“Extreme anger”…Norway’s coach insulted his assistant after Bellingham’s goal.

The Norway-England World Cup quarter-final at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida witnessed an extraordinary scene of overwhelming anger when Norwegian coach Stal Solbakken violently smashed a water bottle on the touchline, accidentally hitting one of his assistants in the leg, following Jude Bellingham’s fatal first-half goal for the Three Lions.

Norway opened the scoring in the 36th minute through Benfica star Andreas Schildrup, which showed that Erling Holland and his team-mates were on course to finish after an impressive first-half performance in which they managed to neutralize the threat from Thomas Tuchel’s side.

But Real Madrid star Bellingham spoiled the Norwegian plan with a superb strike in the second minute of stoppage time, infuriating Norway’s Solbakken, who could not contain his nerves and smashed a water bottle hard on the ground, but the bottle bounced back to hit one of his assistants in the leg, in an incident that reflected the extent of the underground position.

Tensions rose in the second half when French referee Clément Turpin disallowed Thorbjorn Hagem’s (27-year-old) goal after VAR intervention, as the referee ruled that Holland’s (25-year-old) was at fault early on in a tackle on Elliott Anderson, denying the Bologna international star a first goal. contradiction.

Despite his open anger at the specifics of the Norwegian coaching staff, former Wolverhampton coach Solbakken held his own this time and there were no further incidents involving water bottles or assistants.