New Delhi, July 5 -- It was a fight - literally and figuratively. Paraguay deployed a mixture of determination and the dark arts to keep favourites France at bay until a moment of magic from Desire Doue earned them the penalty that Kylian Mbappe converted with ease.

The final 1-0 scoreline was largely due to Paraguay and might offer other teams an idea of how to stop the juggernaut that is France. But then, there was perhaps some learning for this French team too on a day that, at 38 degrees Celsius, was the hottest ever for a FIFA World Cup match.

Paraguay are comfortable without the ball (way more than other teams) - with an average of just 28% possession in their first four games, they had the second-lowest possession stat in the tou...