Norway World Cup fans take over Times Square as team prepares for Senegal match

Norway is group to return connected Senegal successful their 2nd 2026 FIFA World Cup lucifer of nan tourney connected Monday nighttime astatine New York New Jersey Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Several hours earlier nan whistle blew connected nan pitch, Norwegian fans flocked to Times Square successful nan bosom of New York City to springiness their squad a due sendoff.

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Norway fans execute nan Viking statement successful Times Square successful New York connected June 21, 2026, up of nan FIFA World Cup 2026 Group I lucifer against Senegal. (John Sibley/Reuters)

Hundreds of Norway fans performed nan "Viking Row" to connection due support of their nation’s champion shot players. Max Bretos, nan sound of Major League Soccer’s LA FC, posted a video connected his X relationship showing nan flock of fans astatine Times Square.

"Imagine you are heading to Times Square NYC to spot ‘Les Miserables’ and you stumble into this …" he wrote connected X.

Norway enters nan Group I lucifer successful first spot aft a resounding triumph complete Iraq. The squad has yet to play France successful nan group stage, which will travel successful its finale.

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Norway fans execute nan Viking statement successful Times Square, New York, up of nan FIFA World Cup 2026 Group I lucifer against Senegal connected June 21, 2026. (John Sibley/Reuters)

Senegal will really person to excavation heavy successful bid to travel distant pinch a point. Containing shot prima Erling Haaland is simply a ngo successful and of itself.

"Yes, Haaland, but it's not Haaland alone," Senegal reserve goalkeeper Mory Diaw said done an interpreter. "Haaland by himself, he can’t do anything. He needs his teammates, truthful it’s not really do we extremity Haaland. It’s up to america to beryllium prepared for nan crippled against Norway."

Senegal caput coach Pepe Thiaw said that being capable to support Norway astatine bay starts pinch neutralizing Haaland.

"Haaland evidently doesn’t request immoderate introducing," Thiaw said. "We’ve sewage bully defenders. We’ve sewage very high-level defenders who person played successful very high-level competitions and person travel crossed strikers of this caliber."

A Norway instrumentality holds a replica of nan FIFA World Cup trophy successful Times Square, New York, connected June 21, 2026, up of nan Group I lucifer against Senegal. (John Sibley/Reuters)

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The lucifer will statesman astatine 8 p.m. ET.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.