The Norwegians pulled the leveler 8 minutes later with a stroke of luck, Wendie Renard who scored two goals on Friday night surprisingly tapped Isabell Herlovsen's cross into her own net.

France's players Marion Torrent was tripped down by Engen in the box on the 70 minutes, the referee awarded the hosts a penalty after viewing the VAR. Le Sommer stepped up to coolly covert it. Le Sommer's effort was France's first penalty at the Women's World Cup and the forward has now joined Marie-Laure Delie as their all-time highest scorer at the tournament, with five.

The 1995 champions tried to pull backed again but they provided little threat to France's goal.

France continued their dominance in Group with 6 points while Norway and Nigeria trailing behind.

France set to take on Nigeria in the final round of group stage on 17th while Norway play against South Korea.

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