France and Norway have already qualified for the knockout stage after winning their first two matches. Therefore, the team that wins this match will be the winner of Group 'I'.
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France and Norway are set to face off in the World Cup on Friday at 12:45 PM. Many are also viewing it as a competition between two of the current world football's young strikers, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland.
France and Norway have already qualified for the knockout stage after winning their first two matches. The winner of this match will be the winner of Group I. Senegal and Iraq will face each other in the same group. Both have lost their first two matches and will need to win big to keep their hopes of advancing to the next round alive.
But the focus of most attention in Boston is on 27-year-old Mbappe and Haaland. Argentina's Lionel Messi has scored the most goals in the tournament with four. Following him, Mbappe, along with Brazil's Vinicius Junior, and 25-year-old Haaland have scored 4 goals each.
Mbappe and Haaland scored 2 goals each in the first two matches. Mbappe played a key role in France's 2018 World Cup victory and scored 8 goals in Qatar four years ago. But France lost to Argentina in the final on penalties. Haaland is playing in his first World Cup. He has scored in 12 consecutive matches for Norway, including 16 goals in the last 6 matches. Mbappe became France's top scorer in the same World Cup. He has scored 60 goals in 100 matches. Haaland has been more effective than Mbappe when playing for his country. He has scored 59 goals in 58 matches for Norway.
