It's hard to see France being inconvenienced at this stage while Senegal and Norway should vie for second place and an eye on the rankings of third placed teams.
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France
Senegal
Senegal started strongly and had plenty of chances in the first half. They even had the ball in the net but the effort was ruled offside. In the second half it was France who made the running and in the 66th minute Kylian Mbappé slipped the ball past Senegal's 'keeper to equal Olivier Giroud's record of goals for the national team. Late in the game a flurry of goals came, Barcola scoring in the 82nd minute. Ibrahim Mbaye pulled one back for Senegal (90+5) but immediately Mbappé made it 3-1 (90+6) with a long range strike and became France's all time record goal scorer.
Iraq
Norway
Erling Haaland opened the scoring for Norway in the 29th minute, sliding in to poke Wolfe's cross home at the far post. Ten minutes later Iraq were level thanks to Aymen Hussein. Two minutes before half-time Haaland pounced again following a defensive error. In the 76th minute Leo Ostigard, who had just come on as a substitute, met a corner with no defender in sight to power Norway into a 3-1 lead. An own-goal by Hussein deep into added time completed the Norwegians comfortable victory.
France
Iraq
Kylian Mbappé scored twice to become joint second in the all-time World Cup goalscorers list behind Lionel Messi. His first came in the 14th minute, a left foot strike from the edge of the penalty area into the far corner. The second half was delayed by two hours as heavy storms rolled in bringing lightning and torrential rain. The spectators were urged to take shelter in the stadium concourses and when the storms finally cleared it appeared the vast majority had stayed to resume their seats. Mbappé scored again after the Iraqi defenders made a hash of controlling a goal kick (54') and Ousmane Dembélé wrapped things up with just over an hour played.
Norway
Senegal
There were few chances in the first half but as half-time approached Norway started to click and in the 43rd minute Holmgren Pedersen took advantage of a defensive error to lash the ball home. As soon as the second half began Erling Haaland put his side 2-0 up (48') but within mnutes Ismaila Sarr pulled one back (53'). To finish off this breathless spell, Haaland scored again from close range. Sarr struck again in injury time but Norway were able to hold on and go through to the knock out stages.
Norway
France
Both sides had already qualified so at stake was which would top the group and, at least in theory, have the easier pathway to the final. A hat-trick by Ousmane Dembélé answered the question emphatically. In the build up to his third goal which came in the 32nd minute, every member of the French team touched the ball before he finished. Norway did have a brief moment of hope when Thelo Aasgaard scored just one minute after Dembélé scored his second (20') but by half-time the match was pretty much over. Désiré Doué put the icing on the cake in added time (90+4).
Senegal
Iraq
Habib Diarra opened the scoring for Senegal inside four minutes before Iraq were reduced to ten players Rebin Sulaka was sent off for a foul on Sadio Mané. Ismaila Sarr made it 2-0 after half-time (56') before Pape Gueye came off the bench and scored two more. Iliman Ndiaye made it five in the 82nd minute. The result put Senegal on three points in the third place rankings with a goal difference of +2, pipping Iran for the last third place slot.
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