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Dembélé first-half hat trick sees France win group...
Key takeaways
- Dembélé's goals came in the seventh, 20th and 32nd minutes.
- The win gave top honors in Group I to France, who finished with nine points after winning all three games in the group stage.
- In the round of 32, Norway will face Ivory Coast in Dallas, while France play a third-place finisher yet to be determined in New Jersey.
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Dembélé's goals came in the seventh, 20th and 32nd minutes. It was the first first-half hat trick at the World Cup since Russia forward Oleg Salenko scored three of his five goals in the opening 45 minutes against Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
The win gave top honors in Group I to France, who finished with nine points after winning all three games in the group stage. Norway finished second in the group on six points.
In the round of 32, Norway will face Ivory Coast in Dallas, while France play a third-place finisher yet to be determined in New Jersey.
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