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France captain Kylian Mbappe lived up to his light-hearted 'dictator' reputation after he ordered English referee Michael Oliver to pass on his captain's armband in the second-half of his side's win over Norway.Mbappe was in fine form as France thrashed Norway 4-1 in their final group match of the tournament to maintain their 100 per cent record and set up a clash with Sweden in the last-32.Though he didn't add to his four goals so far this tournament, he set up two in a rout, before leaving the pitch in the second period.But one particular moment caught the eye, with the forward ordering Oliver to hand over his captain's armband as he was told the leave the field.Under new rules, players have 10 seconds to exit when substituted, or the player coming on will have to wait one full minute until they can enter.Mbappe, though, instead of dashing off when replaced by Jean-Philippe Mateta in the 87th minute, walked towards Oliver with his armband in hand.He eventually gave it to the referee, and gestured to Aurelien Tchouameni, as if to tell Oliver to pass it on to the midfielder.
