{"id":16895,"date":"2026-07-05T15:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=16895"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:33:40","slug":"france-1-0-paraguay-mbappes-penalty-advances-france-to-the-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/france-1-0-paraguay-mbappes-penalty-advances-france-to-the-quarter-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"France 1\u20130 Paraguay | Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s Penalty Advances France to the Quarter-Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France are in the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Quarter-Finals. One penalty. One goal. One point of difference between two teams separated by everything \u2014 resources, ranking, expectation \u2014 and yet split by almost nothing on the pitch. Paraguay arrived at the Philadelphia Stadium with a 5-4-1 setup and the belief that France could be held. They were right for 69 minutes. Then D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9 found the moment that changed the match.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/france-1-0-paraguay-mbappes-penalty-advances-france-to-the-quarter-finals\/#A_First_Half_France_Would_Rather_Forget\" title=\"A First Half France Would Rather Forget\">A First Half France Would Rather Forget<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/france-1-0-paraguay-mbappes-penalty-advances-france-to-the-quarter-finals\/#Paraguay_Come_Forward_%E2%80%94_and_Almost_Punish_France\" title=\"Paraguay Come Forward \u2014 and Almost Punish France\">Paraguay Come Forward \u2014 and Almost Punish France<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/france-1-0-paraguay-mbappes-penalty-advances-france-to-the-quarter-finals\/#Doue_Changes_the_Match_%E2%80%94_Mbappe_Finishes_It\" title=\"Dou\u00e9 Changes the Match \u2014 Mbapp\u00e9 Finishes It\">Dou\u00e9 Changes the Match \u2014 Mbapp\u00e9 Finishes It<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/france-1-0-paraguay-mbappes-penalty-advances-france-to-the-quarter-finals\/#Gills_Double_Save_%E2%80%94_Paraguays_Finest_Moment\" title=\"Gill&#8217;s Double Save \u2014 Paraguay&#8217;s Finest Moment\">Gill&#8217;s Double Save \u2014 Paraguay&#8217;s Finest Moment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/france-1-0-paraguay-mbappes-penalty-advances-france-to-the-quarter-finals\/#The_Bigger_Picture\" title=\"The Bigger Picture\">The Bigger Picture<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Paraguay deserved more. France are through.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>France are through to the<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\"><i> FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/i><\/a><i> Quarter-Finals. Stream every remaining knockout match live on ZEE 5 with the <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/myaccount\/subscription?plan-ref=0-11-7467&amp;asset-ref=0-6-4z5914493&amp;visibility=SELECTED&amp;context=FIFA\"><i>ZEE 5 FIFA Subscription <\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0Quarterly Plan at \u20b9799 \u2014 don&#8217;t miss a moment.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_First_Half_France_Would_Rather_Forget\"><\/span><b>A First Half France Would Rather Forget<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/france\/france-squad\">France <\/a>had 75% possession. France had zero shots on target. That combination tells you everything about Paraguay&#8217;s defensive performance in the first half. Their 5-4-1 block was compact, organised, and ruthless in denying France any space between the lines. Kon\u00e9 was blocked. Rabiot fired over. Demb\u00e9l\u00e9&#8217;s attempts were deflected before they became dangerous. In the 31st minute, Mbapp\u00e9 rose to meet a cross \u2014 his header drifted wide. The rarest of misses from the tournament&#8217;s top scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Tempers frayed in the heat. Barcola picked up a yellow card in the 19th minute. By half-time, Mbapp\u00e9 and Paraguayan midfielder Andr\u00e9s Cubas were shoving each other as players left the pitch. The referee intervened. France eventually collected three yellow cards to Paraguay&#8217;s zero \u2014 a discipline record that tells its own story about how difficult the match was for Les Bleus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Paraguay_Come_Forward_%E2%80%94_and_Almost_Punish_France\"><\/span><b>Paraguay Come Forward \u2014 and Almost Punish France<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/paraguay\/paraguay-squad\">Paraguay <\/a>were not simply sitting back and hoping. In the 48th minute, following a fierce counter-attack, they earned their first corner of the match. France&#8217;s central defenders cleared it.<\/p>\n<p>The game settled into a grinding tactical battle. France probed. Paraguay absorbed. The Philadelphia humidity made everything slower, heavier, more physical. Neither side could find a clean line of attack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Doue_Changes_the_Match_%E2%80%94_Mbappe_Finishes_It\"><\/span><b>Dou\u00e9 Changes the Match \u2014 Mbapp\u00e9 Finishes It<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Then came the 69th minute. Substitute D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9 received the ball inside the Paraguayan box and dribbled past a few of their defenders. He took on Diego G\u00f3mez with quick footwork, and went down under the contact. After a lengthy VAR check, the decision was confirmed: penalty to France.<\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 stepped up. Orlando Gill tried to get into his head \u2014 movement on the line, words, hesitation. Mbapp\u00e9 placed the ball, took his run-up, and slid it into the bottom-right corner. 1\u20130. His seventh goal of the tournament. Gill had gone the right way. It did not matter. The placement was perfect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gills_Double_Save_%E2%80%94_Paraguays_Finest_Moment\"><\/span><b>Gill&#8217;s Double Save \u2014 Paraguay&#8217;s Finest Moment<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>France had the lead but not the match. Paraguay pushed forward in stoppage time, and France countered. Deep in the stoppage time of the second half, Dou\u00e9 passed the ball to Mbapp\u00e9 within the box. Mbapp\u00e9 drove a heavy, testing strike to Gill&#8217;s right \u2014 the goalkeeper dived sharply and got his hands to it, spilling it back into Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s path. Mbapp\u00e9 pounced on the rebound immediately. Gill recovered \u2014 somehow \u2014 to block the second attempt with his body.<\/p>\n<p>A double save from a goalkeeper in the final moments of a World Cup knockout match, denying the tournament&#8217;s top scorer twice in the same sequence. Paraguay were eliminated seconds later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bigger_Picture\"><\/span><b>The Bigger Picture<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For the first time in this tournament, a team stopped France. They were held to a goalless draw for 69 minutes by a team ranked far below them, and France&#8217;s lack of creativity was evident, which will concern Didier Deschamps going into the quarter-finals. But Paraguay executed their plan on the pitch. They had come here planning to stop the tournament\u2019s most formidable attack, and they did. \u00a0They proved that their win over Germany was no fluke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/match-clips\/0-6-4z5974253\/par-vs-fra-quickfire-highlights-fifa-world-cup-2026\/0-1-6z5998122?utm_source=GoogleOneBox&amp;utm_medium=GoogleSearch&amp;utm_campaign=OneBox_quick_fire_highlight\">France vs Paraguay Match Highlight<\/a> Free Only On ZEE5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The quarter-finals await. France will play against Morocco on July 10. Unfortunately, this is the end of the road for Paraguay in this tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>France&#8217;s Quarter-Final campaign continues on ZEE 5 \u2014 India&#8217;s official home of FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122. Stream every match live.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Disclaimer: Subscription pack prices are subject to change from time to time. 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