FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Erling Haaland is one of 10 regular starters left out of the Norwegian national team’s starting lineup. world cup The match against France is on Friday.
Manager Staare Solbakken seems to be resting Haaland and others, and Norway has already qualified for the main tournament. round 32. Norway need to beat France to win Group I as they are behind on goal difference.
Haaland equals and Vinicius Junior of Brazil and Kylian Mbappe of France Their four goals each tied for the second-most goals in the tournament. This is one place behind Argentina’s Lionel Messi in the race for the Golden Boot.
Fredrik Olsnes was the only player to appear in the opening game. norwegian match He will be included in the starting 11 for Monday’s game against Senegal. Among the major changes, Egil Selvik will be in goal instead of Orjan Nyland.
Mbappé and the rest of the regular French squad are expected to start. However, France will be without coach Didier Deschamps. the mother recently passed away. As a result, assistant coach Guy Stephan will coach Friday’s game in his place.
Deschamps, 57, is currently living in France with his family. He previously announced that he would step down as France national team coach after the tournament, after 14 years in the role. Deschamps won the World Cup as a player in 1998 and again as a coach in 2018. His French team lost in the final four years ago.
Stéphane said Thursday his thoughts were with Deschamps and his family.
“He’s been very affected,” Stefan said. “I have had many interactions with him, even if it was just a few minutes ago. I will try to get the situation back as normal as possible and prove that I am worthy of the trust he has in me.”
The Group I winner will face an undetermined third-place finisher on Tuesday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The second-place team in their group will play Ivory Coast on the same day in Arlington, Texas.
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