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Norway striker Erling Haaland believes England are clear favourites for their World Cup quarter-final. He said reaching the final eight is surprising even for him, as Norway's last World Cup appearance was in 1998. England's Nico O'Reilly called Haaland's comments "mind games", but admitted Norway are a good collective team.
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