Beyond the 90 Podcast

As the Round of 32 has started in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, only one game has been played as Canada traveled down to SoFi Stadium to face South Africa and shot the fireworks late, defeating South Africa to advance into the Round of 16 and a preview of Matchday #2 in the Round of 32

I don't know what's more shocking: That Paraguay eliminated Germany, or that they did so on penalty kicks.

As many you know, I have a real sentiment for German football. Julian Nagelsmann we stopped to be the next great management Juan for pattern 10 years ago and as his career has evolved it seems his management has become more and more questionable.

It’s been a huge growth curve for Sub-Saharan Africa.

I cannot believe it’s been 10 years!!!

So much drama toward the end of the last Group Stage matches during the Simultaneous matches on the evening of Matchday #17. It was a crazy night after ho-hum late afternoon/early evening games. Including Congo DR, who were behind the whole match till they scored three goals to go into the knockout stage for the first time. And an Algeria/Austria match that also affected Iran, which thought they were going to back into the Knockout stage. Congo DR

Reviewing Group J: Argentina Vs. Jordan & Algeria Vs. Austria, Group K: Colombia Vs. Portugal & Congo DR Vs. Uzbekistan Group L: England Vs. Panama & Croatia Vs. Ghana

Canada escape with a 1-0 knockout stage win over South Africa. I watched the match with Canadian fans.

We continue our conversations with Chuck Z of the International Soccer Archives on an audio edition of World Cup Daily.

There is tons going on so I wanted to outline our coverage priorities in this video in addition to talking about how in previous major tournaments when we saw an expansion of the knockout stages we did not necessarily see a dilution in the quality of match.

Norway leaned heavily on their bench, while Uruguay continued to be plagued by off-field friction.