French newspaper L'Equipe gave World Cup referee Ilgiz Tantashev just their third 1/10 rating for an official in a decade after failing to clamp down on Paraguay's 'dark arts' in their World Cup last-16 tie.

France survived an upset scare from Paraguay to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A Kylian Mbappe 70th-minute penalty was the difference between Les Bleus and La Albirroja in Philadelphia. Kylian Mbappe scored his 19th goal in 19 World Cup games from the spot in the 70th minute.

In the last 2026 World Cup match in Philadelphia, Paraguay played a style that has been seen many times before at the city’s football stadium

None of the teams before had made France look this uncomfortable. Paraguay, ranked 41st in the world and running on the adrenaline of knocking out Germany a round earlier, was supposed to be more of the same.

The 2026 World Cup continues on Saturday night, and the Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS gives new users a $15 bonus after $15 in trades. France faces Paraguay at 5 p.m. ET following Morocco's 3-0 win over Canada.

President Santiago Peña posted a decree on X saying, “The government cannot remain indifferent to this tremendous achievement.”

Les Bleus have enjoyed a thrilling start to the competition, scoring more goals than any other nation with 13 in their four games to date. Their dazzling attack of Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Bradley Barcola,

Kylian Mbappe is making a ton of noise with his goals, but Michael Olise is playing as well as anybody at the 2026 FIFA World Cup and is close to breaking a record set by the legendary Pele