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Alf Inge Haaland, father of Erling Haaland, the star of the Norwegian national football team, considered that his country's team was robbed in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, but he hopes that the English team will continue its journey towards winning the title, after his country's team was eliminated.

The former Leeds United player and father of the Manchester City striker said that the England team, led by coach Thomas Tuchel, was 'saved by the referee' during the 2-1 win in Miami.

The British news agency PA Media reported that the referee disallowed a goal scored by Torbjørn Heggem, which would have given Norway a 2-1 lead, after ruling a foul on Haaland for pushing Elliott Anderson during a corner kick.

In response to a post by journalist Henry Winter on the 'X' platform, Haaland Sr. wrote: 'The referee saved them. I hope you win the World Cup now, but I feel we were robbed today.'

In an earlier post, referring to the decisive second goal scored by Jude Bellingham, he wrote: 'Well done Bellingham... and well done referee.'

Television cameras had earlier captured Haaland Sr. making a hand gesture (raising two fingers) towards someone in the stands, after indicating that Jed Spence had claimed a fall for a penalty, before the referee reversed his decision after the intervention of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).

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