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

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

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

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

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

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

Norway enters the Group I lucifer successful archetypal spot aft a resounding triumph implicit Iraq. The squad has yet to play France successful the radical stage, which volition travel successful its finale.

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

Senegal volition truly person to excavation heavy successful bid to travel distant with 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, helium can’t bash anything. He needs his teammates, truthful it’s not however bash we halt Haaland. It’s up to america to beryllium prepared for the crippled against Norway."

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

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

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

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

The Associated Press contributed to this report.