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Paraguay vs France: match report

Paraguay hosted France at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday 4 July 2026, in the World Cup. Ilgiz Tantashev is the referee.

Result and scorers

Paraguay 0-1 France. Goals: Kylian Mbappé 70' (pen) for France. Attendance: 68,324.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 19' Yellow card: Bradley Barcola (France)
  • 70' Penalty: Kylian Mbappé (France) 0-1
  • 81' Yellow card: Manu Koné (France)
  • 90'+7' Yellow card: Michael Olise (France)
Match stats (contains the result)
24.1%Possession75.9%
5Shots15
1Shots on target5
2Corners12
13Fouls11
0Offsides0
4Saves1
0Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Paraguay 5-4-1

Coach: Gustavo Alfaro

  1. 12 Orlando Gill GK
  2. 2 Gustavo Velázquez DEF
  3. 15 Gustavo Gómez DEF
  4. 3 Omar Alderete DEF
  5. 4 Juan Cáceres DEF
  6. 6 Júnior Alonso DEF
  7. 10 Miguel Almirón FWD
  8. 8 Diego Gómez MID
  9. 14 Andrés Cubas MID
  10. 23 Matías Galarza MID
  11. 19 Julio Enciso MID

Bench

  • 13 José Canale DEF
  • 24 Gustavo Caballero FWD
  • 11 Mauricio MID
  • 21 Gabriel Ávalos FWD
  • 22 Gastón Olveira GK
  • 1 Roberto Fernández GK
  • 26 Alexandro Maidana DEF
  • 5 Fabián Balbuena DEF
  • 17 Alejandro Romero MID
  • 20 Braian Ojeda MID
  • 16 Damián Bobadilla MID
  • 18 Álex Arce FWD
  • 9 Antonio Sanabria FWD
  • 25 Isidro Pitta FWD
  • 7 Ramón Sosa FWD

France 4-2-3-1

Coach: Didier Deschamps

  1. 16 Mike Maignan GK
  2. 5 Jules Koundé DEF
  3. 4 Dayot Upamecano DEF
  4. 17 William Saliba DEF
  5. 3 Lucas Digne DEF
  6. 6 Kouadio Koné MID
  7. 14 Adrien Rabiot MID
  8. 7 Ousmane Dembélé FWD
  9. 11 Michael Olise FWD
  10. 12 Bradley Barcola FWD
  11. 10 Kylian Mbappé FWD

Bench

  • 20 Désiré Doué FWD
  • 24 Rayan Cherki MID
  • 1 Brice Samba GK
  • 23 Robin Risser GK
  • 15 Ibrahima Konaté DEF
  • 21 Lucas Hernández DEF
  • 2 Malo Gusto DEF
  • 26 Maxence Lacroix DEF
  • 19 Theo Hernández DEF
  • 8 Aurélien Tchouaméni MID
  • 13 N'Golo Kanté MID
  • 18 Warren Zaïre-Emery MID
  • 22 Jean-Philippe Mateta FWD
  • 25 Maghnes Akliouche FWD
  • 9 Marcus Thuram FWD
Previous meetings
  • Friday 2 June 2017: France 5-0 Paraguay
  • Sunday 1 June 2014: France 1-1 Paraguay
  • Saturday 31 May 2008: France 0-0 Paraguay
  • Sunday 28 June 1998: France 1-0 Paraguay
  • Sunday 8 June 1958: France 7-3 Paraguay