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Today we're talking about a World Cup knockout game: Norway beat Ivory Coast two to one.

It was a thrilling and very tense game.

The winner wasn't decided until the final few minutes.

First, a word on this Norway team.

Norway's best player is named Haaland.

He's one of the best goal-scoring forwards in the world right now.

A forward is the player who stands furthest up front and is there to score goals.

Haaland is very tall, very strong, and runs fast too.

Give him even a bit of a chance, and he can put the ball in the net.

So the opponents' defenders are all afraid of him.

Many fans came to this game just to watch him.

Now a word on Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast come from Africa, and they play fast and hard.

They know their opponents are strong, but they aren't afraid at all.

Alright, let's look at the game.

This is the knockouts, lose and you go home, so both teams really wanted to win.

From the kickoff, both teams battled fiercely for the ball.

In the first half, Norway scored first.

The scorer was a young player named Nusa.

Norway one to zero, ahead first.

Norway's fans were all delighted.

Ivory Coast were a goal down, but they didn't give up.

In the second half, they kept pushing forward, trying to claw the score back.

Finally, in the seventy-fourth minute, Ivory Coast scored.

The scorer is named Diallo.

One to one, the two teams were back on the same line.

Ivory Coast's fans jumped up with joy.

Everyone thought this game might be heading to extra time.

But right at that moment, Haaland stepped up.

In the eighty-sixth minute, he scored a hugely important goal.

One to two, Norway ahead again.

That goal was so important.

In the time that remained, Norway held on to the score.

In the end, Norway won the game.

Ivory Coast fought to the very end but still lost, and are leaving the World Cup.

So, how should we view this game?

For Norway, this is a nervy, hard-fought win.

They were pegged back midway and, for a while, on the back foot.

But at the most crucial moment, it was the big star Haaland who solved the problem for the team.

This is the value of a top star: the bigger the game, the more he can step up.

For Ivory Coast, losing is of course a real shame.

They pulled level for a while, and came close to pulling off a surprise.

Though they lost, they battled to the last second, and deserve our respect.

That's Norway two to one Ivory Coast, a game that belonged to Haaland.

See you next match.