Kylian Mbappé scores his 11th World Cup knockout goal to break Paraguay's wall and match Lionel Messi's tournament tally.
Paraguay's defensive block held for over an hour. It took a VAR penalty and a history-making strike to finally break them.
THE PEAK · 70'
The breakthrough arrived when conceded a penalty. ignored the mind games to drill home the winner.
I asked the two biggest lads to go and stand around at the end because they were going to chop him down.
· France · manager · Reuters
The full presser
If we have to dig our hands through sh*t, we'll dig our hands through sh*t. They thought we'd show up in to play, but we know how to play dirty football too.
· France · captain and forward · Football365
It wasn't easy. They use every trick in the book. It's not the kind of football that will bring people to the stadium, but they defended well.
· France · manager · Reuters
WHERE THIS GOES
' final tournament march continues. France books their spot in the quarter-finals to face Morocco.