Paraguay vs France

Paraguay vs France in the Round of 16, played July 4 in Philadelphia, finished 1-0 to France, decided by a VAR-awarded penalty converted by Kylian Mbappe, ending one of the tournament's best underdog runs.
Paraguay reached that stage by advancing as one of the best third-placed teams from Group D, their first World Cup appearance since 2010, with a 1-4 loss to the USA, a 1-0 win over Turkiye and a 0-0 draw with Australia, and then producing the tournament's biggest upset to that point, beating Germany 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the Round of 32, a match in which Germany missed three spot kicks and had a goal disallowed by VAR in extra time. France, unbeaten through Group I and a 3-0 win over Sweden in the previous round, found Paraguay a stubborn, well-drilled opponent and needed a penalty to break the deadlock. The Mbappe conversion was enough to end Paraguay's run just short of the quarterfinals.
Check Paraguay vs France for the full picture from that Round of 16 result, with the widget below covering lineups, scoring, discipline and match statistics from the game. France's win sends them into a quarterfinal against Morocco, a rematch of the 2022 semifinal, while Paraguay's tournament ends with the Germany upset as the lasting highlight of their return to the World Cup. Stay across the page for the complete match data.