{"id":365,"date":"2026-07-05T19:53:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=365"},"modified":"2026-07-05T19:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:53:49","slug":"france-the-world-cup-favorite-lives-on-with-a-little-love-from-local-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"France, the World Cup Favorite, Lives On\u2014With a Little Love From Local Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">A strong Paraguay fan group showed up, but the France supporters like Thompson\u2014whether they were wearing<em> Les Bleus <\/em>kits, or the Stars and Stripes\u2014walked away from the Fourth of July football festival <em>satisfait.<\/em> France survived Paraguay&#8217;s physical gameplan to beat La Albirroja<em>, <\/em>the red and white, 1-0 to advance to play Morocco, which shut out Canada on Saturday 3-0, in a quarterfinal on July 9 in Foxboro, Mass. France superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/06\/24\/kylian-mbappe-world-cup-2026\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a> converted a penalty in the 70th minute to make the difference. Mbapp\u00e9 is now tied with <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/time100-sports\/2026\/lionel-messi\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Lionel Messi<\/a> for the World Cup lead in goals scored, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/articles\/adidas-golden-boot-race-top-scorer\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">with 7<\/a>. Messi plays in the Round of 16 on July 7, against Egypt, in Atlanta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Fans expecting brilliant French offense in the Philadelphia Stadium sweatbox had reason to be disappointed.<em> Les Bleus <\/em>put at least three goals on the board in each of their four World Cup games coming into the Paraguay clash, while outscoring their opponents (Senegal, Iraq, Norway, and Sweden) 13-2. 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