🥐☕️FC breakfast: World Cup day, van Dijk's new look, Neymar Street | OneFootball

World Cup opener: advantage host nation! 🏅

On this opening day of the 2026 World Cup (Mexico – South Africa, 9pm), let’s take a look at the history of opening matches in the competition. To date, Qatar remains the only host nation to have lost its first match.

A referee like no other 💎

Barred from entering the United States to officiate at the World Cup, Somali referee Omar Artan was welcomed as a hero in his home country. Chills…

A few hours later, FIFA president Gianni Infantino broke his silence to address the case of the Somali referee.

Van Dijk’s new look ✂️

Dutch captain Virgil van Dijk is sporting a new hairstyle for the World Cup.

Neymar Street 🎨

In Novo Hamburgo (Rio Grande do Sul), Brazilian artists have dedicated a nearly 200-meter mural to Neymar.

A masterpiece on asphalt to fire up the Seleção’s all-time top scorer as he prepares to play in his final World Cup.

TV schedule 📺

9:00pm: Mexico - South Africa (beIN SPORTS 1/M6)

4:00am: South Korea - Czech Republic (beIN SPORTS 1)

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

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