Published Jul 3, 2026, 8:00 PM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 3 sources
Mbappé spot-on to take France past stubborn Paraguay into World Cup quarter-finals
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On this occasion, France kept the champagne football on ice. Which was probably just as well, given the temperature. As Philadelphia broiled in an independence day heatwave, the World Cup favourites were forced to drop a gear or two but still had too much for a Paraguay team that were a nuisance, but not much more. In the annals of France-Paraguay encounters this was more France 98 than Sweden 58, where Just Fontaine embellished his World Cup legend with a hat-trick. Les Bleus’ modern-day goal m