Norway Vs France LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Ousmane Dembele Hat-trick Separates Sides At HT In Boston

Michael Oliver signals for the HT whistle as Ousmane Dembele bags a 32-minute hat-trick for France, Rangers' Thelo Aasgaard with a fine goal for Norway.

Norway 1-3 France

Official signals five minutes added.

Norway 1-3 France 45+1'

France start a rapid counter attack. It comes of a Norway corner as the ball is cleared and lands on to the feet of Olise who finds Ousmane Dembele but he shoots it wayward.

Norway 1-3 France 43'

Nearly four for France. Norway defender Henrik Falchener passes it back to his keeper but does not spot Desire Doue as the PSG attacker tries to dance around goalkeeper Egil Selvik but the Norway stopper does well to gather the ball.

Norway 1-3 France 42'

Ousmane Dembélé achieved the second fastest hat-trick in World Cup history, netting three goals in just 32 minutes. The record for the quickest hat-trick still belongs to Austria's Erich Probst, who scored three times in 24 minutes against Czechoslovakia in 1954.

Norway 1-3 France 38'

Ousmane Dembele becomes the second man at the World Cup 2026 to bag a hat-trick after Lionel Messi. He finds himself in the heart of the penalty area, shifts the ball onto his left foot, and beautifully curls a finish into the far corner.

Norway 1-3 France 32'

NOR are not out of this yet. They need one error at the back from FRA to score the equalising goal. FRA look weak at the back and Norway have to believe.

Norway 1-2 France 28'

Hydration break time.

Norway 1-2 France 25'

Norway grab a goal right after the kick-off. FRA go to sleep at the back and Thelo Aasgaard moves in the French penalty area before sending the ball right back in the net as NOR fans celebrate in the stands. Game ON!

Norway 1-2 France 22'

With the headlines written about Haaland and Mbappe, maybe they forgot about Ousmane Dembele. The PSG forward bags a brace and is on a hat-trick in this match already. What a game this is turning out to be!

Norway 0-2 France 20'

France are just too good for Norway today. Desire Doue releases French captain Mbappe and the Real Madrid man has a look and has a shot in the penalty area but is shot hits the defender and goes out for a throw-in.

Norway 0-1 France 17'

NOR lose the ball in the middle of the park as Mbappe capitliases on the mistake and passes it to Michael Olise but Norweigian defence are able to get in the way of the shot and wipe the power out of it..

Norway 0-1 France 12'

FRA's bright start gets its deserved result as Ousmane Dembele fires the 2022 runners-up to a 1-0 lead in Boston. The PSG winger is in acres of space and fires in past Egil Selvik who cannot stop the cannon of a shot.

Norway 0-1 France 7'

France seem the only team likely to grab a goal. Jules Kounde has a shot saved by Egil Selvik and Manu Kone fiercely strikes the rebound, but the NOR goalie shows great reflexes.

Norway 0-0 France 3'

What a start this is! France almost grab a goal inside the opening 25 seconds as Norway give the ball away and Kylian Mbappe sprints down the right channel, as his strike hits the woodwork.

Norway 0-0 France 1'

The two matches kick-off with a minute's silence in tribute to those that died in the earthquakes in Venezuela earlier this week.

Norway 0-0 France 1'

Kick-off is now minutes away with EPL referee Michael Oliver to take charge of Norway vs France game in Boston.

Norway and France have met 15 times over the past 103 years, with France winning seven, Norway four and the other four drawn. They have never met in a major tournament, however.

“He is not focused on being the top scorer. He is focused on the team ‌and ‌he is a team player who is happy when a teammate scores,” Solbakken said.

“He has the killer instinct and wants to score but his greater strength is that he puts the team first.”

France: Maignan; Kounde, Upamecano, Lacroix, T Hernandez; Tchouameni, Kone; Olise, Doue, Dembele; Mbappe

Norway: Samba, Risser, Gusto, Digne, Konate, Saliba, L Hernandez, Kante, Rabiot, Zaire-Emery, Cherki, Akliouche, Thuram, Barcola, Mateta

Subs:

Norway: Nyland, Tangvik, Ajer, Moller Wolfe, Holmgren Pedersen, Heggem, Langas, Thorsby, Berge, Odegaard, Hauge, Sorloth, Haaland, Nusa, Ryerson

France: Samba, Risser, Gusto, Digne, Konate, Saliba, L Hernandez, Kante, Rabiot, Zaire-Emery, Cherki, Akliouche, Thuram, Barcola, Mateta

This week, France's game preparations have been affected by the brief absence of manager Didier Deschamps from the team's camp due to the passing of his mother.

Assistant coach Guy Stephan will take charge of the team until Deschamps returns.

“I am thinking a lot about Didier and his family,” Stephan said.

“I am just trying to make a difficult situation as normal as possible.”

Earlier, the French Football Federation said Deschamps learned of his mother’s death on Tuesday morning and he is returning to France to attend her funeral.

“At this incredibly painful time, we wish the head coach great strength and assure him of everyone’s support,” the FFF said.

Mexico (Group A), USA (Group D), Germany (Group E), Argentina (Group J), France (Group I), Norway (Group I), Colombia (Group K), Switzerland (Group B), Canada (Group B), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group B), Brazil (Group C), Morocco (Group C), South Africa (Group A), Ecuador (Group E), Ivory Coast (Group E), Netherlands (Group F), Japan (Group F), Sweden (Group F),Australia (Group D)

France: Mike Maignan, Brice Samba, Robin Risser, Dayot Upamecano, William Saliba, Lucas Digne, Theo Hernandez, Lucas Hernandez, Ibrahima Konaté, Jules Koundé, Malo Gusto, Maxence Lacroix, N’Golo Kanté, Adrien Rabiot, Manu Koné, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Maghnes Akliouche, Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise, Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola, Rayan Cherki, Marcus Thuram, Jean-Philippe Mateta

Norway: Orjan Nyland, Egil Selvik, Sander Tangvik, Julian Ryerson, Kristoffer Ajer, Leo Skiri Ostigård, David Moller Wolfe, Marcus Holmgren Pedersen, Torbjorn Heggem, Fredrik Bjorkan, Henrik Falchener, Sondre Langås, Martin Odegaard, Sander Berge, Patrick Berg, Kristian Thorstvedt, Morten Thorsby, Thelo Aasgaard, Andreas Schjelderup, Jens Petter Hauge, Fredrik Aursnes, Erling Haaland, Alexander Sorloth, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Oscar Bobb, Antonio Nusa