France's liquid attack can break down defensive Paraguay, says Bradley Barcola

[p]Les Bleus have been impressive so far, winning all four matches, ‌scoring 13 goals and conceding two. Captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Kylian ‌Mbappe[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Ousmane Dembele[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barcola-bradley/lhGD3RgS/"]Barcola[/a] have netted 12 ​of them.[/p][p]"[b]I enjoy immensely playing like that[/b]," Barcola told a ​press conference. "[b]We pass, attack and defend together. These are great players and that ⁠is why it ​works so well. It is a joy to play together[/b]."[/p][image alt="Win probability" id="2172f87e-5aba-4526-ae89-85a173352f50" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="ac44c709-b1ff-4cd4-bcde-715522b674e4" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]They eased into the last 16 with a confidence-boosting ‌3-0 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/OQyqbHWB/"]Sweden[/a] on Tuesday, while the South Americans stunned four-times champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a] 4-3 on penalties.[/p][p]"[b]We know it will be complicated[/b]," Barcola said of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paraguay/YaNlqp6j/"]Paraguay[/a]'s deep defending. "[b]We have to find alternatives and we will do that. I hope it keeps working well for us ‌until the end[/b]."[/p][p]Temperatures [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/france-QkGeVG1n/paraguay-YaNlqp6j/?mid=M5YPKKbB"]on Saturday ​in Philadelphia[/a] are expected to top ‌36 degrees Celsius but Barcola said that while it would drain them a bit more, the team had got used to the warm weather ⁠during the ⁠weeks-long tournament in ‌North America.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]