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2026 World Cup: overnight round-up
Every morning, OneFootball will bring you a full recap of the night at the World Cup. Here’s the one for the night from Sunday June 14 to Monday June 15!
The must-see moment of the night
The first African win of this World Cup goes to... Ivory Coast! After South Africa’s defeat in the opening match and Morocco’s draw against Brazil, it was third time lucky for the continent.
Despite a difficult game against an Ecuador side unbeaten in 19 matches, the Ivorians relied on a 90th-minute goal from Amad Diallo to snatch the win.
The Elephants are already closing in on the first knockout stage appearance in their World Cup history!
The result of the night
Ivory Coast 1 - 0 Ecuador. Click here to read the match recap!
Sweden 5 - 1 Tunisia. Click here to read the match recap!
The standings
Group E:
1) Germany - 3 pts (+6)
2) Ivory Coast - 3 pts (+1)
3) Ecuador - 0 pts (-1)
4) Curaçao - 0 pts (-6)
Group F:
1) Sweden - 3 pts (+4)
2) Japan - 1 pt (+0)
3) Netherlands - 1 pt (+0)
4) Tunisia - 0 pts (-4)
The 3 players who stood out
While he is already attracting the interest of some of the biggest clubs in the world like PSG and Liverpool, Yan Diomandé delivered his first big statement on the most prestigious stage possible. Unstoppable down the right flank, the 19-year-old wonderkid caused Ecuador all sorts of problems and was named man of the match.
For their part, Sweden leaned on their Premier League players, especially Alexander Isak and Yasin Ayari. The latter simply grabbed a brace to open and close the scoring, while the Liverpool striker seems to have his legs fully back.
After a season disrupted by injuries, Alexander Isak delivered a top-class display marked by one goal and two assists, one for Viktor Gyökeres, Sweden’s other star scorer.
Image of the night
After their heroic draw against the Netherlands, Japan’s supporters made sure to celebrate at the iconic Shibuya crossing... but without disrupting traffic.
They waited for the light to turn red before gathering in the middle of the crosswalk to celebrate the result, then moved aside once it turned green again.
Today’s and tonight’s schedule
18:00: Spain vs Cape Verde (Group H)
21:00: Belgium vs Egypt (Group G)
00:00: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay (Group H)
03:00: Iran vs New Zealand (Group G)
The player to watch
He’s one of the players everyone wants to see: Lamine Yamal. Injured for several weeks, last Ballon d’Or runner-up is now fully fit according to his coach.
Now the only question is whether he will start against Cape Verde or only come on during the match.
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