姆巴佩点球破门 助法国队击败巴拉圭晋级世界杯八强

美国费城（法新社）——周六在一场紧张激烈的世界杯16强战中，法国队依靠基利安·姆巴佩下半场的点球以1比0击败顽强的巴拉圭，并锁定与摩洛哥的四分之一决赛席位。

巴拉圭队在比赛中大部分时间都在试图干扰法国队的明星球员，这一策略在林肯金融球场近68324名观众和酷热天气下长时间奏效。蓝衣军团终于在第70分钟迎来突破——德西雷·杜埃遭犯规后，姆巴佩在12码处主罚命中。

法国队的表现远非本届赛事早前展现出的流畅足球，不过巴拉圭队的严密组织也让他们难有更好选择。控球权大部分时间掌握在法国队手中，而巴拉圭队直到最后一分钟才有一脚射正。

姆巴佩在本届赛事中的个人状态依然火热，他以7球与莱昂内尔·梅西并列射手榜榜首。这位皇家马德里前锋已在19次世界杯出场中打入19球，距梅西职业生涯20球的纪录仅差一球。

迪迪埃·德尚将率队回到波士顿训练基地，为周四在附近福克斯堡对阵摩洛哥的八强战做准备；摩洛哥队此前以3比0击败加拿大。

费城气温升至38摄氏度（100华氏度），当局发布恶劣天气警报，storms可能来袭。法国队此前在同一球场进行的小组赛曾因雷暴雨中断了两个小时，最终以3比0战胜伊拉克。

周六的比赛在美国独立250周年之际顺利进行，1776年《独立宣言》正是在费城签署。赛前球场节目包括伊迪娜·门泽尔演唱美国国歌、嘻哈组合The Roots的演出以及美国空军飞越表演。全市7月4日烟火将在当晚稍后举行，而法国队预期的进攻火力却在长时间里被遏制。

排名第41位的巴拉圭队在点球大战中淘汰德国后再度来访，力图再创冷门。他们排出五后卫阵型，防线后撤，并时而采取强硬粗野的踢法，被批评为南美球队典型的小动作伎俩。

当姆巴佩与安德烈斯·库巴斯发生推搡时，沮丧情绪显露无遗。 shortly afterward, Matias Galarza appeared to strike at the France captain away from the ball.

Despite controlling the game, France struggled to create clear chances and were limited largely to efforts from distance. Manu Kone saw one first-half shot deflect narrowly wide and another pushed over the bar by Orlando Gill soon after the interval.

Paraguay’s plan to irritate and contain France was working, but those tactics could only hold for so long. With Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembele finding little space, Deschamps replaced Bradley Barcola with Doue on the left wing just after the hour.

The change paid off quickly. Doue drove at a packed Paraguay defence and went to ground under contact from Diego Gomez. The Uzbek match official awarded a penalty following a video review. Dembele shielded the ball at the spot as Paraguay players crowded around before Mbappe calmly converted.

Having advanced via penalties in the previous round, Paraguay this time fell to a single spot kick.

It was not France’s finest performance, yet Mbappe nearly added a second in added time as the defending champions moved one step closer to their title ambitions. At the same stage in 1998, France needed a golden goal to eliminate Paraguay before going on to lift the World Cup.