Haaland really logged on as a final boss and Iraq got written into a history textbook 😭
The clip is from Norway's 4 to 1 win over Iraq at the 2026 World Cup, where Erling Haaland bullied his way past defender after defender like they personally owed him money. He scored twice for his first ever World Cup goals, and the internet immediately reframed the footage as a viking mercenary chasing an Ottoman soldier through the gates of Constantinople. The red kit, the blond hair, and the sheer size difference did the rest.
That is what makes the joke land so hard. In these stills Haaland does not look like a footballer, he looks like he is personally invading something. Sometimes a player is so physically absurd that the only accurate caption is a fake medieval painting, and honestly that meme might describe him better than any match report could.
Haaland really logged on as a final boss and Iraq got written into a history textbook 😭
The clip is from Norway's 4 to 1 win over Iraq at the 2026 World Cup, where Erling Haaland bullied his way past defender after defender like they personally owed him money. He scored twice for his first ever World Cup goals, and the internet immediately reframed the footage as a viking mercenary chasing an Ottoman soldier through the gates of Constantinople. The red kit, the blond hair, and the sheer size difference did the rest.
That is what makes the joke land so hard. In these stills Haaland does not look like a footballer, he looks like he is personally invading something. Sometimes a player is so physically absurd that the only accurate caption is a fake medieval painting, and honestly that meme might describe him better than any match report could.
