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Solbakken's decision to rest 10 starters, including Erling Haaland and Martin Ødegaard, handed France a comfortable 4-1 victory. Yet with the knockout rounds now looming, Norway may have sacrificed the battle to maximise their chances of winning the war.
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The result left Iran third in Group G, meaning the team must wait for Saturday's final group matches to determine if they qualify for the round of 32 as one of the best third-place teams
Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal must beat Colombia to finish top of Group K, while Los Cafeteros need only a draw to secure first place.
On paper, this is a mismatch. In practice, Argentina face a team that have not lost once at this tournament, built around a goalkeeper who has made a habit of saying no
One match. One goal. Eighty minutes of deliberate inaction. The infamous West Germany-Austria game at the 1982 World Cup exposed a fatal flaw in football's tournament format and forced Fifa to rewrite the rules forever.
Clash with defending champion Argentina awaits the Blue Sharks in the knockout stage.
The expanded 48-team Fifa World Cup has created a new race to the round of 32. Here's who has qualified, who is out, and how the battle for the remaining places will be decided.
Cabo Verde have become the smallest nation by population ever to reach the knockout phase of a Fifa World Cup and the first World Cup debutants in 20 years to progress beyond the group stage.
The third-smallest team by population in the history of the competition drew 0-0 with Saudi Arabia in Houston to finish runners-up in their group.