France Find a Way

ESPN FC

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Sports, Soccer

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The FC crew look back at France's gritty 1-0 win over a determined Paraguay team through a Kylian Mbappé penalty. Plus, Morocco puts on a 2nd half show and knocks out host country Canada with a 3-0 win, we look ahead to the France vs Morocco quarterfinal. And, Mark Ogden & Jon Sutcliffe join the show to preview the Mexico vs England match tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fourth of July in New York, we're waiting for fireworks here.
0:09.0	We went for fireworks today.
0:11.0	There weren't really many in the two matches.
0:14.0	However, it is France and Morocco who advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
0:19.0	Welcome in to the ESPNFC Studios. I'm Dan Thomas joined
0:22.5	by Craig Burley, Jermaine Jones, Anna relieved and quite angry Frank LeBurf considering France made
0:28.9	it through to the final eight. Later on, Mark Ogden and John Sutcliffe will be here as we're
0:33.2	looking ahead to two cracking ties tomorrow as Mexico take on England and it's Brazil against
0:38.7	Norway but we'll kick things off with the game that finished earlier.
0:42.0	France taking on who were they playing?
0:45.0	Paraguay.
0:46.0	I completely forgot.
0:48.0	You want to forget it.
0:50.0	It was horrible as a spectacle.
0:52.0	France make it through a Killingen-en-en-Bappe penalty with 20 minutes ago proved to be for that. It was horrible as a spectacle. France make it through a Killingenbapé penalty with 20 minutes ago, proved to be the difference.
0:59.0	Frank, relief, is that the right word?
1:02.0	Yeah, I would say relief, but upset as you're right to say that because I think it takes two to tango.
1:08.0	Yes, France didn't have maybe the best game, but it's impossible to play against the team like that.
1:11.7	They refuse to play.
1:14.3	Every actions, every decision from the referee will be like 30 years ago with many, many teams in South America, let's say, where you have to complain, you have to discuss, you have to not be okay with any decision.
1:28.7	I'm fed up with that football.
1:30.3	You know, really, especially when we took Cape Verde,
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