{"id":513294,"date":"2026-07-04T19:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/france-defeats-paraguay-and-advances-to-the-quarterfinals-of-the-2026-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:00:02","slug":"france-defeats-paraguay-and-advances-to-the-quarterfinals-of-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/france-defeats-paraguay-and-advances-to-the-quarterfinals-of-the-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"France defeats Paraguay and advances to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PHILADELPHIA, USA (EFE).<\/strong> The France national team secured its qualification for the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup this Saturday after defeating Paraguay 1-0 in a highly contested match, decided by a penalty converted by <strong>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/deportes\/futbol\/marruecos-elimina-a-canada-y-avanza-con-autoridad-a-los-cuartos-de-final-del-mundial-2026\/\">Morocco eliminates Canada and advances with authority to the 2026 World Cup quarterfinals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team led by <strong>Didier Deschamps<\/strong> encountered enormous difficulties in breaking down the solid defensive approach of the Paraguayan team, which opted for a five-man defensive line and kept its players deep for much of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With temperatures exceeding 40 degrees, France dominated ball possession, but failed to create space until the entry of <strong>D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9<\/strong> in the second half. The young attacker revolutionized the match and, in the 70th minute, drew a foul inside the box after being brought down by <strong>Diego G\u00f3mez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After reviewing the play on the VAR, the Uzbek referee <strong>Ilgiz Tantashev<\/strong> signaled the penalty. Mbapp\u00e9 took the responsibility and beat the goalkeeper <strong>Orlando Gill<\/strong>, who had been the Paraguayan star in the penalty shootout against Germany in the previous round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his goal, the French striker reached <strong>seven goals<\/strong> in the 2026 World Cup, tying Argentina&#8217;s <strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong> as the tournament&#8217;s top scorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France will now face <strong>Morocco<\/strong> in the quarterfinals, in a duel scheduled for <strong>July 9<\/strong>, which will be a rematch of one of the semifinals of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paraguay, which had surprised by eliminating Germany in the previous phase, said goodbye to the tournament after offering fierce resistance against one of the main title contenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA, USA (EFE). The France national team secured its qualification for the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup this Saturday after defeating Paraguay 1-0 in a highly contested match, decided by a penalty converted by Kylian Mbapp\u00e9. You might be interested in: Morocco eliminates Canada and advances with authority to the 2026 World Cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":514283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[43446,43601,40231,40853],"class_list":["post-513294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-breakingnews","tag-dominican-republic","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29wW","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/francia_paraguay.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/francia_paraguay.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}