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The game is played at Lincoln Financial Field, a 70,000-seat arena in Philadelphia, United States of America.
Paraguay – France NOW, in the 1/8 finals of the 2026 World Cup.
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Min. 73: Hydration break!
Min. 70: GOOOOL! Mbappe opened the scoring from the penalty spot – 1:0 against Paraguay.
Min. 68: Penalty for France after a foul on Douai!
Min. 66: The French claim a penalty after contact with Désiré Douhet! The referee was called to VAR.
Paraguay – France, at the 2026 World Cup / Photo: Getty Images
Min. 61: Desiree Dow replaces Bradley Barcola.
Min. 61: Alderete and Enciso, replaced by Canale and Caballero.
Min. 54: Manu Kone shoots from outside the penalty area, but the South American goalkeeper parries the ball away for a corner.
The second half has begun!
Break! Despite their territorial dominance, the French have no serious chance.
Min. 45: The first half is extended by three minutes.
Min. 35: The players of the two teams quarreled, but the mood quickly calmed down.
Paraguay – France, at the 2026 World Cup / Photo: Getty Images
Min. 23: Manu Kone’s shot is deflected and narrowly misses the Paraguay goal.
Min. 19: Barcola, the first player to receive a yellow card in this match.
Min. 11: Dembele crosses for Barcola in the box, but his teammate misses the ball as it trickles into the box.
The match between Paraguay and France begins!
Starting commands
- Paraguay: Gil – Alonso, Aldarete, Gomez, Velasquez, Caceres – Almiron, Galarza, Cubas, Gomez – Enciso
Book: Arce, Avalos, Bobadilla, Caballero, Canale, Fabian, Fernandez, Kaku, Maidana, Mauricio, Ojeda, Olveira, Pitta, Sanabria, Sosa.
- France: Maignan – Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, Digne – Kone, Rabiot, Dembele, Olise, Barcola – Mbappe.
Subs: Akliush, Cherki, Douai, Gusto, Hernandez L. Hernandez T., Kante, Konate, Lacroix, Mateta, Risser, Samba, Tchouameni, Thuram, Zaire-Emery
Original news:
France have shone at this World Cup and will start the round of 16 match against Paraguay as big favourites. Didier Deschamps’ side won their group with maximum points after victories over Senegal (3-1), Iraq (4-0) and Norway (4-1). In the sixteenth France beat Sweden 3-0 without the right to appeal..
The best player of the French team at the World Cup was Kylian Mbappe, who has already scored six goals. The Real Madrid superstar completed a double with Senegal, Iraq and Sweden. The only match he didn’t score in was against Norway, but he made up for it with two crucial assists.
Paraguay, on the other hand, qualified emotionally from third place in Group D. The South Americans clearly lost in their debut World Cup 1-4 to the United States, but a 1-0 victory over Turkey and a 1-1 draw with Australia took them into the sixteenth round.
To qualify for the round of 16, Paraguay pulled off the biggest surprise of this World Cup, at least for now: victory over Germany on penalties.
The team that wins the match between France and Paraguay will face a qualified team from Canada and Morocco in the quarter-finals.
France and Paraguay have met each other five times in history. There were three wins for France: 7–3 in the 1958 World Cup, 1–0 in the 1998 World Cup and 5–0 in a friendly in 2017, and two draws: 0–0 in 2008 and 1–1 in 2014, both test matches.
Labels: France , Paraguay , eighth world championship
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