- Full Time
- 90 + 7'M. Olise
- 84'R. Cherki on for O. Dembélé
- 81'M. Koné
- G. Ávalos on for M. Almirón71'
- Mauricio on for D. Gómez71'
- 70'K. Mbappé
- 67'D. Doué Penalty awarded
- 61'D. Doué on for B. Barcola
- G. Caballero on for J. Enciso61'
- J. Canale on for O. Alderete58'
- Half Time
- 19'B. Barcola
- Kick Off
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Kylian Mbappé1
- 1Kylian Mbappé5
- 2Adrien Rabiot3
- 3Manu Koné3
- 1
Andrés Cubas3 - 2Juan José Cáceres3
- 3Júnior Alonso3
- 1Désiré Doué3
- 2Kylian Mbappé2
- 3Bradley Barcola2
- 1Manu Koné66
- 2William Saliba63
- 3Dayot Upamecano61
- 1Bradley Barcola5
- 2Kylian Mbappé2
- 3Désiré Doué2
- 1Dayot Upamecano4
- 2Andrés Cubas3
- 3Juan José Cáceres3
France booked their spot in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup thanks to a narrow 1-0 win over Paraguay in Philadelphia.
Les Bleus are favourites to win the World Cup and were expected to do what Germany failed to do, beat Paraguay. But they were made to work very hard for their victory.
France were up against a Paraguay team very happy to sit back and soak up the pressure, looking to take all momentum and energy out of the game. It was a gameplan that worked against Germany, and was doing the trick in this clash. They had just five shots across the 90 minutes, with only one (in the 90th minute) hitting the target. At the other end of the pitch, Paraguay restricted France to five efforts on target, from 15 in total. Again, the numbers were inflated in the dying stages.
The crucial moment came in the 70th minute, when Desire Doue was brought down in the box. The referee did not award anything initially, but VAR recommended a review and, eventually, the penalty was given. Kylian Mbappe stepped up and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way, scoring his seventh goal of the World Cup.
Even after going behind, Paraguay didn’t offer much by way of trying to get back into the game. So, France controlled the final precedings to set up a quarter-final clash against Morocco on Thursday 9th July.
Paraguay vs France highlights
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