📝 2026 World Cup: the overnight round-up | OneFootball

Every morning, OneFootball will bring you a full recap of the night at the World Cup. Here’s the first one!

The night’s must-see

Only one match took place last night. South Korea beat the Czech Republic 2-1 after conceding the opener on the hour mark.

Three second-half goals, a first dramatic comeback scenario, but above all a first standout individual performance!

With an assist and the opening goal, Hwang In-Beom was logically named MVP of the match.

The South Korean Feyenoord midfielder thus delivered the first masterclass of this World Cup and goes top of the tournament’s scoring charts (goal + assist).

The result of the night

South Korea 2-1 Czech Republic. Click here to read the match recap!

The standings

Group A: 

1) Mexico - 3 pts (+2)

2) South Korea - 3 pts (+1)

3) Czech Republic - 0 pts (-1)

4) South Africa - 0 pts (-2)

The 3 players who stood out

In addition to Hwang In-Beom, whom we mentioned earlier, PSG star Lee Kang-in also turned in a very strong performance. The number 19 caused havoc in the Czech defense throughout the match!

We should also highlight the excellent game from South Korean goalkeeper Seung-Gyu Kim, who made two fantastic saves late on.

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Today’s schedule and the upcoming night

9pm: Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group B)

3am: USA vs Paraguay (Group D)

The player to watch

The most anticipated of the host nations, the United States begin their World Cup against Paraguay in Los Angeles in the night from Friday to Saturday.

Superstar Christian Pulisic is already under the spotlight!

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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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