Despite their slip-up in Slovenia at the weekend, Norway can still reach League A after Tuesday's Group 4 finale, having started the inaugural Nations League among Europe's third echelon back in 2018.

Promoted at the end of the first edition, the Lions then finished second on their first appearance at League B level, and are now within touching distance of mixing with the elite.

After registering an impressive record of three wins and a draw from their quartet of games in the summer, Norway resumed with a trip to Ljubljana on Saturday, and Erling Haaland's 21st international goal from just 22 caps put them on course for another success shortly after the interval.

However, their hosts fought back, and strikes from potent front pair Andraz Sporar and Benjamin Sesko - the latter currently following in the footsteps of Haaland at RB Salzburg - consigned the Norwegians to a 2-1 defeat.



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尽管挪威在周末在斯洛文尼亚的比赛中失利，但在周二的第4组决赛后，他们仍有可能进入甲级联赛。挪威早在2018年就在欧洲第三梯队中开始了首届国家联赛。

在第一期联赛结束时，雄狮队升班马，在第一次出现在英乙联赛中就获得了第二名的成绩，现在，雄狮队距离跻身顶级联赛仅一步之遥。

在今年夏天的四场比赛中取得了令人印象深刻的3胜1平的战绩后，挪威队在周六客场挑战卢布尔雅那，埃林·哈兰德在国家队出场22次的第21粒进球让他们在中场休息后不久又取得了另一场胜利。

然而，他们的东道主进行了反击，强有力的锋线组合安德拉兹·斯波拉尔和本杰明·塞斯科的进球——后者目前在萨尔茨堡跟随哈兰德的脚步——让挪威人以2-1的比分败北。