Heia Norge!!

It wasn't this time that Brazil beat Norway. The technically-challenged Norway team played against Brazil in four occasions, and surprisingly, never lost a single match. In 1988, a 1-1 tie in Oslo marked the first encounter between the two sides. Nine years later, Norway won 4-2, again in the Ullevaal Stadion. In the following year, in the 1998 World Cup, Norway won again by 2-1, with a penalty in the 48th minute of the second half, that only the referee and the Swedish TV saw.

And today, both teams clashed again at the Ullevaal. The yellow team was trying to recover from the Germany World Cup, with a new coach and an almost entirely new player roster, with none of the media darlings present, except for Robinho. Despite their clear technical superiority, their excellent performance during the second half and their very offensive formation, they didn't managed to win this time.

The match ended 1-1, with the Scandinavian team scoring first in the 52nd minute, in an odd free kick by Morten Gamst Pedersen, where he actually intended to cross the ball into the box, but no one intercepted it. Eleven minutes later, Daniel Carvalho tied the match with a precise kick, rendering the goalkeeper Myhre completely helpless.

Lineups:

Norway: Myhre; Rambekk, Hagen (Wæhler), Hangeland, J. A. Riise; Strømstad (Grindheim), Andresen, Pedersen (Årst), Hæstad; John Carew (Braaten), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Iversen).
Coach: Åge Hareide.

Brazil: Gomes; Cicinho (Maicon), Lúcio, Juan (Alex), Gilberto; Edmílson (Dudu Cearense), Gilberto Silva, Elano (J. Baptista), Daniel Carvalho (Vágner Love); Robinho, Fred.
Coach: Dunga.