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00:00And so we get to take a look at their lineup first.
00:02Three changes for this Paraguayan lineup from the starting lineup against Germany.
00:06But the most important one for them is getting Alderete back in the back.
00:10He went off injured against Australia and it appears they will go back to a back five system.
00:15Typically you see this team play 4-4-2.
00:18That is out of respect for France but also trying to keep this team off the score sheet.
00:23The other big change for them is Velasquez, the 35-year-old.
00:26Just his 18th appearance and only his second start in the tournament in the back.
00:32And then up front, Nciso. He has been impressive and the danger man for them.
00:36On the other side for France and Didier Deschamps.
00:37Just the one change, Chouameni out.
00:40Korné comes back in, makes his third start of the tournament.
00:42He went 90 against Iraq and Norway in the middle of the field.
00:45How impressive has Olisse been?
00:48So many chances created.
00:50Five assists, second most on record, tied all time in the World Cup for a single tournament.
00:54And then up front, Kylian Mbappe makes his 103rd appearance for France.
01:00The other being harassed on the outside by Galarza gets a cross away anyway.
01:03Rabiot was the target straight up in the air there from Velasquez.
01:07And then Rabiot throws a little bit of a bump in on Velasquez.
01:09Then Rabiot goes to ground.
01:11And it's going to be cleared away and to rest right in front of Barcolop.
01:17Where you have to try things to open up a defense like this.
01:21Both players felt like there was a foul there.
01:23The first one on Rabiot and then there was one where they felt there was a foul on Velasquez.
01:27Nothing.
01:34No one's going to be whistled there as Cosseris got caught by Barcola and a yellow card shown.
01:41And Barcola there.
01:50He's late.
01:52Definitely sold well there with the full two legs off the ground and a extra little bit for the dive.
01:59Trying to become the second coach ever to win it twice.
02:02Olise returns for Dembele.
02:05Dembele to deflect it!
02:06Cross!
02:06Heel at full stretch there.
02:08Runs all the way through.
02:10I think in these moments though, France can do with another player attacking the box.
02:15Whether it's Rabiot or Kone or Olise can drift in there because that's a terrific ball.
02:22But there's only one player that has any chance of getting it.
02:25It's Cillian and Mike.
02:28Olise, lovely dummy.
02:29Adrien Rabiot!
02:31Hit it well.
02:33Hit it hard.
02:34Just hit it high.
02:35Leaning back a touch.
02:37Love this from Olise.
02:38Because he's already turned and looked.
02:40Saw where the position of Rabiot was.
02:43And as soon as the ball passes him, he gets turned to open up his body.
02:46Rabiot saw some space and just catches on the bottom side of the ball.
02:51Ball always rising.
02:52Doesn't test.
02:53Lucadinha.
02:57Mbappe, to get away from Kubas, wins a free kick in order of a shove at the end of it.
03:02And then Mbappe's getting shoved.
03:03And look who's there first.
03:05It's Paraguayan players first into the scrum.
03:08Then the French players come in.
03:10And now the referees are trying to break this up.
03:16And the cheering you hear is actually the Paraguayan fans who are loving this.
03:20This is what they want to do.
03:21They're still going to have to defend a free kick from a dangerous situation.
03:25We actually see this a lot from Kubas.
03:27Plays in Major League Soccer with Vancouver Whitecaps.
03:29Distinctly remember a game against Inter Miami and Lionel Messi.
03:33And trying to do the same thing.
03:34Be a bit of an irritant.
03:36Trying to get under.
03:37This is to react in a way.
03:38But potentially they do something silly.
03:41And he's got hands all over and he was beat.
03:44Mbappe, he didn't do anything.
03:45In fact, it was Kubas who gets in his face.
03:48And then there's a little bit of a, hey, get off me.
03:50No, you get your hands off me.
03:52Then the players come to each other.
03:53Boxes.
03:54Clips it right in.
03:55Great area.
03:56It's missed.
03:56Hit backwards.
03:57It's closed behind by Kubas for a corner.
04:00This was the set piece.
04:01Great looking ball there.
04:02Just nobody can get in front.
04:07Upamecano the closest to.
04:08It wasn't a great clearance for Paraguay.
04:10But fortunately for them, it goes right to the team.
04:13Time 1v1.
04:14Guzman Dembele.
04:15Mbappe knocked down behind the plate.
04:17Deflected shot.
04:18It's up just wide.
04:20Mbappe's down hurt.
04:21It's another corner for France.
04:23Yeah, I saw him go down.
04:24But it was focused more on Dembele.
04:27He had a chance to finally get 1v1.
04:28Look at Mbappe once the ball is gone.
04:31Galarza just smacks down on his hand.
04:36And it almost kind of grabs his shoulder as he goes
04:42down to the ground.
04:43So definitely a foul.
04:44It's right in front of the referee.
04:45I'm surprised that wasn't brought back.
04:46We're starting to see more and more pulling and pushing though.
04:49Alise whips it in.
04:50Yael in traffic.
04:51Got a piece of it.
04:53It's only as far as Koundé.
04:54That was blocked.
04:55Trying to play it back in.
04:58Koundé sends it across.
04:59Dina hooks it in.
05:00Koundé is there.
05:01Good solid catch.
05:04Koundé's coming.
05:05Koundé did.
05:06Rabiot.
05:08Rabiot.
05:09That's a goal.
05:09This is the target.
05:11Still no shots on goal for France.
05:14No saves.
05:15And no heel.
05:16It's their sixth shot overall.
05:18And you're under duress when you're taking these shots.
05:20But I do think they've got to work the goalkeeper.
05:23That's the frustration you see from Didier Deschamps.
05:26Oh.
05:26Cecil threw his body in.
05:28Almero picked up the loose ball as a result.
05:29Miguel Almero.
05:30That was a deflection.
05:32It looked like from up here.
05:33Yes, indeed.
05:34Paraguay for the first time all game.
05:36Have a court.
05:38That's just a long direct ball.
05:40And Rupar Mekano tries to take it down off his chest.
05:44Misplays the ball.
05:45And then he's in the cover.
05:47Directing traffic.
05:48He'll hook this one in.
05:50Mignon punches it straight sideways.
05:53It's knocked down.
05:54It's held in.
05:55It's Velasquez.
05:56Can he get across the way?
05:58Strong tackle there by Abamakano.
05:59It's out for a Paraguay throw.
06:01He comes to get a good salt take for him.
06:02And Bappe's in here.
06:03Mignon can find him.
06:04Can he find him on a line?
06:05And Bappe running through.
06:06What a ball for Mike Mignon.
06:08Killing to Bappe.
06:09Cleared away at the last moment.
06:13Well, they felt that it was a handball as this one pops up.
06:16What a ball for Mignon.
06:18Hits the sidewinder.
06:20It's taken quick.
06:22It's in play off the corner.
06:23It's the outside netting.
06:25I mean, that was total chaos there as it came in for Dembele.
06:31It was Velasquez who made the backtracking run to clear it away.
06:35It's he and Hill, the goalkeeper, who are down.
06:39Well, it's, well, we'll see if it's a handball first of all, but he just slightly misses that and it
06:43does hit the part of his arm that, that would have come back.
06:48Had it been a goal.
06:49Had it been a score from the corner.
06:51Yes, had it scored from the corner, no, because it wasn't whistled in real time.
06:53And they played it short and then great recognition by both Mbappe and Dembele that there was some space and
07:00an opportunity.
07:01It's a tight angle.
07:02Heel's trying to make himself big, but Velasquez even coming over last second to make that challenge.
07:08And Hill is still down on the ground.
07:10It's an embarrassment of riches.
07:12It's Manukone!
07:13He's in!
07:14That's the first stop of the game.
07:16Hill tracking that one, knocks it away.
07:19Out for a corner.
07:19Also, if you see a goalkeeper banged up a little bit, let it rip.
07:24Great looking strike, but you have to, like he did there with Kone, hit the target.
07:29The keeper was, and this gets some good movement, ends up with some sight.
07:35Center wide to Barcala.
07:37Koceres defending him, and Mbappe again, knocked down behind the plate.
07:40It's a nutmeg, it's Barcala!
07:41Late contact from Koceres, preventing the shot.
07:46He's going to have a word with Barcala about it.
07:48It's into the hands of Hill.
07:50Well, Koceres plays with such an...
07:51It's reset wide for Duane.
07:54Trying to run it in.
07:55Pass two, pass three.
07:57A little bit of contact goes down.
07:59Referee says no.
08:01Almiron caring for...
08:02Oh boy, he's got the Jets.
08:03He's got a little bit of a step there on Saliba.
08:04Trying to recover his angle.
08:06William Saliba in the end has the stride to get to that loose ball.
08:10Yeah.
08:11Oh man.
08:12And Almiron is down after that run.
08:16One Laura is the video assistant referee.
08:19Man down on the other end of the field.
08:22And Dewey's still down after he came inside.
08:24If you watch the bodies that converged on top of him as he had this run.
08:28Great balance.
08:29Great technique.
08:30Olyse is exchanging words with the Paraguayan bench right now.
08:34See, there's no touch of the ball at all here.
08:37Look.
08:38And I think what they're trying to say is that there was a dive.
08:40It is being officially checked.
08:43But that's a foul.
08:44I think that's a foul.
08:45This should be a penalty.
08:48One Laura of Chile.
08:50But there definitely is a contact here worthy of a foul.
08:53So that would be the consideration whether to give the penalty.
08:56And I think looking at this replay, we may have a penalty kick.
09:01I think this has to be a penalty 100%.
09:03I don't care in this moment which way that ball is going.
09:05Because he's actually lining up for a shot.
09:07So it's not as though he wasn't going to be able to get to it.
09:10What a run by Dewey.
09:11So the whole Paraguayan staff is saying it's a dive.
09:14But here's the thing.
09:15After the off-field review, number eight of defender, Trick.
09:19Attacker player inside the penalty area.
09:22Decision is penalty.
09:30Change the game.
09:32Coming off the bench.
09:33A foul.
09:34And that is a penalty and an opportunity for Kylian Mbappe.
09:38Who's not standing with the ball right now at the spot.
09:42But this is something that you see teams do now.
09:45It will be Mbappe to take it.
09:46I can assure you.
09:47But Dembele is standing there right now to take attention away from him.
09:51And allow Mbappe to get in his zone without all this right now.
09:56Which is Paraguay trying to step on the penalty spot.
09:59Disrupt the flow.
09:59Put off the penalty shooter.
10:01And he's going to hand it to Mbappe after the fact.
10:03Orlando Heal, first of all, is a big dude.
10:06He's 6'6".
10:07He takes up a lot of that goal.
10:08He's silly attempts in the shootout.
10:10Yeah, you see that?
10:11Velasquez even affects him.
10:13Or can Heal come up with a save?
10:18Mbappe scores!
10:20France finally!
10:21In front!
10:23In front!
10:50The French does it again.
10:5319th World Cup goal.
10:55Little patience, waits for Hiel to start leaning and then puts it the other side.
11:02Really composed finish from Kylian Mbappe from the spot.
11:05Paraguay held strong, took him 70 minutes to find the breakthrough.
11:10And the French lead in Philadelphia.
11:14Says come on.
11:20Mbappe level with Messi at this tournament.
11:23One behind Messi in the all-time goal.
11:26Mbappe in front of him.
11:29And it breaks down there and Mbappe commits a foul.
11:32And then a little bit of a kick out there from Costa, as it looked like.
11:37Mbappe's down.
11:38Throughout this tournament, I've got to get that foul back.
11:41That's a foul.
11:43But then watch at the end.
11:44Right there.
11:45Yeah.
11:46So that should be a yellow card.
11:48For sure.
11:50Dr. Joe Magnick, what do you think right now?
11:52Well, we put a lot of pressure on this referee.
11:54But officiating a game like this requires teamwork.
11:57He's got two assistants on the field.
11:59To Bailey.
12:00Great take out of the year, but then knocked away by Alonso.
12:04Clips it forward.
12:05Mbappe trying to bring it down.
12:07Costa takes a big tackle there.
12:08That's going to be a yellow card.
12:11There's Manu Kone.
12:12And you're thinking now, instantly, if you're Deshaun,
12:15that that's a potential sell.
12:17Kone off.
12:19You don't want other players on yellow cards.
12:20And he's late.
12:21It's definitely...
12:22Even the emotion of the bench as that tackle comes in,
12:25the entire Paraguay.
12:27Mauricio clips it up.
12:29It's headed in towards Mbappe.
12:31It's an easy catch for him.
12:40And they're going to get Ousmane Dembele out of there right now.
12:45And Cherqui, such a talented player.
12:48Not a lot of minutes to be had on how stacked
12:49the attacking part of the field is for France.
12:59What's interesting is this remarkable streak that France have
13:02of consecutive multi-goal games.
13:04Of games in which an individual scores multiple goals.
13:07And I imagine they probably couldn't care less about that right now.
13:09Deep.
13:10Better come sideways.
13:11Hooked to the near side.
13:13Here's their chance.
13:14That one's fired and went a wide goal in the end.
13:17Maybe just trying to create some chaos in there.
13:20Yeah, it's a tough strike because of the height that it comes at him.
13:24Alonzo wants it to just drop a little bit more,
13:27but could they do well getting pressure on him
13:29and force him into a decision early?
13:35And Mbappe the other way.
13:37Kylian Mbappe.
13:38Kylian Mbappe saved by Hiel.
13:41And importantly, steers the rebound all the way out of the box past Olise.
13:46For Mignol.
13:47Alonzo just kind of clipped hopefully forward.
13:51It's going to work though.
13:52It's going to fall for Mauricio.
13:53And the turn.
13:54Mauricio took it early.
13:55Mike Mignol down to make his first save of the entire game after 89 and a half minutes.
14:01Yeah, not for the first time.
14:03Trying to take the ball out of the air.
14:05Comitano.
14:05And it goes straight to the Paraguayan attacker.
14:08Alonzo now.
14:08The long throw in.
14:10Chaos Abadis into the middle.
14:11Only Dino is there.
14:13Canale able to keep it away from Mbappe.
14:16Look at the entire Paraguayan bench.
14:17You can see standing up on the end of the sideline as Canale clips it in the box.
14:20It's flipped on.
14:21Mauricio trying to get there.
14:22And Dino is there first.
14:24Oh my God.
14:24And then Mike Mignol as goalkeepers love to do for some incredulous reason.
14:29Not just picking up the ball.
14:31It almost cost him.
14:33I don't know if he realized how close he was.
14:36The ball stayed in play.
14:37It only ever takes three seconds off the clock.
14:45Mignol that time not messing around.
14:50He played long.
14:52Due is onside.
14:53Runs onto it.
14:54Mbappe wants to cut back.
14:56Due.
14:57Mbappe.
14:59Saved by Hill.
15:00The rebound.
15:01Saved as well.
15:05What a save.
15:06Paraguay lived to see another day.
15:09Potentially.
15:10And they've got the ball.
15:11Four saves for Hill.
15:12Four minutes for Paraguay.
15:14Free kick in midfield.
15:17And now Galarza goes down.
15:19Olise is going to get a yellow.
15:21That might be relevant come later rounds.
15:25I mean Galarza has been intent in either getting a yellow himself
15:28or a red or somebody else a yellow or a red.
15:31He's been trying to get in on the action throughout this game.
15:35Kiel who has kept this game where it is.
15:36So look.
15:37He's pushing him.
15:38Pushing him.
15:38And eventually gets...
15:40He doesn't do anything.
15:41But he sells it enough for the referee.
15:43It's embarrassing.
15:45But that strike through the legs.
15:47What a save with the...
15:47The free kick is taken into the box.
15:50Dewey able to clear.
15:52What is remarkable is that Paraguay have received zero yellow cards
15:56and France have received three in this game.
16:00Paraguay.
16:00Paraguay got another chance.
16:01Clip wide for Velasquez.
16:02Sends it in the box.
16:04Saliba mishits the clearance backwards.
16:06And Paraguay in the 98th minute will have a corner.
16:14Their keeper of heels asking if he can come up for this.
16:17So far he's been waved off it by Alfaro.
16:21Still two and a half minutes to play.
16:27Mauricio to take.
16:29Now the fans are alive.
16:31Man down in the box.
16:33And look who it is again.
16:34Galarza.
16:46Two summers ago we would see the Euros of the day and Copa America at night.
16:50Now the two are meeting.
16:54Mauricio hooks in the corner.
16:55And it's a great take.
16:56It needed to be a great take and it was.
16:59What a ball in Dewey.
17:00He steps in to win it back.
17:04The Paraguay get the ball and have one last attack.
17:07They're going to have a free kick now it looks like.
17:10But is there time enough?
17:17We've hit the minimum 10 at it.
17:20Is there time enough for one more attack?
17:25Referee looking at his watch.
17:27Referee ends the game.
17:30And France move on to the quarter-final of the World Cup.
17:37Oh, here we go.
17:39Cundey, Paraguay trying to take him down here.
17:42Look, there's a huge scrum you're not seeing just yet.
17:44They're going to cut to this.
17:45I would imagine.
17:47And the French trying to pull their players away.
17:51It was Velasquez who starts it.
17:53He pushes Cundey in the back.
17:55And the Paraguayans want to fight.
17:56They wanted to fight throughout the game.
17:58And they still want to fight.
18:00Walk away if you're France.
18:01Walk away.
18:16And now the celebrations.
18:18Free from desire.
18:20The French are moving on to the quarter-finals.
18:28Happy Full of July, everybody.
18:30We had some fireworks for you here in Philadelphia
18:32before the fireworks go airborne in the night sky tonight.
18:35Rebecca Lowe over to you in Los Angeles as it finishes in Philadelphia.
18:40I have some fireworks conversation.
18:40Up, here.
18:40Because of course,
18:41They came to the party.
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