Côte d'Ivoire 1-2 Norway Recap: Norway Play Brazil Next

Norway beat Côte d'Ivoire 2-1 in Match 78 and now play Brazil in Match 91 of the Round of 16 on July 5 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

For Brazil fans asking who Brazil play next, the answer is now Norway. Côte d'Ivoire are eliminated in the Round of 32.

This game carried two questions at once. Côte d'Ivoire and Norway needed the Round of 32 result; Brazil needed to know what kind of Round of 16 problem was coming next.

The answer is Norway. That changes Match 91 toward early service, Haaland's penalty-box gravity and how quickly Brazil can close the first pass before Norway turn a direct sequence into a major chance.

Côte d'Ivoire reached this point with a strong Group E route: second place on six points, level with Germany and ahead of Ecuador and Curaçao.

The Norway result ends that run. The Ivorians exit after showing enough pace, contact and transition threat to make the match uncomfortable, but not enough to turn the Round of 32 into a Brazil meeting.

Norway's win puts one of the tournament's clearest individual threats directly in Brazil's path. Norway finished second in Group I on six points, and the question follows them into every knockout match: can the opponent stop the supply before Haaland turns a half-chance into the whole story?

Brazil would need more than strong centre-backs. They would need pressure on the first pass, careful spacing around midfield and enough discipline to stop Norway's direct moments from becoming a repeated outlet.

Côte d'Ivoire vs Norway was Match 78 in the Round of 32 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Norway won 2-1.

The bracket path is now set: Norway go to Match 91 against Brazil on July 5 in East Rutherford. Côte d'Ivoire exit in the Round of 32.

The match turned on Norway making the direct threat matter enough. Côte d'Ivoire wanted the game to open into duels, transition runs and wide carries, but Norway did enough to move the bracket toward Brazil.

That is why Match 91 now has such a clear tactical hinge: Brazil have to stop Norway from making possessions simple and vertical.

Brazil's side of the lane is already set after the 2-1 win over Japan. The Round of 32 bracket now shows Norway feeding into Match 91, while the games today hub keeps the rest of the June 30 picture together.

The team pages add the background that matters here: Côte d'Ivoire came through a tight Group E race, and Norway bring the clearest individual scoring threat in this part of the bracket.

Brazil's opponent is no longer open. Norway bring one of the clearest striker threats left in the bracket, and Côte d'Ivoire's tournament ends after a 2-1 Round of 32 loss.