📝 2026 World Cup: overnight round-up

Every morning, OneFootball will bring you a full recap of the night at the World Cup. And as you’ll see, it was a busy night!

Must-see moments from the night

This was obviously one of the biggest stories of the night: Turkey and Haiti are the first two teams officially eliminated from this World Cup. For the Turks, this failure feels like a complete fiasco after two totally disastrous matches!

In more bad news, Brazil lost one of its stars during its win over Haiti. Raphinha was forced off just before half-time due to another thigh injury.

And while Carlo Ancelotti has announced Neymar’s return for the decisive match against Scotland, Brazil is still worried about the Barça star.

Finally, Miguel Almiron made history by becoming the first player to receive a red card under the new "Prestianni" rule.

📸 Dan Mullan - 2026 Getty Images

The night's results

USA 2-0 Australia. Click here to read the match recap!

Scotland 0-1 Morocco. Click here to read the match recap!

Brazil 3-0 Haiti. Click here to read the match recap!

Turkey 0-1 Paraguay. Click here to read the match recap!

The standings

Group C: 

1) Brazil - 4 pts (+3)

2) Morocco - 4 pts (+1)

3) Scotland - 3 pts (+0)

4) Haiti - 0 pts (-4)

Group D:

1) USA - 6 pts (+5)

2) Australia - 3 pts (+0)

3) Paraguay - 3 pts (-2)

4) Turkey - 0 pts (-3)

The 3 players who shone

It was a night for players who shoot faster than their shadow! Ismael Saibari got things started perfectly by becoming the fastest scorer of this World Cup, finding the net after just 71 seconds against Scotland.

But Matias Galarza had other ideas and came along to snatch the Moroccan’s record just a few hours later. Paraguay’s hero, the midfielder hit the Turkish net after only 64 seconds!

Finally, the last standout player of the night was none other than Vinicius Jr, who scored and also provided an assist for one of Matheus Cunha’s two goals. Brazil’s number 7 is living up to his status and carrying the team on his shoulders in this early stage of the World Cup.

📸 Stu Forster - 2026 Getty Images

Today’s schedule and the upcoming night

19:00: Netherlands vs Sweden (beIN Sports 1/M6)

22:00: Germany vs Ivory Coast (beIN Sports 1/M6)

02:00: Ecuador vs Curaçao (beIN Sports 1)

06:00: Tunisia vs Japan (beIN Sports 1)

The player to watch

Already unstoppable against Ecuador, Yan Diomandé now has the chance to do something special. If they beat Germany, Ivory Coast could reach the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time in their history.

There is no doubt that the Elephants’ brightest talent will have a starring role to play in what promises to be an explosive clash.

📸 MAURO PIMENTEL - AFP or licensors

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