Leipzig jewel Nusa shines: four goals in the Nations League spectacle!
RB Leipzig's Antonio Nusa scores a hat-trick and assists in a 5-0 win over Kazakhstan as Norway surprisingly advance.
Leipzig jewel Nusa shines: four goals in the Nations League spectacle!
A football festival in a class of its own! Antonio Nusa, RB Leipzig's 19-year-old gem, shines again and leads Norway to triumph! In the impressive 5-0 win against Kazakhstan, Nusa was the star of the game, directly involved in four goals and scoring one goal to make the final score 5-0.
After his brace against Slovenia a few days ago, where he fired Norway to a 3-1 victory, Nusa continued his impressive form. But the biggest surprise came after the final whistle: While Norway celebrated, Austria made a mistake and allowed a late equalizer against Slovenia, which secured Norway's promotion to the A group of the Nations League.
Shock and cheers in Oslo
"I was shocked when I heard they had drawn. We didn't expect that," Nusa admitted on Norwegian television. During the game, the Norwegian team watched the parallel game on a cell phone. At the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, Erling Haaland, the captain, outshone the performances of his teammates with a hat trick and celebrated winning the group.
For the Austrian RB kickers Nicolas Seiwald and Christoph Baumgartner, however, the evening was marked by frustration. Baumgartner, who prepared the lead, missed the chance to score the winning goal shortly before the end. "We were clearly dominant for long stretches. In the end I have to score the goal when the score is 1:1. So we are left with a draw and are disappointed," said Baumgartner after the game. Lois Openda, who played for Belgium, was also unable to impress despite 90 minutes on the pitch and suffered a 1-0 defeat against Israel.