After beating Estonia 4-1 on Thursday and then Italy 4-1 on Sunday, Norway have officially qualified for their first FIFA World Cup in 27 years. But given the presence of world-class players such as Erling Haaland and Martin Ødegaard in their squad, how has it taken this long?
While few players in this cohort were even born when Norway beat Brazil 2-1 at the 1998 World Cup in Marseille, France, manager Ståle Solbakken, then a midfielder in Egil Olsen's famously pragmatic (some would say cynical) side, knows how it feels to represent his nation on football's biggest stage.