A short clip of IShowSpeed meeting Norway’s head coach after their match against Brazil is bouncing around the internet, mostly because of how the Norwegian boss decided to say goodbye.
Speed, wearing a Brazil jersey, tracked down Ståle Solbakken in the post-match area and congratulated him on the result. Playing up the moment, he framed the chat as one “manager to manager.” Solbakken smiled, shook his hand, said a few polite words, then reached over and patted Speed on the head before walking off.
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Norway beat Brazil 2-1, adding another chapter to one of football’s stranger head-to-head records. Norway’s famously never lost to Brazil in senior men’s football, a streak that includes the legendary 2-1 win at the 1998 World Cup, sealed by a late Kjetil Rekdal penalty.
Erling Haaland, unsurprisingly, was central to the result and the celebrations that followed. For a country that’s spent most of the last two decades outside major tournaments, a win over Brazil is the kind of night that keeps cities awake.
Speed didn’t react badly to the pat. He took it, kept filming, and moved on. The coach kept walking. Norway kept celebrating.
