Dembélé Hat-Trick Fires France to Perfect Group I Record
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View Group I fixtures →- Ousmane Dembélé 7'(Kylian Mbappé)
- Ousmane Dembélé 20'(Kylian Mbappé)
- Thelo Aasgaard 21'(Andreas Schjelderup)
- Ousmane Dembélé 32'(Aurélien Tchouaméni)
- Désiré Doué 90+4'(Bradley Barcola)
- Patrick Berg 10'
- Aurélien Tchouaméni 74'
HT 1–3|Poss 43–57%|Shots 10–18|SOT 4–9
MOTM: Ousmane Dembélé
Fri, Jun 26, 2026 • 15:00 (Foxborough local)
France beat Norway 4–1 at Boston Stadium to win Group I with a perfect record. Ousmane Dembélé scored three times in the first 32 minutes — assisted twice by Kylian Mbappé and once by Aurélien Tchouaméni — Thelo Aasgaard pulled one back for a much-changed Norway side, and Désiré Doué headed in Bradley Barcola's cross in stoppage time.
Guy Stéphan stood in for Didier Deschamps, who was absent following a family bereavement, as Les Bleus controlled the contest with 57% possession, 18 shots and nine on target to Norway's 10 and four in front of 64,146 fans. Jørgen Strand Larsen missed a second-half penalty that would have cut the deficit to 3–2, and Dembélé was named Superior Player of the Match.
France top Group I on nine points and will face the third-placed team from Group F or Group G in the round of 32. Norway finish second on six points and meet Côte d'Ivoire in Dallas. Senegal's 5–0 win over Iraq in Toronto leaves the Lions of Teranga in contention as a best third-placed team on three points.