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Erling Haaland will have a chance at his first major tournament next summer. The Manchester City and Norway forward scored 16 times in eight World Cup qualifying matches to lead his country to their first appearance in the competition since 1998.
And the term “drag” is no exaggeration! No player, on any continent, scored more in qualifying than Haaland. It’s no wonder that one Norwegian journalist went so far as to suggest that “it can now be argued that he is our best player of all time.”
Few have come close to matching the 25-year-old's goal-scoring exploits in recent seasons, but someone who has will face him in the final round of group matches.
Along with Senegal and one of the play-off winners, Norway has been drawn against Kylian Mbappe's France in Group I.
This means that the top scorers in the Premier League and La Liga will face off for the first time in international football.
Mbappe, just two goals away from becoming France's record goalscorer at the age of 26, has scored 16 times in 15 league games this season for Real Madrid. Haaland, already Norway's record goalscorer and a full 22 goals behind the next best player, has scored 15 in 14 games for City.
"It will be a great duel," said France coach Didier Deschamps.
"Kylian and Haaland are two players known all over the world and will be two of the contenders to be declared the top scorer."
Where do you expect goals, lots of goals even?
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