Norway players wore T-shirts bearing the message ‘Respect on and off the pitch’ before their opening 2022 World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar to express their concerns about Qatar’s human rights record.
Captain Martin Odegaard had said before the game that the players were planning to do something to show their feelings.
The players wore the shirts as they warmed up in Marbella.
The World Cup is scheduled to get under way in Qatar on 21 November next year.
Last month, a report in the Guardian said 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since the World Cup was awarded in 2010.
The country controversially beat rival bids from the United States, Australia, South Korea and Japan to host the tournament, with hundreds of thousands of construction workers arriving from overseas.
Qatar has been building seven new stadiums to stage the tournament, which has been moved to winter to avoid the country’s extreme summer heat.
Line-ups
Gibraltar
Formation 5-4-1
- 23Coleing
- 4Sergeant
- 14Chipolina
- 6Wiseman
- 16Mouelhi
- 12Mascarenhas-Olivero
- 10Walker
- 5AnnesleyBooked at 68minsSubstituted forBarnettat 72′minutes
- 3RonanSubstituted forBosioat 67′minutes
- 7Casciaro
- 19De Barr
Substitutes
- 1Goldwin
- 2Valarino
- 8Badr Hassan
- 9Styche
- 11Pons
- 13Banda
- 15Barnett
- 17Borge
- 18Santos
- 20Peacock
- 21Moulds
- 22Bosio
Norway
Formation 4-1-2-1-2
- 1Jarstein
- 16SvenssonBooked at 61minsSubstituted forLinnesat 62′minutes
- 4Strandberg
- 6Lode
- 15Meling
- 18MidtsjøSubstituted forChol Nguenat 62′minutes
- 21Thorstvedt
- 11ElyounoussiSubstituted forHaugeat 45′minutes
- 10ØdegaardSubstituted forBergat 45′minutes
- 23HaalandSubstituted forKingat 62′minutes
- 9Sørloth
Substitutes
- 2Aleesami
- 3Ajer
- 5Østigard
- 7King
- 8Berg
- 12Hansen
- 13Grytebust
- 14Chol Nguen
- 17Linnes
- 19Fossum
- 20Hauge
- 22Thorsby
Live Text
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Foul by Birger Meling (Norway).
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Liam Walker (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Gibraltar. Erin Barnett replaces Louie John Annesley.
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Foul by Birger Meling (Norway).
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Roy Alan Chipolina (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Martin Linnes (Norway).
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Lee Henry Casciaro (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Louie John Annesley (Gibraltar) is shown the yellow card.
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Kristian Thorstvedt (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Louie John Annesley (Gibraltar).
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Substitution, Gibraltar. Jamie Bosio replaces Kian Ronan.
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Foul by Tokmac Chol Nguen (Norway).
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Kian Ronan (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Kristian Thorstvedt (Norway) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth.
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Attempt blocked. Patrick Berg (Norway) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tokmac Chol Nguen.
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Patrick Berg (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Louie John Annesley (Gibraltar).
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Substitution, Norway. Martin Linnes replaces Jonas Svensson.
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Substitution, Norway. Tokmac Chol Nguen replaces Fredrik Midtsjø.
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Substitution, Norway. Joshua King replaces Erling Haaland.
