Fate! Italy eliminated Norway 1-0 in 1998, and 27 years later Norway defeated Italy and entered the World Cup again.

In the World Cup preliminaries, Norway defeated Italy 3-0 and 4-1, stepping on its opponents to advance to the 2026 World Cup main game. And 27 years ago, Norway's final game of the World Cup happened to be against Italy. Norway lost 0-1 to Italy in the round of 16 of the 1998 World Cup and was unfortunately eliminated. Vieri contributed the winning goal. The picture above is Italy's starting lineup at the time, and on the bench were Inzaghi, Baggio, Chiesa, Buffon...

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