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Paraguay 0-1 Norway, FIFA U20 World Cup 2025: NOR Win Late To Reach Quarterfinals

Norway survived a thriller against Paraguay in Talca, Chile, to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025. The round of 16 match at Estadio Fiscal on October 8 remained goalless in the regulation time, then Niklas Fuglestad scored the eventual winner for the Scandinavian side in the 116th minute. This marks U20-landslaget's best-ever run in the tournament's history, having exited in the group stage in all three of their previous appearances (1989, 1993, 2019). Norway will next face France, who also registered an extra-time win against Japan, on 12 October in Valparaiso.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025: Paraguay Vs Norway | Photo: AP/Andre Penner

Players of Paraguay react after losing 1-0 against Norway at the end of a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of sixteen soccer match at Fiscal Stadium in Talca, Chile.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025: Paraguay Vs Norway | Photo: AP/Andre Penner

Players of Norway celebrate after beating Colombia 1-0 at the end of a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of sixteen soccer match at Fiscal Stadium in Talca, Chile.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 Paraguay Vs Norway match photos: Hakon Rosten
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025: Paraguay Vs Norway | Photo: AP/Andre Penner

Norway's Hakon Rosten, front, controls the ball during a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of sixteen soccer match against Paraguay at Fiscal Stadium in Talca, Chile.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 Paraguay Vs Norway match photos: Rodrigo Villalba
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025: Paraguay Vs Norway | Photo: AP/Andre Penner

Paraguay's Rodrigo Villalba makes an attempt to score against Norway during a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of sixteen soccer match at Fiscal Stadium in Talca, Chile.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 Paraguay Vs Norway match photos: Lucas Quintana
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025: Paraguay Vs Norway | Photo: AP/Andre Penner

Paraguay's Lucas Quintana, left, is challenged by Norway's Sondre Granaas during a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of sixteen soccer match at Fiscal Stadium in Talca, Chile.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 Paraguay Vs Norway match photos: Bork Bang-Kittilsen
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025: Paraguay Vs Norway | Photo: AP/Andre Penner

Norway's Bork Bang-Kittilsen, center, and Paraguay's Alexandro Maidana go for a header during a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of sixteen soccer match at Fiscal Stadium in Talca, Chile.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 Paraguay Vs Norway match photos:  Sondre Granaas
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025: Paraguay Vs Norway | Photo: AP/Andre Penner

Norway's Sondre Granaas, right, and Paraguay's Lucas Guinazu battle for the ball during a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of sixteen soccer match at Fiscal Stadium in Talca, Chile.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 Paraguay Vs Norway match photos: Lucas Quintana
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025: Paraguay Vs Norway | Photo: AP/Andre Penner

Paraguay's Lucas Quintana, left, and Norway's Gustav Nyheim battle for the ball during a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of sixteen soccer match at Fiscal Stadium in Talca, Chile.

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