Ørjan Nyland: The Free-Agent Goalkeeper Who Stopped Brazil

Erling Haaland scored the goals that eliminated Brazil. Andreas Schjelderup supplied the assists. But Norway’s World Cup breakthrough would probably have ended before either moment without a 35-year-old goalkeeper whose club contract had expired five days earlier.

Ørjan Nyland saved a first-half penalty, survived a succession of Brazilian chances and gave Norway enough time to win the match. For one night in New Jersey, a career spent moving between first choice, reserve and emergency signing arrived at the centre of the football world.