World Cup Round of 16 Kicks Off with Canada-Morocco and France-Paraguay, in Photos
France and Morocco advanced to the quarterfinals, while Opta gave Morocco a 67.01% chance of winning before kickoff.
- The World Cup's round of 16 began Saturday with Canada facing Morocco in Houston at 10 a.m. PDT and France playing Paraguay in Philadelphia at 2 p.m. PDT, both televised by Fox and Telemundo.
- Canada reached the knockout stage for the first time by defeating South Africa, while Morocco advanced past the Netherlands, France beat Sweden, and Paraguay overcame Germany in penalty shootouts.
- The Opta supercomputer forecasts favored the favorites, giving Morocco a 67.01% chance against Canada and France an 86.62% probability of eliminating Paraguay based on 10,000 pre-match simulations.
- Los Angeles organizers hosted free watch parties at Grand Central Market and Galaxy Park, limiting attendance to 1,000 people per site while prohibiting alcohol consumption.
- Winners of Saturday's contests will advance to a quarterfinal match this Thursday in Foxborough, where the two advancing teams will compete to continue their tournament run.
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France has also taken the hurdle Paraguay and moved into the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Kylian Mbappe hit the 70th minute penalty on Saturday at the 1-0 (0:0) in Philadelphia. For the French captain it was his seventh goal at this World Cup. Before that Morocco had also made the jump into the round of the best eight with a 3-0 (0:0) against Canada. France and Morocco meet there on July 9 in Boston. The French had to fight with the German c…
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Mbappé leads France past Paraguay, Morocco tops Canada as World Cup Round of 16 kicks off, in photos
The race for the World Cup quarterfinals is on, and Morocco became the first to qualify with a 3-0 win over Canada in Houston. Kylian Mbappé then led France past Paraguay 1-0 in Philadelphia to cap the opening day of…
The eighth finals start on Saturday, July 4th at the 2026 World Cup with two matches where we will have already decided the first quarter-final duel of the World Cup. The beautiful football afternoon began in Houston with a match between Canada and Morocco. This Saturday of World Cup will end in Philadelphia with Paraguay – France. How Canada has remained – Morocco Morocco continues to dream of the World Cup after eliminating one of the hosts, C…
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A penalty transformed by Mbappé gives the pass to the French and quotes them with Morocco Morocco imposes its stick and is already in rooms (0-3)
World Cup Round of 16 Begins With Canada-Morocco, France-Paraguay Matches
The World Cup’s round of 16 begins Saturday with Canada facing Morocco and France playing Paraguay, with free watch parties being held at multiple locations in Los Angeles County. Saturday’s play will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time with the Canada-Morocco match in Houston. Canada reached the round of 16 for the first time in its three World Cup appearances with a 1-0 victory over South Africa last Sunday at SoFi Stadium. The Atlas Lions …
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