The Iraq national football team suffered a big loss against Norway in the FIFA World Cup 2026, losing the match 4-1 at Boston Stadium in the first round of Group 9. Journalist Ahmed Shoubir commented on the strange goal that Iraq's national football team conceded during their match against Norway's national football team, confirming that it was one of the strangest goals he had ever seen. Shoubir wrote on his official Facebook account: “A very strange and weird goal, I've never seen anything like it before, the Iraqi defender returned the ball to the goalkeeper, and the goalkeeper waited for the ball and was surprised to see Haaland in front of him, so he shot the ball and it entered the goal!”. He added: “It seems that Arab teams are unlucky with reverse goals in their nets, it happened in our match against Belgium, Iraq, and also Jordan, a day that was not happy for Arab football, but this is football”. Norway's national football team achieved a big win over Iraq's national football team with a score of 4-1 in the match that brought them together on Wednesday at Boston Stadium in the first round of Group 9 of the FIFA World Cup. Manchester City striker Haaland shone, scoring two goals for the Norwegian team and winning the best player award in the match. Norway's national football team leads Group 9 with three points and a goal difference over France, which won 3-1 against Senegal on Tuesday, while Iraq's national football team is at the bottom of the group without any points and also with a goal difference from Senegal, which is in third place.