France beat Paraguay 1-0 in the round of 7 of the World Cup played in Philadelphia and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they will face Morocco in a repeat of the Qatar 2022 semifinal. After a long resistance from the "Albirroja," the match was decided by a penalty from Mbappé in the 25th minute of the second half. The French captain has seven goals in this World Cup, the tournament's joint-top scorer along with Argentina's No. 10, Lionel Messi.
In the quarterfinals the Blues will meet Morocco, who ran riot in the other round of 16 match played yesterday against Canada, the host country, thanks to Ounahi's brace and Rahimi's final goal.
Brazil-Norway
Tonight, at 22pm Italian time, the match between Brazil and Norway who have passed, not without difficulty, the round of 32. The green and gold team led by Carlo Ancelotti they filed the case Japan, winning 2-1 with goals from Casemiro and Martinelli. Norway had to face the fearsome Ivory Coast and won 2-1 thanks to goals from Nusa and Haaland, the latter reaching 4 goals in the World Cup.
The July 5 game, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, will be the fifth match between Brazil and Norway but only the second at the World Cup. In the previous four meetings between the two national teams, the Norwegians managed to remain undefeated, collecting two wins and two draws. Their only previous World Cup appearance dates back to the 1998 World Cup in France, where the Scandinavians won 2-1 to advance to the round of 16, finishing behind the Brazilians in the group. On this occasion, Norway reached the round of 16 for the second time, recording their best result, equal to the 1938 edition, and on both occasions they were eliminated from the tournament by Italy.
Mexico-England
During the night between Sunday and Monday, at 2am Italian time, at Azteca Stadium, The legendary Mexico City stadium, located at an altitude of 2240 metres, will instead host the match between Mexico, the host country along with Canada and the United States, who defeated Ecuador 2-0 in the round of 32, and Henry Kane's England, who won in extremis over the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For England, the return to Mexico for the round of 16 brings back the ghosts of previous editions, marked by the defeat in the quarter-finals againstArgentina of the “mano de Dios” and the “goal of the siglo” in 1986, and by West Germany's quarter-final comeback in 1970, which eliminated England, who were without goalkeeper Banks, who was most likely the victim of food poisoning.
The two teams last met on May 24, 2010. England won 3-1 in a home friendly. Then, on May 25, 2001, England won 4-0, also in a friendly. In both recorded matches, England was the home team.
