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Group A MD2 Upcoming
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇰🇷 South Korea

Azteca Roars Again — El Tri Can't Afford to Blink

Mexico are playing a World Cup they helped build, in a stadium that holds 87,000 screaming souls, and they cannot afford to lose. South Korea are arriving with one of football's greatest ever players in what feels like his final real shot at glory.

8.7 / 10 Must-watch
Thu, Jun 18 · 20:00
Group A MD2 Upcoming
🇨🇿 Czechia
🇿🇦 South Africa

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8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Thu, Jun 18 · 21:30
Group D MD2 Upcoming
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇵🇱 Poland

Kings vs. a Legend's Last Dance

Argentina are the team every group fears, and Poland have a striker who has spent his entire career proving he belongs on the biggest stages. June 19th in Atlanta is the kind of game that produces memories you describe to your grandchildren.

9.2 / 10 Must-watch
Fri, Jun 19 · 21:00
Group E MD2 Upcoming
🇪🇸 Spain
🇯🇵 Japan

Teenagers vs Tradition: Miami's Summer Blockbuster

Spain have a 18-year-old winger who makes defenders look like they're playing in flip-flops, and Japan are the team who knocked out Germany and Spain at the last World Cup. Yes, that Spain.

9.2 / 10 Must-watch
Sat, Jun 20 · 13:00
Group H MD2 Upcoming
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇨🇭 Switzerland

Brazil's Hunger Meets Switzerland's Stubborn Magic

Brazil haven't won the World Cup since 2002 and every match feels like a therapy session for an entire continent. Switzerland, meanwhile, are the team that knocked out France in 2021 and have absolutely no interest in reading the script you wrote for them.

8.7 / 10 Must-watch
Sat, Jun 20 · 16:00
Group G MD2 Upcoming
🇫🇷 France
🇺🇾 Uruguay

Mbappé vs La Celeste: The World Holds Its Breath

France have the most frightening forward line at this World Cup, and Uruguay absolutely do not care. This is the kind of match that produces legends — and broken hearts.

9.2 / 10 Must-watch
Sat, Jun 20 · 19:00
Group K MD2 Upcoming
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇩🇰 Denmark

Oranje vs Dynamite: Atlanta Could Ignite

The Netherlands haven't won a World Cup despite producing some of football's most beautiful teams ever, and Sunday in Atlanta they face a Denmark side powered by one of sport's most extraordinary comeback stories. This is the game the Group K draw was always going to hinge on.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Sun, Jun 21 · 13:00
Group J MD2 Upcoming
🇩🇪 Germany
🇩🇿 Algeria

Two Worlds Collide Under the New Jersey Sky

Germany are back, dangerous, and desperate to prove they belong at the top table again. Algeria have beaten bigger names and will not be coming to MetLife to make up the numbers.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Sun, Jun 21 · 16:00
Group I MD2 Upcoming
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast

Ronaldo's Last Dance Meets Africa's Roaring Elephants

Cristiano Ronaldo, almost certainly playing in his final World Cup, faces an Ivory Coast side that has already survived the impossible once before. This is the kind of game that makes football fans out of people who claim they don't watch football.

8.7 / 10 Must-watch
Sun, Jun 21 · 19:00
Group L MD2 Upcoming
🇮🇹 Italy
🇹🇷 Turkey

Old Blood, New Fire: Italy Must Answer Turkey

Italy haven't won a World Cup game in nearly a decade and need this badly. Turkey have a 20-year-old Real Madrid prodigy who might just be the most exciting player at the whole tournament.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Sun, Jun 21 · 21:00
Group A MD1 Full time
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇿🇦 South Africa
2
0

Azteca Roars Again as El Tri Draw First Blood

Mexico opened their home World Cup with a 2-0 win over South Africa at the legendary Azteca, and Santiago Giménez gave 87,000 fans exactly the night they'd been dreaming about for years. If you've never watched football, this is what it sounds like when an entire city exhales at once.

7.8 / 10 Big one
Thu, Jun 11 · 19:00
Group C MD1 Full time
🇺🇸 USA
🏴 Wales
2
1

Home Soil, Real Pressure, Golden Generation Delivers

The USA just beat Wales in their opening World Cup match on home soil — Christian Pulisic and company gave a nation something to actually believe in. Wales made them sweat every second of it, which is exactly what you'd expect from a country that treats football like a religion.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Thu, Jun 11 · 20:00
Group B MD1 Full time
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
1
1

Legends Stall, Falcons Refuse to Fold

Belgium's ageing superstars, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku included, couldn't find a way past a Saudi side that simply refused to be bullied at a rainy BC Place. A 1-1 draw sounds flat on paper, but it felt like a warning shot heard all the way from Vancouver to Brussels.

7.4 / 10 Big one
Fri, Jun 12 · 13:00
Group A MD1 Full time
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇨🇿 Czechia
2
1

Son's Farewell Tour Starts With A Bang

Thirty-four-year-old Son Heung-min may never play another World Cup, and he spent his probable last opening game reminding everyone exactly why Korea still believes in miracles. Czechia fought back to 1-1 and nearly stole it, before Korea broke their hearts in a Guadalajara evening that felt cinematic from the first whistle.

7.8 / 10 Big one
Fri, Jun 12 · 16:00
Group B MD1 Full time
🇨🇦 Canada
🇲🇦 Morocco
0
2

Atlas Lions Silence a Nation's Dream Night

Canada threw a World Cup party on home soil and Morocco promptly turned the lights off. The Atlas Lions, Africa's most feared side, showed exactly why they don't do sentiment.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Fri, Jun 12 · 19:00
Group F MD1 Full time
🏴 England
🇪🇬 Egypt
2
0

England Finally Show Up When It Matters

England beat Egypt 2-0 at MetLife Stadium in a match that felt less like a Group F opener and more like a statement of intent from a team that's been promising greatness for years. On the other side, Mohamed Salah — one of the finest players alive — needed a miracle and instead got a reminder that time is running out.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Sat, Jun 13 · 13:00
Group L MD1 Full time
🏴 England
🇬🇭 Ghana
2
1

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8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Sat, Jun 13 · 13:00
Group C MD1 Full time
🇮🇷 Iran
🇸🇳 Senegal
0
1

Senegal Silence Seattle, Iran's Dream Deferred

Senegal's Lions of Teranga arrived in Seattle and quietly broke Iranian hearts with a 1-0 win that was more controlled than the scoreline suggests. For Team Melli, Asia's most passionate football nation, the dream of a first-ever World Cup knockout stage just got significantly harder.

7.8 / 10 Big one
Sat, Jun 13 · 16:00
Group F MD1 Full time
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇵🇦 Panama
3
1

Modrić's Last Dance Leaves Panama Breathless

An ageing Croatian maestro turned back the clock in Philadelphia, pulling strings like it was 2018 all over again. Panama believed they belonged — and for one glorious half-hour, they almost proved it.

7.8 / 10 Big one
Sat, Jun 13 · 19:00
Group D MD1 Full time
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇦🇺 Australia
3
0

Champions Remind Everyone Why They're Champions

Argentina, the team Lionel Messi built into world champions, showed up in Atlanta and made it look cruelly easy against a gutsy Australia side. Three goals, zero reply, and a statement that echoes all the way to the final.

7.8 / 10 Big one
Sat, Jun 13 · 21:00
Group E MD1 Full time
🇯🇵 Japan
🇳🇴 Norway
1
1

Haaland Held, Kubo Dazzles, Nobody Blinks

Erling Haaland finally got his World Cup moment, but Japan's electric wingers refused to let Norway run away with it. A 1-1 draw at Levi's Stadium that somehow felt like both teams won and lost at the same time.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Sun, Jun 14 · 13:00
Group D MD1 Full time
🇵🇱 Poland
🇳🇬 Nigeria
1
2

Super Eagles Clip Lewandowski's Wings in Boston

Robert Lewandowski, one of football's greatest ever strikers, came to Boston desperate for a World Cup to define his legacy — and Nigeria's Super Eagles had absolutely no interest in being sentimental about it. Two goals, three points, and a statement that African football is here to be feared.

8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Sun, Jun 14 · 16:00
Group E MD1 Full time
🇪🇸 Spain
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
4
0

Yamal's Spain Devour Costa Rica in Miami Heat

Spain's 18-year-old superstar Lamine Yamal turned a Miami afternoon into his personal highlight reel, dismantling Costa Rica so completely that even neutral fans were left shaking their heads and smiling. If you've ever wanted to watch football look genuinely, ridiculously fun, this was the match.

7.2 / 10 Big one
Sun, Jun 14 · 19:00
Group H MD1 Full time
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇨🇲 Cameroon
2
0

Brazil's Long Wait Inches Closer to Six

Brazil finally look like themselves again — slick, ruthless, inevitable. Cameroon fought with everything they had, but the Seleção's quality was simply on another level in Kansas City.

7.8 / 10 Big one
Mon, Jun 15 · 13:00
Group G MD1 Full time
🇺🇾 Uruguay
🇶🇦 Qatar
1
0

Valverde's Uruguay grind out gritty opener

Uruguay, a tiny country that invented what winning a World Cup even means, squeezed past Asian champions Qatar 1-0 in Dallas on Sunday. It was scrappy, tense, and completely them.

6.8 / 10 Big one
Mon, Jun 15 · 16:00
Group L MD1 Full time
🇮🇹 Italy
🇵🇾 Paraguay
1
0

Italy Grinds Out the Win, Barely Breaking Sweat

Italy were supposed to be reborn at this World Cup, and against stubborn Paraguay they just about proved it — one ugly, beautiful 1-0 win at a time. If you've ever watched a team defend a lead like their life depended on it, this was the masterclass.

7.2 / 10 Big one
Mon, Jun 15 · 19:00
Group G MD1 Full time
🇫🇷 France
🇨🇩 DR Congo
2
0

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8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Mon, Jun 15 · 21:00
Group G MD1 Full time
🇫🇷 France
🇬🇭 Ghana
2
1

Mbappé's France survive Ghana's Houston heartbeat

France were supposed to cruise. Ghana had other ideas — and for long, delicious stretches of a sweaty Houston afternoon, they were absolutely right. This was a 2-1 scoreline that felt far smaller than the story it contained.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Mon, Jun 15 · 21:00
Group I MD1 Full time
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
🇳🇿 New Zealand
1
0

Adingra's Brilliance Breaks Kiwi Hearts in Vancouver

Ivory Coast, a nation that once nearly lost its football soul, edged New Zealand's dreamers 1-0 in a match that had no business being as gripping as it was. The All Whites came agonisingly close to the World Cup win they've chased for 44 years, and honestly, they might haunt you a little.

7.8 / 10 Big one
Tue, Jun 16 · 13:00
Group H MD1 Full time
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇪🇨 Ecuador
1
1

A Point Each, But Nobody Feels Lucky

Switzerland and Ecuador played out a 1-1 draw at Lumen Field that felt more like a chess match than a football game — tense, clever, and absolutely loaded with consequence. If you like underdogs with something to prove, this was your fixture.

7.4 / 10 Big one
Tue, Jun 16 · 16:00
Group L MD1 Full time
🇹🇷 Turkey
🇨🇩 DR Congo
3
1

Güler's Generation Announces Itself to the World

Turkey's 22-year-old wonderkid Arda Güler and his equally gifted sidekick Kenan Yıldız dismantled a resilient DR Congo side 3-1 in a Group L opener that felt less like a first match and more like a coronation. If you've ever wanted to catch a superstar before the whole world catches up, your window just cracked open.

7.8 / 10 Big one
Tue, Jun 16 · 16:00
Group F MD1 Full time
🇹🇷 Turkey
🇪🇬 Egypt
2
1

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8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Tue, Jun 16 · 16:00
Group I MD1 Full time
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇷🇸 Serbia
2
2

Ronaldo's Last Stand Ends in Glorious Stalemate

Cristiano Ronaldo came to Los Angeles hunting World Cup glory one final time, and Serbia had the audacity to nearly steal the whole thing. Two goals apiece, a stadium of 70,000 in disbelief, and Group I suddenly wide open.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Tue, Jun 16 · 19:00
Group J MD1 Full time
🇩🇪 Germany
🇨🇴 Colombia
2
1

Musiala and Wirtz Torch Colombia in Jersey

Germany's two most exciting young players basically tag-teamed Colombia into submission on a humid New Jersey evening, and a legend named James Rodríguez spent 90 minutes trying — and nearly succeeding — to stop them. It finished 2-1, but it felt like a statement from a nation that spent eight years in the wilderness.

8.4 / 10 Must-watch
Tue, Jun 16 · 21:00
Group J MD1 Full time
🇩🇪 Germany
🇯🇲 Jamaica
2
0

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8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Tue, Jun 16 · 21:00
Group J MD1 Full time
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇮🇶 Iraq
1
0

Mahrez's Men Make Boston Bow Count

Algeria edged Iraq 1-0 at Gillette Stadium in a match that felt bigger than the scoreline suggested — two nations with huge footballing hearts and everything to prove on the grandest stage of all. One goal separated them, but the emotion? That was immeasurable.

7.2 / 10 Big one
Wed, Jun 17 · 13:00
Group K MD1 Full time
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
2
0

Eriksen's Wolves Devour Uzbekistan's World Cup Dream

Denmark welcomed Uzbekistan to their very first World Cup with a cool 2-0 win in the Miami heat — but the real story was a midfielder whose heart literally stopped in 2021 playing like he never missed a beat. Christian Eriksen is still doing things that shouldn't be possible.

6.8 / 10 Big one
Wed, Jun 17 · 13:00
Group K MD1 Full time
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇨🇴 Colombia
2
1

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8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Wed, Jun 17 · 16:00
Group K MD1 Full time
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇯🇲 Jamaica
3
1

Oranje Too Classy, But Jamaica Made Them Sweat

The Netherlands were supposed to cruise, and mostly they did — but Jamaica pulled it back to 1-1 before Oranje turned on the jets and reminded the world why they're genuinely scary this year. If you love watching technically brilliant football occasionally panic, this was the match for you.

7.2 / 10 Big one
Wed, Jun 17 · 16:00
Group C MD2 Full time
🇺🇸 USA
🇮🇷 Iran
1
1

Home Soil, Hollow Excuses, Everything On The Line

The USA and Iran have only met once at a World Cup and it broke hearts and made history simultaneously. On June 17th in Los Angeles, they do it all again — and this time, one of them might be going home.

9.4 / 10 Must-watch
Wed, Jun 17 · 20:00
Group L MD2 Full time
🏴 England
🇭🇷 Croatia
4
2

Eight Years Later, England Want Revenge

Eight years ago Croatia broke English hearts in a World Cup semi-final, and now they've been handed the same group at the same tournament. Football doesn't do coincidences — it does storylines.

9.4 / 10 Must-watch
Thu, Jun 18 · 16:00
Group K MD2 Full time
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇨🇴 Colombia
1
3

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8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Thu, Jun 18 · 16:00
Group L MD2 Full time
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇵🇦 Panama
1
0

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8.2 / 10 Must-watch
Thu, Jun 18 · 19:00