England vs Norway is set after England beat Mexico 3-2 and Norway upset Brazil 2-1 on Sunday to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. England now move on to Miami next Saturday, where the match carries the edge of a knockout tie and the weight of two very different wins.
Jude Bellingham scored twice in 98 seconds for England, while Harry Kane added a penalty in a match that turned after Jarell Quansah was shown a straight red card on 54 minutes following a VAR review. England still finished the job, and Kane summed up the fight: "It was a crazy game. We had the occasion, everything against us, but we found a way."
Mexico City's Estadio Azteca
Mexico pushed England to 3-2, with Raul Jimenez scoring Mexico's second goal from a penalty. The scoreline stayed tight throughout, but England's burst from Bellingham changed the shape of the match in less than two minutes.
The red card left England with 10 men for the closing phase, yet they still protected the lead and reached the World Cup quarter-finals. That is the detail England take into the next round: they won a knockout match after a dismissal and a penalty decision went against them.
MetLife Stadium and Haaland
Norway's path was cleaner on the scoreboard and sharper in the finish. Erling Braut Haaland scored two late goals in the last 11 minutes against Brazil, and Orjan Nyland had already kept Norway level by saving a first-half penalty from Bruno Guimaraes.
Haaland's brace took him level with Lionel Messi on seven goals for the tournament. Brazil, meanwhile, suffered their sixth straight tournament knockout by European opposition and their earliest World Cup exit since 1990, even with Carlo Ancelotti in charge for the bid to end a 24-year World Cup drought.
That leaves England and Norway on the same side of the bracket, with the quarter-final in Miami next Saturday now the next direct test for both. One side arrives after a late comeback under pressure; the other arrives after Haaland settled an upset that ended Brazil's run.
