In the first half of the match played in Philadelphia, Paraguay fought back against the French team, with attacks from both sides but neither team was able to score.
At one point in this half, there was a heated exchange between the players of both teams, with each other being pushed, and the first half was goalless.
For the first 25 minutes of the second half, the teams seemed to be looking for an opportunity to take the lead. In the 70th minute, France got an opportunity when a French player was wrongly stopped in the D during a move and brought down.
The referee awarded France a penalty with the help of VAR, which Mbappe scored. During the 10-minute injury time of the match, France made another dangerous attack, which was thwarted by the Paraguayan goalkeeper.
When the referee blew the final whistle, France had a 1-0 lead over Paraguay, who also qualified for the quarter-finals, where they will face Morocco.