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Manager Didier Deschamps will miss France's final Group I game following the death of his mother.
The French Football Federation have confirmed that Deschamps was informed of the news on Tuesday morning and has been given leave to fly back home from North America to attend the funeral.
Assistant manager Guy Stephan will now take charge of France's meeting with Norway on Friday.
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Didier Deschamps returns home to France
France and Norway are already guaranteed passage out of Group I together after both claiming back-to-back wins over Senegal and Iraq in their first two games of the World Cup.
That puts them level on points at the top of the group, with France holding the advantage on goal difference.
The winners of Group I will face one of the best eight third-placed teams in the round of 32, and would be set for a meeting with Germany in the round of 16 if both teams were to get that far.
The Group I runners-up will meanwhile face their equivalents from Group E, which looks likely to be the Ivory Coast, but could be either Ecuador or Curacao.
There is no confirmation yet as to when Deschamps is expected to return to North America, with France's knock-out game set to be played on Tuesday, June 30.
Deschamps announced last year that he will step down from the national team following the World Cup, having been in charge since 2012.
Zinedine Zidane is reported to have made a verbal agreement to succeed his former Juventus and France teammate as manager.
The pair won the World Cup together on home turf in 1998 and won the Euros two years later, with Deschamps adding yet another winner's medal to his collection as manager at the 2018 World Cup.
France were defeated finalists at the last edition of the tournament, falling to a 4-3 defeat to Argentina in one of the greatest World Cup finals of all time.
The France-Norway game will kick off at 3pm local time (8pm UK time) on Friday, June 26. Boston's Gillette Stadium will be the venue for the occasion.
