{"id":186215,"date":"2026-06-26T18:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=186215"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:08:55","slug":"dembele-scores-hat-trick-as-france-beat-norway-4-1-at-world-cup-2026-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=186215","title":{"rendered":"Dembele scores hat-trick as France beat Norway 4-1 at World Cup 2026 | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Ousmane Dembele scored one of the earliest hat-tricks in World Cup history as the Ballon d\u2019Or winner starred in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/liveblog\/2026\/6\/26\/norway-vs-france-live-fifa-world-cup-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France\u2019s 4-1 win<\/a> over a second-string Norway, while Erling Haaland watched on from the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Paris Saint-Germain forward Dembele opened the scoring in the seventh minute at Boston Stadium on Friday, struck again on 20 minutes, and after Thelo Aasgaard had pulled one back, he made it 3-1 in the 32nd minute.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p class=\"p1\">The only player to complete a hat-trick earlier in a World Cup match is Erich Probst, who got three inside the first 24 minutes for Austria against Czechoslovakia in 1954.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dembele moves on to four goals in the tournament after also scoring in the 3-0 win over Iraq on Monday, and his display here will perhaps ease some of the pressure on captain Kylian Mbappe to always be France\u2019s match-winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Desire Doue completed the scoring late on, and the victory allowed France to end the group stage with the maximum nine points \u2013 they have scored 10 goals in three games and advance as Group I winners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">France will now stay in the northeastern United States for a last-32 tie against a third-place finisher at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It was an emotionally charged day for Les Bleus, who had to play this match without coach Didier Deschamps after he returned to France to attend his mother\u2019s funeral. Deschamps, who will step down at the end of the World Cup after 14 years in charge, is due back with his squad on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Norway, who also saw Jorgen Strand Larsen have a penalty saved, go through in second place with six points, their progress already having been secured before this game thanks to wins over Iraq and Senegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That explains why coach Stale Solbakken made 10 changes to his starting lineup here following the 3-2 win over Senegal last time out.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"haaland-odegaard-rested\" class=\"p1\">Haaland, Odegaard rested<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">Haaland, captain Martin Odegaard and striker Alexander Sorloth were among the players rested, with Benfica\u2019s Fredrik Aursnes the only one retained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The regulars will undoubtedly return in the next round, and Norway will take on Ivory Coast in Dallas next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">France were without Arsenal defender William Saliba as he rested a sore back, so Maxence Lacroix of Crystal Palace replaced him. Doue, Theo Hernandez and Aurelien Tchouameni all returned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, Dembele and Mbappe both kept their places, with the latter winning his 101st cap and looking to add to his 16 World Cup goals and catch up with Lionel Messi\u2019s overall tournament record of 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But Dembele, a teammate of Mbappe\u2019s in the France team that won the 2018 World Cup, stole the headlines with his brilliant hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mbappe released the 29-year-old for the early opener, as Dembele cut in from the right, dropped a shoulder and went back onto his right foot before firing across goalkeeper Egil Selvik and in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dembele was transformed into a Ballon d\u2019Or winner after Luis Enrique, his coach at PSG, moved him from the wing into a central role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But he caused havoc here, coming in from the right flank, scoring his second as he cut infield and curled a low shot on his left foot into the far corner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Aasgaard, of Rangers, pulled one back straight from the restart with a low strike past goalkeeper Mike Maignan, with the French defence having switched off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But Dembele curled in his team\u2019s third, again on his left foot and into the same bottom corner, albeit this time from inside the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Three goals in the space of 25 first-half minutes is not the fastest hat-trick at a World Cup \u2013 that record is held by Hungary\u2019s Laszlo Kiss, who needed less than eight minutes against El Salvador in 1982.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, Dembele is now in illustrious company: the only previous French hat-tricks at the tournament were scored by Just Fontaine (twice in 1958) and Mbappe, who netted three in the 2022 final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Norway could have pulled one back early in the second half after Oscar Bobb was tripped in the area by Hernandez, but Strand Larsen\u2019s spot-kick was poor and Maignan saved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Doue then headed in France\u2019s fourth in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>The hat-trick hero, Dembele, said it was an important match to win because France wanted to finish top in the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to win every match, and we\u2019ll keep our focus because what\u2019s coming next is even more important,\u201d he told reporters after the game.<\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s assistant coach Guy Stephan said the team\u2019s thoughts were with Deschamps, and they were looking forward to him rejoining the squad on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for the game, we did what we needed to do. There was a lot of enjoyment in the way we played, plenty of intensity and plenty of chances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat said, there were also moments when we weren\u2019t quite at our best and we need to iron those out.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"senegal-thrash-10-man-iraq-5-0-to-keep-knockout-hopes-alive\" class=\"p1\">Senegal thrash 10-man Iraq 5-0 to keep knockout hopes alive<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Substitute Pape Gueye scored a pair \u200cof sensational second-half goals from long range, and Senegal got a much-needed \u2060boost for their \u2060goal differential with a 5-0 victory over 10-man Iraq in their Group I finale on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ismaila Sarr added his third goal of the tournament, \u2060the first of four after half-time for the Lions of Teranga, who sealed a third-place group finish and are vying for one of the eight third-place \u2060spots in the round of 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They currently hold the fifth-best record of third-place sides based on their plus-2 goal differential, but four of the squads beneath them have yet to play their final group matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Habib Diarra opened the scoring in the fourth minute while it \u200cwas still 11 on 11, and Iliman Ndiaye wrapped it up with his own long-range effort in the 82nd minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Iraq were eliminated from their second World Cup and first since 1986.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/6\/26\/dembele-scores-hat-trick-as-france-beat-norway-4-1-at-world-cup-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ousmane Dembele scored one of the earliest hat-tricks in World Cup history as the Ballon d\u2019Or winner starred in France\u2019s 4-1 win over a second-string Norway, while Erling Haaland watched&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/afp_6a3eeb762a1b-1782508406_5c4516-1782509061.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":184206,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=184206","url_meta":{"origin":186215,"position":0},"title":"Lionel Messi scores brace as Argentina beat Austria 2\u20130 at World Cup 2026 | World Cup 2026 News","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Messi scores twice to become all-time leading scorer in men\u2019s World Cup history as Argentina reach knockout rounds. 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