World Cup favourites France book their quarter-final place thanks to Kylian Mbappe’s second-half penalty against a stubborn Paraguay side in Philadelphia.
Thousands of people stood in security lines for hours in severe heat to reach the National Mall, only to be ordered to leave as events were set to start. Some refused.
On this occasion, France kept the champagne football on ice. Which was probably just as well, given the temperature. As Philadelphia broiled in an independence day heatwave, the World Cup favourites were