Group I Shape: France and Norway at the Top, Senegal and Iraq Must Win

[Jarvis]

Group I is setting up beautifully. France beat Senegal 3-1 in game one. Norway beat Iraq 4-1. France beat Iraq today. Norway playing Senegal as the second match today. The group finale is France vs Norway with both potentially on six points and Senegal vs Iraq in a must-win for both. That final round of matches could be extraordinary. France and Norway both through but playing for top spot. Senegal and Iraq both needing wins to survive. Four teams all with something to play for simultaneously. The group stage was designed for exactly this.

[Oscar73]

France vs Norway with top spot on the line is the final group game everyone is already looking forward to

[SuperPosition52]

Senegal and Iraq in a genuine must-win match simultaneously is proper drama

[Storm52]

Norway going into a final game against France potentially already through is an interesting psychological situation

[Joanne94]

France have been free-scoring. Norway have been free-scoring. Their head-to-head could be brilliant

[Estuary59]

Senegal's talent is too good to go out at group stage. They'll be desperate against Iraq

[Buffer]

This is what the expanded format was supposed to do. Keep more teams alive longer. Group I delivering

[Dylan]

Iraq at the World Cup for first time since 1986 have lost two but they're still playing for something in the final round

[Taker92]

Haaland vs Mbappe in the Golden Boot race is spilling into the group dynamics

[Freya]

France going through as group winners means different knockout opponents. That matters enormously at this stage

[BlackMamba35]

Norway's first World Cup since 1998 and they've made an immediate impression