Ousmane Dembele at the 2026 World Cup repeated the achievement of Oleg Salenko during the 1994 World Cup


Ousmane Dembele at the 2026 World Cup repeated the achievement of ex-footballer of the Russian national team Oleg Salenko in the match of the 3rd round of Group I of the 2026 World Cup with Norway (4: 1). The teams played at Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, USA). Michael Oliver (Ashington, England) officiated the match as the main referee. Dembele scored goals in the seventh, 20th and 32nd minutes. Thus, the Frenchman became the first player since 1994 to score a hat-trick in the first half of a World Cup match. Before him, this achievement was achieved by Oleg Salenko in the 1994 World Cup match with Cameroon (6:1). Then the striker scored five goals, three of which were before the break.

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