Haaland, Depay score hat-tricks in emphatic World Cup qualifier victories

Haaland, Depay score hat-tricks in emphatic World Cup qualifier victories

(CNN)Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick arsenic Norway cruised past Gibraltar 5-1 successful the side's FIFA World Cup qualifier, portion Memphis Depay besides scored 3 successful the Netherlands' 6-1 thrashing of Turkey.

Haaland bagged his 3rd extremity precocious connected successful Tuesday's crippled successful Oslo having scored doubly successful the archetypal half.

Kristian Thorstvedt opened the scoring for Norway, which has present won 4 of its six qualifying matches for Qatar 2022, earlier Haaland doubled the pb pursuing a deft portion of power successful Gibraltar's box.

      The Borussia Dortmund prima got his 2nd 12 minutes aboriginal erstwhile helium erstwhile again recovered himself successful abstraction successful beforehand of goal.

      Thorstvedt astir got his 2nd erstwhile helium rattled a changeable against the wrong of the post, but it was Gibraltar which scored adjacent arsenic Reece Styche chipped successful for his country's 3rd extremity of the qualifying campaign.

      A comeback looked unlikely, however, arsenic Norway pushed to widen its pb successful the 2nd half. Alexander Sorloth scored his side's 4th conscionable earlier the hr mark, earlier Haaland completed the scoring -- and his hat-trick -- from adjacent range.

      Haaland celebrates scoring against Gibraltar.

      Dutch dominance

      The triumph leaves Norway 2nd successful Group G, level connected points with the Netherlands, which overcame Turkey acknowledgment to 3 goals from Depay and 1 each from Davy Klaassen and substitutes Donyell Malen and Guus Til.

      It took conscionable 54 seconds for Klaassen to unfastened the scoring for Netherlands, and helium turned supplier moments aboriginal with a flick done for Depay to get his first.

      A foul connected Klaasen allowed Depay to people his 2nd from the punishment spot earlier Turkish defender Caglar Söyüncü, who conceded the foul for the penalty, was sent disconnected for his 2nd yellowish paper conscionable earlier halftime.

      Depay tallied his 3rd with a elemental header connected the enactment 8 minutes into the 2nd half, earlier Til and Malen scored Netherlands' 5th and sixth successful the game's last 10 minutes.

      Cengiz Ünder's extremity aft careless play astatine the backmost from the big broadside was lone a consolation arsenic the 6-1 scoreline marked Turkey's biggest decision since October 1990, according to information tract Gracenote.

      Depay scores his punishment  against Turkey.

        In Tuesday's different European World Cup qualifiers, Antoine Griezmann became France's third-highest scorer alongside Michel Platini connected 41 arsenic helium netted doubly successful a 2-0 triumph against Finland.

        Meanwhile, Denmark, which has scored 22 goals and conceded nary truthful acold this qualifying campaign, continued its beardown signifier with a 5-0 triumph implicit Israel. Portugal, Croatia, Slovakia, and Scotland were among the countries to besides grounds wins connected Tuesday.

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