Dembele s quick fire treble powers – Ousmane Dembele scored a ​first-half hat-trick as France made sure of top spot in World Cup Group I with a ruthless 4-1 win on Friday (26 June) ‌over a second-string Norway who like the French had already qualified for the next round of the tournament. The winger scored three times in the space of 25 minutes in the first period to send the 2018 world champions and 2022 runners-up into the Round of 32 with a spring in their step. The France players had promised to go for ​their third win in as many games as a tribute to coach Didier Deschamps who has flown home from the U.S.

to ​attend the funeral of his mother. "We really wanted to be there for Didier and to be up to the ⁠task," said France assistant coach Guy Stephan – who has been Deschamps' right-hand…