📝 2026 World Cup: overnight round-up | OneFootball

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·23 June 2026

📝 2026 World Cup: overnight round-up

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The recap of a night... unlike any other.

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The night's must-see

The big story of the night was, of course, the long interruption during the match between France and Iraq in Philadelphia because of thunderstorms.


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Coming at half-time, the now-famous lightning protocol lasted more than two hours in total.

Two hours and twelve minutes of stoppage, to be exact. The longest half-time break in World Cup history?

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The night's results


The standings

Group I: 

1) France - 6 points (+5)

2) Norway - 6 points (+4)

3) Senegal - 0 points (-3)

4) Iraq - 0 points (-6)

Group J: 

1) Argentina - 6 points (+5)

2) Austria - 3 points (0)

3) Algeria - 3 points (-2)

4) Jordan - 0 points (-3)


The 3 players who stood out

With another brace, Kylian Mbappé made a huge impact against Iraq. Just like Ousmane Dembélé, who finally got on the scoresheet for Les Bleus!

But the standout performance of the night goes to Erling Haaland, who scored twice in the heavyweight clash against Senegal to send Norway through to the next round of the competition!

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Today's schedule and the upcoming night

19:00: Portugal vs Uzbekistan (Group K)

22:00: England vs Ghana (Group L)

01:00: Panama vs Croatia (Group L)

04:00: Colombia vs DR Congo (Group K)


The player to watch

Under heavy criticism since Portugal's opening match against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1-1), Cristiano Ronaldo will be under pressure this Tuesday.

Another underwhelming performance from him and the crisis could drag on...

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


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