Norway 1-4 France player ratings: Ousmane Dembele takes centre stage as Kylian Mbappe turns provider

France bushed a much-changed Norway broadside 4-1 successful their last radical game, with Les Bleus topping Group I and the Vikings going done successful 2nd place.

Ousmane Dembele enactment France 2-0 up successful conscionable 20 minutes, earlier Thelo Aasgaard got 1 backmost for Norway. Dembele past completed his hat-trick successful the 32nd infinitesimal and Desire Doue headed location successful stoppage time, portion Jorgen Strand Larsen missed a punishment for Norway successful the 2nd half.

Here, Sports Mole provides subordinate ratings from the clash betwixt Norway and France astatine the 2026 World Cup.

Norway subordinate ratings vs. France

GOALKEEPER

Egil Selvik - 6/10

Made a full of 5 saves, including important ones to contradict Doue and Manu Kone. A coagulated World Cup debut for the backup goalkeeper contempt the scoreline.

DEFENCE

Fredrik Aursnes - 6/10

Henrik Falchener - 5/10

Leo Ostigard - 5/10

Fredrik Andre Bjorkan - 6/10

MIDFIELD

Kristian Thorstvedt - 6/10

Patrick Berg - 6/10

Thelo Aasgaard - 7/10

Got Norway backmost into the crippled erstwhile helium made it 2-1 aft a superb move. It was his sixth planetary extremity successful conscionable his ninth quality and the 24-year-old has made a existent lawsuit for a commencement successful the adjacent round.

ATTACK

Oscar Bobb - 7/10

Jorgen Strand Larsen - 4/10

Had an fantabulous accidental to marque it 1-1, but ballooned it implicit the barroom and besides had a punishment saved successful the 2nd half. Was fixed a uncommon commencement with Erling Haaland rested and failed to marque the astir of his opportunity.

Andreas Schjelderup - 7/10

Assisted Aasgaard's extremity with a fantastic walk and looked a existent menace astatine times retired wide. Much similar Aasgaard, helium volition beryllium pushing for different commencement successful the adjacent round.

SUBSTITUTES

Marcus Homgren Pedersen - 6/10

Morten Thorsby - 6/10

Sondre Klingen Langas - 6/10

Antonio Nusa - N/A

Jens Petter Hauge - N/A

France subordinate ratings vs. Norway

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GOALKEEPER

Mike Maignan - 7/10

DEFENCE

Jules Kounde -7/10

Dayot Upamecano - 7/10

Maxence Lacroix - 6/10

Theo Hernandez - 5/10

Struggled to woody with the lively Oscar Bobb and conceded a punishment erstwhile helium fouled the winger successful the box. Was bailed retired by Maignan, who saved Strand Larsen's spot kick.

MIDFIELD

Aurelien Tchouameni - 7/10

Manu Kone - 7/10

Michael Olise - 6/10

A amazingly quiescent show from the Bayern Munich star, who failed to make immoderate chances oregon person a azygous changeable connected target.

ATTACK

Ousmane Dembele - 10/10

The Ballon d'Or holder has played 2nd fiddle to Mbappe astatine the tourney truthful far, but took centre signifier here. Needed conscionable 32 minutes to container a hat-trick, the second-earliest successful World Cup history, and volition beryllium afloat of assurance heading into the knockouts.

Kylian Mbappe - 9/10

Having scored doubly successful France's archetypal 2 World Cup games, Mbappe turned supplier against Norway arsenic helium assisted Dembele's archetypal 2 goals. Another fantabulous show from the Real Madrid star, who ever seems to present astatine World Cups. 

Desire Doue - 8/10

SUBSTITUTES

Rayan Cherki - 6/10

Bradley Barcola - 7/10

Ibrahima Konate - 6/A

Malo Gusto - N/A

Jean-Philippe Mateta - N/A