #soccer #football #matchpreview #breakdown #fifa<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xukLrpmZfk0\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 World Cup is inching closer day by day, and that has our crew taking a look at one of the most exciting World Cup returnees, Erling Haaland, Martin&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":170111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/170111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}