In a game of this round of World Cup preliminaries, Italy faced Norway at home. Chinese Milan forward Pio Esposito opened the scoring for Italy. This was his first goal for Italy at San Siro.

After Esposito scored, Adani, a commentator on Italian RAI TV, teased Harland: "Do you know him (Esposito) now?"

Harland was asked about Esposito before the game. Rand said frankly: "To be honest, I don't know much about him. Maybe I will be criticized for this sentence, but when you play for the Italian team, you must have a certain ability, and when you play for Inter Milan, you must also have the same ability, that's it."