France booked their place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Paraguay, but much of the post-match attention focused on Paraguay’s attitude rather than the result.After impressing fans by eliminating Germany on penalties in the previous round, Paraguay faced criticism for their aggressive tactics in a heated and lopsided match in Philadelphia. Speaking to BBC One, Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart didn’t hold back, saying: “The Paraguayan players are an absolute disgrace.Several incidents involving Paraguayan players went unpunished, including challenges to Adrien Rabiot and: Kylian Mbappewhile France players received many yellow cards. Former England defender Micah Richards said: “It’s a shame to see. Paraguay is better than that. Defensively they are very good and they don’t need to get into this nonsense. “The decisive moment of the game came 20 minutes from time when Desire Doue was brought down in the box. After reviewing the incident on the monitor, referee Ilgiz Tantashev gave France a penalty.Paraguay’s players protested loudly and tried to delay the spot-kick, with Gustavo Velazquez even trying to foul the penalty spot before Mbappe converted to score his seventh goal of the tournament, drawing Lionel Messi in the Golden Boot race.France coach Didier Deschamps later revealed. “There were some insults from the other bank that we could have done without.”The tension continued after the final whistle as the players clashed again. Former Scotland winger Pat Nevin summed up Paraguay’s approach by saying: “Paraguay tried to shut down the French players, little shoves and nudges but not enough to get a yellow card. Every black art you can use.”France will now face Morocco in the quarter-finals.