Kylian Mbappe and his France teammates celebrate after their win over Paraguay at the World Cup on Saturday Credit: MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP

Tournament favourites France will go into their World Cup quarter-final against Morocco with their confidence further bolstered by the manner in which they saw off Paraguay on Saturday, as Didier Deschamps’ team showed they are happy to “get their hands dirty” as well as play brilliant football.

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