{"id":4225,"date":"2026-06-27T05:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T05:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2026-06-27T05:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T05:04:35","slug":"france-forward-ousmane-dembele-scores-a-first-half-world-cup-hat-trick-in-4-1-win-over-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4225","title":{"rendered":"France forward Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 scores a first-half World Cup hat trick in 4-1 win over Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Not so fast, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbapp\u00e9. Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 has just entered the Golden Boot race.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4223\">Cape Verde\u2019s dream run continues, becoming smallest country into World Cup knockout round<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 scored a first-half hat trick, including one off a feed from Mbapp\u00e9, to help France beat Norway 4-1 at the World Cup on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Demb\u00e9l\u00e9\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a unique moment,\u201d Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 said. \u201cBut the most important was to finish first of the group in the group stage, and we are focused on the round of 32, which is the most important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>France, which won the World Cup in 2018 and lost in the final four years ago, had already secured its place in the knockout round before Friday\u2019s match. Norway was also assured of a spot in the round of 32 and ended up in second place in the group.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9 scored France\u2019s final goal in second-half injury time.<\/p>\n<p>Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 said changing their approach in the final group match was never a consideration. France has 10 goals through three games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to win all our matches, but we remain focused,\u201d Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n<p>The fastest World Cup hat trick took only 7 minutes, 42 seconds. Hungary striker Laszlo Kiss, who had come on as a substitute, managed that feat late in the match against El Salvador at the 1982 World Cup in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The quickest World Cup hat trick from the start of the match occurred at the 1954 tournament in Switzerland when Austria striker Erich Probst scored his three goals in the opening 24 minutes against Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n<p>Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, who won Ballon d\u2019Or as Europe\u2019s top player in 2025 and has now scored four goals at this year\u2019s World Cup, left the game in the 65th minute. He was replaced by Bradley Barcola.<\/p>\n<p>Thelo Aasgaard got Norway on the scoreboard after Demb\u00e9l\u00e9\u2019s second goal, finding the back of the net only 14 seconds after the restart. But Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 added his third goal less than nine minutes later to push the lead back to two.<\/p>\n<p>Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 increased his international goal total to eight while Mbappe now has 16 goals and four assists in 17 World Cup matches. He scored two goals in each of France\u2019s wins over Senegal and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4221\">Severe storms possible Saturday across central NC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland was among 10 regular starters absent from Norway\u2019s starting lineup, presumably to rest. The wholesale changes included Egil Selvik starting in goal in place of Orjan Nyland.<\/p>\n<p>Norway coach St\u00e5le Solbakken said resting so many players was an easy decision for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe break that we had from the last game to this game was the shortest of any team. \u2026 So it\u2019s a no-brainer,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fans around Norway and also in the arena would have like to see Erling. But that is not really the issue. We want to proceed as long as we can in the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegians will next face Ivory Coast in the round of 32 on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas. France will play the same day against one of the eight best third-place finishers in East Rutherford, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 nearly got France on the scoreboard only 21 seconds into the game. He sprinted up the right side and sent a hard shot that hit the crossbar beyond the outstretched arm of Selvik.<\/p>\n<p>Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 was operating in space for his first goal when he took took a pass from Mbapp\u00e9 and blasted a right-footed shot across Selvik.<\/p>\n<p>On the Paris Saint-Germain player\u2019s second goal, Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 found space between three defenders at the top of the box and fired in a left-footer beyond Selvik\u2019s diving save attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Norway had a chance to close the gap back to one goal in the 49th when France defender Theo Hernandez was whistled for tripping Oscar Bobb in the box. But Jorgen Strand Larsen\u2019s penalty shot toward the right corner was batted away by France goalkeeper Mike Maignan.<\/p>\n<p>Before the game, French fans in attendance displayed a banner reading \u201cAVEC TOI DIDIER\u201d (With you Didier), acknowledging France coach Didier Deschamps\u2019 mother, Ginette Deschamps, who died this week. The coach missed the match against Norway on Friday because he was in France with family, leaving assistant Guy St\u00e9phan in charge.<\/p>\n<p>St\u00e9phan said Deschamps would rejoin the team for its next training session on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4216\">East Durham driver\u2019s license office temporarily closed because of bed bugs, NCDOT says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>\n                See more of AP\u2019s World Cup coverage here\n              <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Not so fast, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbapp\u00e9. 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