Though France's "Les Bleus" won their group stage fixture against Iraq in commanding fashion on Monday, the two sides were forced to stop play for nearly two hours due to a thunderstorm hitting the venue they were playing at in Philadelphia. What happened, and why was play stopped? FRANCE 24 exp...
Source: [France24](https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260623-world-cup-2026-france-iraq-match-disrupted-amid-thunderstorm)