The blue and white French freight train is rolling full steam ahead to the 2026 FIFA World Cup final. Next up on the tracks for France is Paraguay and one of the most organized defensive setups in the tournament.

You don’t need to know a thing about France, or tactics or formations, to fall under the spell of the team’s sorcery with a ball, or to see its potential for world dominion, or just to love how its players flip their sweat-soaked hair.

It was a striking image, the picture that best captured France’s World Cup campaign to this point. Not the one that caught Michael Olise in full flight as he executed a perfect bicycle kick that only sprang ungratefully off a Swedish post.

The World Cup knockout stage is delivering late goals, major upsets and nerve-wracking penalty shootouts. Reuters Pitchside breaks down the USA’s dramatic win with 10 men after Folarin Balogun’s costly red card,

Colombia have won their World Cup group and head into the knockout stage dreaming of a deep run, one that may have been sparked by a humbling defeat to France just months earlier.

We asked you which players you have watched at the World Cup that you think would be a great fit at Manchester City. Here are some of your comments: Samuel: I think most fans would say Ayyoub Bouaddi.