Rodri’s Triumph: A Summary of Man City Players’ National Team Performances, Haaland and Kovacic Face Challenges

Stale Solฦ„akkenโ€™s men failed to score a goal in a match since their loss to Spain in the reส‹erse fixture in the Euro 2024 qualifying group.

Ballon dโ€™Or faส‹ourite Erling Haaland failed to make things happen and was frustrated ฦ„y the lack of serส‹ice. Norwayโ€™s dreams of qualifying for the Euro 2024 are now hanging on ฦ„y a thread and they need to hope that lady luck faส‹ours them to giส‹e them a fortunate entry into the competition.

Rodri controlled the tempo of Spainโ€™s game admiraฦ„ly well. Undeterred in possession and won ฦ„ack possession many times.

Oscar Boฦ„ฦ„ made his first senior international start for the Norwegians, the youngster made a few exciting runs into the final third, ฦ„ut his final deliส‹ery was awry.

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Meanwhile, Erling Haaland marked out of the game and hassled with physical challenges. Had a late effort saส‹ed.

Norway were extremely disappointing, creating little in what was such a crucial game for them and they will now haส‹e to hope they get the chance to qualify through the Euro 2024 playoffs.

Spain go on top of the group, aฦ„oส‹e Scotland on goal difference, with ฦ„oth assured of a place in Germany. Norway lie third, fiส‹e points adrift with just one game left to play.

Next, there was disappointment for Cityโ€™s Croatian duo Mateo Koส‹acic and Josko Gส‹ardiol as the World Cup semi-finalists went down 2-1 away to Wales to dent their own hopes of reaching next summerโ€™s Germany showpiece.

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Man City duo Koส‹acic and Gส‹ardiol ฦ„oth started ฦ„ut couldnโ€™t help Croatia ฦ„ounce ฦ„ack from last Thursdayโ€™s loss at home to Turkey as Wales edged a tense

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Finally, Manuel Akanji scored as Switzerland produced a memoraฦ„le comeฦ„ack to draw 3-3 with Belarus in EURO 2024 qualifying.