📝 2026 World Cup, overnight round-up

📝 2026 World Cup, overnight round-upEvery morning, OneFootball will bring you a full recap of the night at the World Cup. Let’s get into the summary of another eventful night!

The must-see moment of the nightThat’s it: all the opening matchdays have now been played!

>All 48 teams in this World Cup have now played one match, with the final two opening fixtures taking place overnight.

>A particularly lively Matchday 1, as shown by these standout stats:

24 matches played • >75 goals scored • >One hat-trick (Lionel Messi vs Algeria) • >Seven braces • >Three red cardsWhat a feast! Now it’s on to the second round of matches starting this Thursday afternoon!

The night’s results01:00: Ghana 1-0 Panama. Click here to read the match recap!

>04:00: Uzbekistan 1-3 Colombia. Click here to read the match recap!

The standingsGroup K

>1) Colombia - 3 pts (+2)

>2) Portugal - 1 pt (0)

>3) DR Congo - 1 pt (0)

>4) Uzbekistan - 0 pts (-2)

>Group L

>1) England - 3 pts (+2)

>2) Ghana - 3 pts (+1)

>3) Panama - 0 pts (-1)

>4) Croatia - 0 pts (-2)

The three players who stood outThe two stars of Ghana and Colombia lived up to their superstar status overnight.

>Antoine Semenyo, Ghana’s Manchester City forward, played a decisive role in Caleb Yirenkyi’s winning goal in the 90+1st minute against Panama, while Luis Díaz delivered a brilliant goal-and-assist performance to kick off the tournament in style!

>Our third MVP of the night is Ghana’s saviour: Caleb Yirenkyi! The 20-year-old midfielder earned Ghana three precious points against Panama.

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Today’s schedule and the upcoming night’s fixtures18:00: Czechia vs South Africa (Group A)

>21:00: Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group B)

>00:00: Canada vs Qatar (Group B)

>03:00: Mexico vs South Korea (Group A)

The player to watchAfter a very average opening match and facing criticism, Jonathan David needs to step up and get on the scoresheet tonight against Qatar.

>The Canadian superstar and his team take on Qatar in a hugely decisive second matchday in Group B, where all four teams have... one point.

>It's David time !

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>This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.