French forward Ousmane Dembélé effectively wrapped up the match within the opening 32 minutes with a dazzling hat-trick, before his club teammate Désiré Doué hammered the final nail into Norway's coffin just moments before the final whistle.

Fielding a heavily rotated side with 10 changes—including the absence of Erling Haaland—the Vikings were forced into a 4-1 surrender, ensuring France marched through as group champions.

The pre-match atmosphere carried a somber note, as players and spectators observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the devastating earthquake in Venezuela.

However, once the referee blew the opening whistle, a footballing storm erupted on the Boston pitch, instantly transforming the silence into roaring footballing ecstasy.

The match was a mere 23 seconds old when France almost took the lead, only for Kylian Mbappé's strike to rattle back off the far post. In the fourth minute, Norway goalkeeper Egil Selvik denied a sharp effort from French midfielder Manu Koné.

But the resistance broke just three minutes later. Dembélé burst into the box from the right flank at breathtaking speed, unleashing a powerful strike that left the Norwegian keeper helpless.

Norway squandered a golden opportunity to equalizer in the 14th minute. Jørgen Strand Larsen brilliantly controlled a long-range pass from Fredrik Aursnes inside the box but failed to keep his shot on target. Three minutes later, Selvik thwarted a brilliant solo effort from Mbappé.

However, the Norwegian defense could not hold off the French onslaught for long. In the 20th minute, Dembélé latched onto a pinpoint through-ball from Mbappé in midfield and blasted a left-footed rocket from just outside the box to make it 2-0.

The frantic pace of the match refused to settle. Just a minute later, Norway pulled one back to make it 2-1. Cutting inside from the left flank, midfielder Thelo Aasgaard fired a low shot into the back of the French net.

Within the first 22 minutes, the two teams racked up a staggering 15 shots, 9 of which were on target. Amidst this blistering intensity, the referee called for a newly implemented 'hydration break.'

Yet, the brief respite did nothing to cool down the Dembélé storm. In the 32nd minute, the French forward completed his hat-trick, sending the Boston crowd into raptures.

Receiving the ball inside the box, he turned three defenders inside out in the blink of an eye before slotting it home. With this goal, Dembélé etched his name into the history books by scoring the second-fastest hat-trick from kickoff in World Cup history (32 minutes).

The record is still held by Austria's Erich Probst, who scored a hat-trick in 24 minutes against Czechoslovakia in the 1954 World Cup.

The second half maintained the same thrilling intensity. Norway missed a crucial chance to reduce the deficit from the penalty spot in the 50th minute, as French custodian Mike Maignan produced a brilliant save to deny Larsen's spot-kick.

Two minutes later, Mbappé found himself one-on-one after a sensational solo sprint but was denied by the quick reflexes of Selvik.

Both teams continued to fight tooth and nail for goals until the final whistle. In the 57th minute, Mbappé's long-range effort sailed over the crossbar, while in the 72nd minute, Maignan made a diving save to deny Oscar Bobb's low strike.

However, in the fourth minute of stoppage time (94th minute), young starlet Désiré Doué put the game completely out of reach.

Connecting with a stunning cross from Bradley Barcola from the left byline, Doué leaped high to guide a flawless header into the top corner, sealing a resounding 4-1 victory for Les Bleus.