France wins the eighth-final against Paraguay. The game is in Philadelphia. Paraguay plays very hard. They protect the goal with much power. France has a hard time. The players from Paraguay break the rules often. One player hits the star Kylian Mbappé. The referee gives no red card. Experts criticize the referee very much.
In minute 70 the game changes. Désié Doué gets a foul in the box. The referee looks at the screen. He gives a penalty to France. Kylian Mbappé shoots the ball into the goal. It is his 7th goal in this World Cup. He has 19 goals in all World Cups. He is almost as good as Lionel Messi. Paraguay cannot score anymore.
France plays in the quarter-final now. The opponent is Morocco. Morocco wins against Canada with 3 to 0. The game is on July 9 in Boston. France is in the quarter-final for 4 times in a row. Ousmane Dembélé wants to break a curse. He won the Ballon d'Or. No winner of this prize won the World Cup in the same year. He wants to do that now.
