Fateful 8ths. final for Mexicans, Brazilians, Paraguayans, Colombians, Canadians and Americans.
The cold numbers don’t lie. The Eighth phase of the FIFA World Cup 2026 It ended up being fatal for almost all the teams on our continent, except Argentina.
This is how the results of the 8th round were. which offered reserved prediction matches where the countries that lost went home eliminated. And the winning nations advanced to the Quarterfinal stage en route to the title of the highest football tournament.
– Tuesday, July 7, 2026:
12 m Argentina 3 – Egypt 2
Goals: Cristian Romero 79′, Lionel Messi 83′, Enzo Fernández 93′ / Yasser Ibrahim 15′, Mostafa Zico 67′
(Atlanta Stadium)
4 pm ET Switzerland 0 – Colombia 0 (Switzerland wins on penalties 4-3)
– Penalty kick shootout:
SUI: Xhaka (Noted), Amdouni (Noted), Akanji (Error), Itten (Noted), Vargas (Noted)
COL: Quintero (Scored), Sánchez (Error), Campaz (Scored), Hernández (Saved), Díaz (Scored)
(BC Place Vancouver Stadium)
– Monday, July 6, 2026:
3 pm ET Portugal 0 – Spain 1
Goal: Mikel Merino 91′
(Dallas Stadium)
8 pm ET United States 1 – Belgium 4
Goals: Malik Tillman 31′ / Charles De Ketelaere 9′, 33′; Hans Vanaken 57′, Romelu Lukaku 93′
(Seattle Stadium)
– Sunday, July 5, 2026:
4 pm ET Brazil 1 – Norway 2
Goals: Neymar 100′ (Penalty) – Erling Haaland 79′, 90′
(New York New Jersey Stadium)
8 pm ET Mexico 2 – England 3
Goals: Julián Quiñones 42′, Raúl Jiménez 69′ (Penalty) – Jude Bellingham 36′, 38′, Harry Kane 60′ (Penalty)
(Mexico City Stadium)
– Saturday, July 4, 2026:
1 pm ET Canada 0 – Morocco 3
Goals: Azzedine Ounahi 50′, 82′; Soufiane Rahimi 98′
(Houston Stadium)
5 pm ET Paraguay 0 – France 1
Goal: Kylian Mbappé 70′ (Penalty)
(Philadelphia Stadium)
Goals and emotions
The pairings for the round of 16 phase of the World Cup 2026 They were defined with the rival that the Swiss team was waiting for after the definition of the last match of the round of 32, it is Colombia that won 1-0 against Ghana.
The round of 8, the second direct elimination of this World Cup, began on Saturday, July 4 with the matches Canada vs. Morocco (0-3) and Paraguay vs. France (1-0).
The Canadian co-hosts came into the game after eliminating South Africa 1-0, while the Moroccans defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shootout (3-2).
In another series, The Paraguayans achieved the feat of eliminating Germany through penalty kicks (4-3).
And the unstoppable France team moved on after beating Sweden without major problems (3-0).
Meanwhile, in a hot 8th pairing. the squad of Brazil faced Norway (1-2) at the New York/New Jersey headquarters on Sunday, July 5, the same date for the expected clash between Mexico vs. England (23) in Mexico City.
Before the Brazilians eliminated Japan in the round of 32 (2-1) and the Norwegians surprised by dispatching Ivory Coast 2-1.
In the other series, the co-hosts Mexicans overcame Ecuador (2-0) while the English left out the DR Congo (2-1).
On his part, in another key of 8ths. Spain faces Portugal in Dallas on Monday, July 6, and United States vs. Belgium They play the same day in the city of Seattle.
The Spanish agree after beating Austria 3-0 and on the other hand, The Portuguese advanced, controversially defeating Croatia (2-1).
Previously, in their other round of 32 series, co-hosts Americans beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 playing with ten men, while Belgium continued in the race after spectacularly coming back against Senegal (3-2) in the last breath of extra time.
Finally, the action of this 8th stage. of the World Cup tournament ends on Tuesday, July 7 with the clashes Argentina vs. Egypt and Switzerland vs. Colombia.
Before, the Argentines sweated too much to defeat a proud Cape Verde in the round of 32 (3-2 in extra time), and the Egyptians resorted to the penalty shootout to defeat Australia (4-2).
