PHILADELPHIA (AP):Kylian Mbappé scored his 19th career World Cup goal, and France survived stifling heat to beat Paraguay 1-0 yesterday, sending Les Bleus into the quarterfinals for the fourth straight time.France advanced to play Morocco on Thursday in Foxborough, Massachusetts.With an extreme heat warning in effect throughout the match as temperatures hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), Mbappé finally broke through against a physical, defensive-minded Paraguay side when he converted a penalty kick in the 70th minute.

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