France Beat Norway 3-1 as Dembélé Scores Hat Trick

France strengthened its push to top the group with a 3-1 win over Norway on Saturday night in the 2026 World Cup, with Ousmane Dembélé scoring a first-half hat trick. Kylian Mbappé assisted on the first two goals, and France also saw goalkeeper Mike Maignan stop a penalty. Norway’s Andreas Håstadgaard? no, the text identifies Oasgaard as the scorer who pulled one back for the Scandinavians.

The match was played against a rotated Norwegian lineup, but France dominated the right side throughout and Dembélé punished them repeatedly from that channel. The Paris Saint-Germain winger delivered what the report called his best performance for France, reaching his first major-tournament goals after arriving at the World Cup with only seven international goals and none previously in a European Championship or World Cup.

Dembélé became only the fourth French player to score a hat trick at a World Cup. The previous French hat-trick scorers were Just Fontaine, who did it twice in 1958, and Mbappé in the 2022 final. Dembélé’s three-goal haul also took him to 11 goals for the national team, after never having scored more than once in a France match before this game.

Elsewhere in the round, Senegal defeated Iraq 3-0, with Abdoulaye Seck providing an assist. The report says Senegal’s teammates need a win against the Asian side if they want to advance to the round of 32.