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·21 June 2026

📝 World Cup 2026: overnight round-up

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As every morning, here is the overnight roundup from the World Cup!

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The night's must-see moment

We may already have THE save of the start of this World Cup.


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Despite Tunisia’s 4-0 collapse against JapanTunisia goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen produced what is, for now, the reflex save of this World Cup.

A ball that stays out by a matter of millimeters, full stretch on the ground: honestly, it’s perfect!

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The night's results


The standings

Group E:

1) Germany - 6 points (+7)

2) Ivory Coast - 3 points (0)

3) Ecuador - 1 point (-1)

4) Curaçao - 1 point (-6)

Group F: 

1) Netherlands - 4 points (+4)

2) Japan - 4 points (+4)

3) Sweden - 3 points (0)

4) Tunisia - 0 points (-8)


The 3 players who stood out

The monster performance of the night was obviously from Curaçao’s 37-year-old goalkeeper Eloy Room, who made 15 saves against Ecuador! 

He was the hero as Curaçao picked up its first-ever World Cup point!

For Japan, a shoutout as well to Ayase Ueda and Junya Ito, who scored a brace and a goal respectively against Tunisia.

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Today's schedule and the upcoming night

18:00: Spain vs Saudi Arabia (Group H)

21:00: Belgium vs Iran (Group G)

00:00: Uruguay vs Cape Verde (Group H)

03:00: New Zealand vs Egypt (Group G)


The player to watch

Spain must put behind its unbelievable opening 0-0 draw against Cape Verde this Sunday against Saudi Arabia.

And Lamine Yamal is expected to start! It would be the very first World Cup match started by the FC Barcelona wonderkid!

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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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