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The “duel between the two kings” falls flat—Ballon d’Or winner “takes center stage”! Dembélé completes a hat-trick in 32 minutes—second-fastest in history!

Even though Haaland sat on the bench for the entire match, the “new duels between two superstars” of Mbappé vs. Haaland didn’t happen as expected. Instead, Ballon d’Or winner Dembélé put on a hat-trick performance, helping the French team defeat Norway 4-1 and secure first place in the group.

This victory is striking—now the biggest advantage of this French team isn’t only Mbappé, but the fact that any forward could become the person who decides the match. France’s attacking line has been upgraded to a “multi-core mode,” which excites the French and makes more opponents feel troubled.

With Haaland absent, Dembélé “puts on a hat” in 32 minutes and steals the spotlight

On June 27 Beijing time, the final group-stage showdown between France and Norway drew global attention. However, the anticipated “Mbappé vs. Haaland” clash didn’t play out as scheduled. In the 32 minutes Dembélé took to score his hat-trick, he grabbed all the attention. In the end, France beat Norway 4-1 to clinch first place in the group; their knockout-stage opponent has not yet been finalized. Norway advanced to the knockout stage as group runners-up and will face Côte d’Ivoire in the first round.

In this match, France’s head coach Deschamps had returned to France early in advance because of the passing of his mother. Assistant coach Stéphane temporarily took charge, but everyone in the French squad hoped to present a victory to Deschamps, who is grieving. Although France made several adjustments to the starting lineup, their main stars—including Mbappé, Dembélé, and Olise—were all in the starting XI.

By contrast, compared with the previous match where Norway made as many as 10 changes, key players such as Haaland, Ødegaard, and Sørloth did not feature. Norway head coach Solbakken had words to say in advance: they would prioritize protecting fitness for the knockout stage. “In the last match against Senegal, several of our main players experienced cramping after the game. Compared with finishing first in the group, we value players’ health and the rest time before the knockout. The second place team has only one fewer day of rest than the first, but it can maximize protection for key players and help avoid injuries. For this match, we must make wide-ranging rotations.”

Since both sides approached the match differently, France—who were originally stronger on paper—had even less reason not to go for the kill. It just so happened that this time, the sword was wielded by Dembélé.

In the 7th minute, the Ballon d’Or winner surged forward, fired a powerful shot from a tight angle into the far corner—1-0, giving France a perfect start. In the 20th minute, Dembélé calmly slotted home with a shot inside the box to make it 2-0. Although Norway quickly pulled one back a minute later through Asgaard, in the 32nd minute Dembélé scored with a push shot, setting the halftime score at 3-1.

This was Dembélé’s first hat-trick in his national team career. The last player to complete a hat-trick in the first half of a World Cup match dates back to the 1994 United States World Cup: at that time, Russian forward Salenko scored five goals against Cameroon. As for completing a hat-trick only 32 minutes after kickoff, in World Cup history only Austrian player Probst did it faster than Dembélé. In the 1954 World Cup match against Czechoslovakia, he completed a hat-trick within the first 24 minutes.

In the history of the French team, only 3 players have completed hat-tricks in the World Cup. Besides Dembélé, the other two are one being legendary striker Fontaine, and the other being Dembélé’s current teammate Mbappé, who scored a hat-trick in the previous World Cup final against Argentina.