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Kylian Mbappé scores again and France reaches World Cup quarterfinals with 1-0 win over Paraguay
FIFA World Cup: Kylian Mbappé scores again as France reaches quarterfinals with 1-0 win over Paraguay
In the city where the Declaration of Independence was adopted 250 years ago, the Fourth of July had turned Philadelphia into a festival and a furnace. At Reading Terminal Market, locals mixed with French and Paraguayan supporters over cheesesteaks, pizza slices, and iced drinks, while the bridge above offered a patch of shade from the 42-degree heat. There was no such cover at the Lincoln Financial Field, where France spent much of the afternoon labouring in the sun before Kylian Mbappé’s penalty finally broke Paraguay’s resistance and sealed a 1-0 win that sent Les Bleus into the World Cup quarterfinals.
Philadelphia wore its history loudly. Around the Independence Hall and Liberty Bell, where Thomas Jefferson’s words and the signatures of the founding fathers gave birth to the Declaration in 1776, tourists queued through the day in the punishing heat, posing cheerfully with a costumed Statue of Liberty, France’s most memorable gift to the United States.
The holiday mood had travelled to the stadium as well, where an extended fireworks display entertained the crowd before kick-off. It added a little more heat and a veil of smoke to an already punishing evening, where France was stripped of its usual fluency and reduced to the impatience of a side being made to wait.
For long stretches, Gustavo Alfaro’s side dragged another heavyweight into frustration. Paraguay, which had already eliminated Germany in the previous round, turned the game into a scrap with its compact defending and relentless closing of space. France had the ball almost constantly, finishing the first half with more than 80 percent possession, but not the control it had exerted for much of this tournament.
Didier Deschamps had been forced into a change before kick-off, with Manu Koné brought into the midfield after Aurélien Tchouaméni had picked up an injury in training.
Sensing there was little room through the middle, Les Bleus went wide early and almost found a reward when Mbappé narrowly failed to connect with a teasing delivery.
France’s clearest opening before the break came from a quick transition as Mike Maignan released Mbappé into open grass with a quick throw after a Paraguay corner. Juan Cáceres, however, was ready for the sprint race with one of football’s fastest. He matched the Real Madrid forward stride for stride before making a last-ditch clearance.
Paraguay offered little in attack, but Junior Alonso, Omar Alderete and Gustavo Gómez held their line together, attacking crosses and crowding the box, while those ahead continued to break opposition’s rhythm and add to the frustration inside the French contingent.
France resumed with greater urgency after the interval and in the 54th minute, Dembélé let fly from distance, drawing an acrobatic save from Orlando Gill, who pushed the ball away at full stretch. The breakthrough, when it finally came, arrived through VAR rather than open play.
Desire Doué went down inside the area under Diego Gomez’s challenge, and the referee was sent to the pitch-side monitor, and a sense of dread descended upon the Paraguayan bench. After a brief review, the spot-kick was awarded and the stadium erupted. Mbappé stepped up and rolled his penalty low into the corner, as the goalkeeper dived the wrong way.
Gill’s double save to deny Mbappé in stoppage time did little to alter the course of this contest.
This was not France at its fluent best. But, in the end, one penalty was enough to send Deschamps’ side through and leave Paraguay’s rearguard effort unrewarded.
Published - July 05, 2026 04:53 am IST
FIFA World Cup 2026
Source: TheHindu
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