France deliver knockout punch to Paraguay in the Battle of Philadelphia

The Guardian · 2 days ago

Paraguay
0

FIFA WC26
0-1
Finished

France
1

Key moments

1. 19'
   Yellow card
   Bradley BARCOLA (France) is booked by
2. 81'
   Yellow card
   Manu KONE (France) is booked by
3. 90'+7'
   Yellow card
   Michael OLISE (France) is booked by
4. 90'
   Yellow card
   Carlos GONZALEZ (Paraguay) is booked by

Squads

Paraguay squad

• Selected
• 2 Gustavo VELAZQUEZ
  Defender
• 3 Omar ALDERETE
  Defender
• 4 Juan Jose CACERES
  Defender
• 6 Junior ALONSO
  Defender
• 8 Diego GOMEZ
  Midfielder
• 10 Miguel ALMIRON
  Midfielder
• 12 Orlando GILL
  Goalkeeper
• 14 Andres CUBAS
  Midfielder
• 15 Gustavo GOMEZ
  C Defender
• 19 Julio ENCISO
  Forward
• 23 Matias GALARZA
  Midfielder
• 1 Gatito FERNANDEZ
  Goalkeeper
• 5 Fabian BALBUENA
  Defender
• 7 Ramon SOSA
  Midfielder
• 9 Antonio SANABRIA
  Forward
• 11 MAURICIO
  Midfielder
• 13 Jose CANALE
  Defender
• 16 Damian BOBADILLA
  Midfielder
• 17 Alejandro ROMERO GAMARRA
  Forward
• 18 Alex ARCE
  Forward
• 20 Braian OJEDA
  Midfielder
• 21 Gabriel AVALOS
  Forward
• 22 Gaston OLVEIRA
  Goalkeeper
• 24 Gustavo CABALLERO
  Midfielder
• 25 Isidro PITTA
  Forward
• 26 Alexandro MAIDANA
  Defender

France squad

• Selected
• 3 Lucas Digne
  Defender
• 4 Dayot UPAMECANO
  Defender
• 5 Jules KOUNDE
  Defender
• 6 Manu KONE
  Midfielder
• 7 Ousmane DEMBELE
  Forward
• 10 Kylian MBAPPE
  C Forward
• 11 Michael OLISE
  Forward
• 12 Bradley BARCOLA
  Forward
• 14 Adrien RABIOT
  Midfielder
• 16 Mike MAIGNAN
  Goalkeeper
• 17 William SALIBA
  Defender
• 1 Brice SAMBA
  Goalkeeper
• 2 Malo GUSTO
  Defender
• 8 Aurelien TCHOUAMENI
  Midfielder
• 9 Marcus THURAM
  Forward
• 13 Ngolo KANTE
  Midfielder
• 15 Ibrahima KONATE
  Defender
• 18 Warren ZAIRE-EMERY
  Midfielder
• 19 Theo HERNANDEZ
  Defender
• 20 Desire DOUE
  Forward
• 21 Lucas HERNANDEZ
  Defender
• 22 Jean-Philippe MATETA
  Forward
• 23 Robin RISSER
  Goalkeeper
• 24 Rayan CHERKI
  Midfielder
• 25 Maghnes AKLIOUCHE
  Midfielder
• 26 Maxence Lacroix
  Defender

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