Who played with whom?. France won by the fewest points over Paraguay, who had previously eliminated Germany from the tournament; Kylian Mbappe scored the only goal from a penalty kick. Morocco easily beats Canada 3:0, and the Moroccans and French will meet in the quarter-finals.
A separate fact from the fans. Mbappe’s goal was his eleventh in World Cup qualifiers. Just to give you an idea of how amazing this is: in Mbappe’s time with the national team (since the 2018 World Cup in Russia), he has scored more goals in knockout matches than the entire Brazil team or the entire England team. In total, Kylian already has 19 goals in his World Cup career, with Messi leading (so far) with 20.
What are they talking about?. Hey Extreme rudeness Paraguay players: They played the whole match against France in a very sloppy way – they hit and pushed their opponents after the whistle, insulted them, started fights and pretended to be injured. Everyone who watched the match saw this, but not the referee Ilgiz Tantashev: during the entire match he did not show Paraguay a single yellow card (although he awarded the penalty kick that decided the result of the match).
Of course, it was Mbappe who was the most affected: coach Didier Deschamps said after the match that he eventually “asked the two biggest players to be next to Kylian” so that he would not be injured. After the final whistle, Mbappé defiantly put himself first celebrate Victory straight into the face of an opposing defender, then refused to shake the goalkeeper’s hand – and receive From him with the ball in the back. He himself commented on the Paraguay match, saying: “If we want to get our hands in the shit [ради победы]“We’ll throw our hands in the shit.”
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Next in the program. Today there are two very exciting matches at once. 23:00 Moscow time Brazil – Norway. Three o’clock in the morning – England vs. Mexico, Harry Kane (5 goals) against a defense that has not conceded a single goal since the beginning of the tournament.
Full tournament schedule and detailed results – here.