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FINISHEDRound of 16

Paraguay0:1France

JUL 4 · 17:00 EDT · Philadelphia
🇪🇸 23:00 Spain (Madrid)
★ MVPDayot Upamecano · France7.5
📰Match reportFrance labour past Paraguay (1-0): a Mbappé penalty sends Les Bleus into the quarter-finals

France beat Paraguay 1-0 in the round of 16 match of the 2026 World Cup played on JUL 4 at Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, USA), with a capacity of 68 324. Goals from K. Mbappe (pen) (70′). Dayot Upamecano was named player of the match (rating 7.5).

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
🇺🇸 Philadelphia · USA · 68 324
Foto: JJonahJackalope / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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⚽ Goalscorers
  • 70'K. Mbappe (pen.)
🟨 Cards
  • 19'B. Barcola
  • 81'M. Kone
  • 90+7'M. Olise

Line-ups

Paraguay5-4-1
Coach: Gustavo Alfaro
  • 12Orlando GillG
  • 4Juan CáceresD
  • 2Gustavo VelázquezD
  • 15Gustavo GómezD
  • 3Omar AldereteD
  • 6Junior AlonsoD
  • 10Miguel AlmirónM
  • 8Diego GómezM
  • 14Andrés CubasM
  • 23Matías GalarzaM
  • 19Julio EncisoF
Substitutes
13 José Canale · 24 Gustavo Caballero · 22 Gastón Olveira · 1 Roberto Fernández · 5 Fabián Balbuena · 26 Alexandro Maidana · 11 Mauricio · 16 Damián Bobadilla · 20 Braian Ojeda · 17 Alejandro Romero · 7 Ramón Sosa · 9 Antonio Sanabria · 18 Alex Arce · 21 Gabriel Ávalos · 25 Isidro Pitta
France4-2-3-1
Coach: Didier Deschamps
  • 16Mike MaignanG
  • 5Jules KoundéD
  • 4Dayot UpamecanoD
  • 17William SalibaD
  • 3Lucas DigneD
  • 6Manu KonéM
  • 14Adrien RabiotM
  • 7Ousmane DembéléM
  • 11Michael OliseM
  • 12Bradley BarcolaM
  • 10Kylian MbappéF
Substitutes
20 Désiré Doué · 23 Robin Risser · 1 Brice Samba · 2 Malo Gusto · 15 Ibrahima Konaté · 19 Theo Hernández · 21 Lucas Hernández · 26 Maxence Lacroix · 8 Aurélien Tchouaméni · 13 N'Golo Kanté · 18 Warren Zaïre-Emery · 24 Rayan Cherki · 25 Maghnes Akliouche · 9 Marcus Thuram · 22 Jean-Philippe Mateta

Match stats

ParaguayFrance
  • 24%Possession76%
  • 5Total shots15
  • 1Shots on target5
  • 1Corners11
  • 12Fouls10
  • 4Saves1
  • 54%Pass accuracy90%
  • 0.15Expected goals (xG)1.36