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Rest your best or go strong? Norway face questions as Haaland left out
Key takeaways
- Figure caption, Brilliant Dembele hat-trick helps France see off Norway to top group.
- In the end Haaland started on the bench and it quickly turned into the Ousmane Dembele show after the Ballon d'Or winner hit a stunning 25-minute first-half hat-trick as France coasted to a 4-1 win at Boston Stadium.
- It wasn't just Haaland though as Norway boss Stale Solbakken, with his side already through to the knockout stages, opted to make a whopping 10 changes.
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Figure caption, Brilliant Dembele hat-trick helps France see off Norway to top group. It was billed as a World Cup Golden Boot showdown between Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland.
In the end Haaland started on the bench and it quickly turned into the Ousmane Dembele show after the Ballon d'Or winner hit a stunning 25-minute first-half hat-trick as France coasted to a 4-1 win at Boston Stadium.
While France went with an array of attacking talent they hope will fire them to World Cup glory in New Jersey on 19 July, Norway decided this final group game was the right time to exclude Manchester City forward Haaland from the starting XI for the first time since 2024.
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