France defeated Norway 4-1 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough as Norway started ten reserve players and rested Erling Haaland and Martin Ødegaard, and Ousmane Dembélé scored a hat trick.The match drew more than 64K fans and high secondary-market ticket prices, and it mattered only for group seeding because both teams had already qualified for the Round of 16.Norway coach
Ståle Solbakken prioritized player health and a potentially easier knockout path against Ivory Coast, a gamble critics call poor sportsmanship while supporters defend energy management after
Norway missed a second-half penalty.