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France star Kylian Mbappé shrugged off Paraguay's constant provocations with a smile before delivering the decisive blow, lifting France to a gritty 1-0 World Cup victory on a scorching Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia.
Kylian Mbappe menempel ketat Lionel Messi di puncak daftar top skor Piala Dunia 2026. Mbappe menyamai jumlah gol Messi usai menangkan Prancis atas Paraguay.
Argentina sang juara dunia harus bekerja ekstra keras untuk menyingkirkan Tanjung Verde sang debutan Piala Dunia. Lionel Messi mengakui memang tidak ada lawan mudah di Piala Dunia.
LOS ANGELES: Kylian Mbappe scored from the penalty spot as France overcame searing heat and stubborn defence to beat Paraguay 1-0 and set up a World Cup quarter-final against Morocco on Saturday (Jul 4).
PHILADELPHIA: Kylian Mbappe converted from the spot for his 19th World Cup goal and seventh of this tournament as France outlasted Paraguay to reach the quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory on Saturday in a steamy round of 16 encounter. With the penalty, earned by substitute Desire Doue’s slaloming run into the area, Mbappe scored in the 70th minute to pull even with Argentina’s Lionel Messi atop the 2026 Golden Boot leaderboard and move within one of the 39-year-old for the all-time World Cup goals lead. It was all Les Bleus needed against a resilient but limited Albirroja side, who defended admirably in sweltering conditions with temperatures nearing 100 Fahrenheit while offering little going forward. France advance to meet Morocco next Thursday in Foxborough, Mass., in a rematch of the 2022 semifinal that ended in a 2-0 French victory. Paraguay shocked Germany on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the round of 32 on Monday, a result that inspired president Santiago Pena to declare Tuesday a national holiday. But the Albirroja still exited a round shy of their all-time best quarterfinal finish in 2010, which doubled as their last World Cup finals appearance. The South Americans frustrated the two-time World Champions throughout the first half and well into the second, aided in part by the card-shy approach of Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev.
Kylian Mbappe laughed and smiled — and scored, of course — when Paraguay tried to bait him and his French teammates into fouls and provoke fights, as hot heads became a recurring theme during one of the steamiest World Cup games on record.
KANSAS CITY: Africa set a record by sending nine of its teams to the knockout rounds of the World Cup. Seven of them were knocked out in the first round. Ghana were the last African team to play in the Round of 32 on Friday night, and the white-clad Black Stars went down with a whimper in a 1-0 loss to Colombia.
MIAMI, July 4 : Cape Verde's sensational debut World Cup campaign ended on Friday but not until they had taken world champions Argentina down to the wire and become the sentimental favourites of millions of fans around the world.