Day 24 of the FIFA World Cup 2026 saw France overcome Paraguay’s rough-housing while co-hosts Canada fell to a heavy defeat at the hands of Morocco.
Here is our in-depth recap of all the action from Saturday, including what you might have missed overnight.
Paraguay pulled out every dirty trick in the book to dull France’s ultra sharp attack, and it almost worked but they ultimately fell to a narrow defeat in Philadelphia.
Fresh off their shock penalty shootout victory over Germany in the previous round, La Albirroja seemingly tried to take this round of 16 clash to spot kicks again by any means possible.
Gustavo Alfaro’s side made life extremely difficult for Les Bleus, who were also struggling in the sweltering afternoon heat. They played their role of pantomime villain to a tee in the opening half, cynically fouling, grabbing, dragging and even lightly slapping the opposition to drive them to frustration.
Here is our in-depth recap of all the action from Saturday, including what you might have missed overnight.
Paraguay pulled out every dirty trick in the book to dull France’s ultra sharp attack, and it almost worked but they ultimately fell to a narrow defeat in Philadelphia.
Fresh off their shock penalty shootout victory over Germany in the previous round, La Albirroja seemingly tried to take this round of 16 clash to spot kicks again by any means possible.
Gustavo Alfaro’s side made life extremely difficult for Les Bleus, who were also struggling in the sweltering afternoon heat. They played their role of pantomime villain to a tee in the opening half, cynically fouling, grabbing, dragging and even lightly slapping the opposition to drive them to frustration.
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