Massachusetts, June 26 -- Manchester City star Erling Haaland, Arsenal star Martin Odegaard and Alexander Sorloth are not starting for Norway in their final FIFA World Cup group stage match against France at Foxborough on Friday.

The decision to rest some of the key players from Norway has been made by the coach, Stale Solbakken, who has decided to rest players ahead of the Round of 32, as per Reuters.

For France, Kylian Mbappe is starting, with assistant coach, Guy Stephan stepping in for head coach Didier Deschamps, who has flown back home to attend his mother's funeral.

Norway: Egil Selvik; Leo Ostigard, Fredrik Bjorkan, Henrik Falchener, Patrick Berg; Kristian Thorstvedt, Thelo Aasgaard, Andreas Schjelderup, Oscar Bobb, Fredrik Aur...