Saliba reaches World Cup quarter-final with France

William Saliba was the first of our international players to make it through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup as France won 1-0 against Paraguay on Saturday. He played 90 minutes of a hard-fought victory, keeping a clean sheet to ensure Kylian Mbappe’s 70th-minute penalty was enough to separate the two sides. Saliba also recorded a pass accuracy of 95%, made 11 defensive contributions and completed five recoveries. His nation have only conceded two goals in the tournament so far. In the quarter-final, France will take on Morocco at 9pm UK time on Thursday, July 9 in Boston Stadium. OUR GUNNERS IN THE LAST 16 AND QUARTER-FINALS all times UK Sunday, July 5  Brazil (Martinelli, Gabriel) v Norway (Odegaard)  New Jersey | 9pm Monday, July 6  Mexico v England (Saka, Rice, Madueke, Eze)  Mexico City | 1am Portugal v Spain (Merino, Zubimendi, Raya)  Dallas | 8pm Tuesday, July 7  USA v Belgium (Trossard)  Seattle | 1am Thursday, July 9  France (Saliba) v Morocco  Boston | 9pm Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.