France's Kylian Mbappé, Norway's Erling Haaland take centre stage

Shortly after his team beat Senegal, Norway star Erling Haaland said he didn’t care all that much about its next game against France.The rest of the soccer world sure does.One of the marquee matchups of the World Cup takes place in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Friday, when Haaland and the Norwegians face France and Kylian Mbappé.Mbappé, one of the world’s best strikers, has scored four goals in two games to push his World Cup total to 16, two behind Lionel Messi’s record.Haaland has put on a show in his first World Cup, scoring twice each in wins over Senegal and Iraq.This is a matchup even casual soccer fans won’t want to miss.Also on Friday, Spain can clinch Group H against Uruguay, which likely needs a win to keep its knockout-stage hopes alive.

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