Erling Haaland showed off his world-class credentials in football’s biggest game, scoring a second-half goal to send Norway into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in their history with a stunning 2-1 win over five-man Brazil on Monday.Despite being very distracted and not working much of the day, the great actor delivered when it was needed most. The breakthrough came in the 80th minute when half-time substitute Andreas Schjelderup delivered a brilliant cross, allowing Haaland to power into the lead.The two linked up again in the dying minutes of regulation time, Schjelderup setting up Haaland for his second of the night. The strike took him to seven goals – tying him with Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé and extending his international goal tally to 14 consecutive games.While Haaland stole the headlines, veteran striker Orjan Nyland was Norway’s unsung hero. The 35-year-old stopped the early tone and dived to his left to deny Bruno Guimaraes’ cross in the 14th minute. Late in the game, with Norway clinging to a one-goal lead, Nyland made a one-handed save to deny the incoming star Endrick. The only blemish on his winning performance came in stoppage time when Neymar converted a consolation goal, which proved too little, too late for the Selecao.Brazil’s exit represents a major failure for a team that was expected to be “win-or-bust”. The world power saw their eight consecutive appearances in the quarter-finals broken, before reaching the last eight for the first time since 1990. In addition, the defeat makes Brazil more difficult against European opponents at the World Cup, marking their seventh consecutive loss to teams from the continent since the end of 2002.Stale Solbakken’s technology specialist made a profit as Norway showed how much it had changed around the world. They will now travel to Miami Gardens, Florida, to face the winner of the last 16 clash between England and Mexico.