DAY 3, WORLD CUP A roaring start for the hosts and the first surprise at the 23rd World Cup

23rd World Cup in football

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Ažurirano: 14.06.2026. 00:06h
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23h AM

Announcement of the Scotland - Haiti match, which will be played in Boston at 3 am.

23h AM

Here is the Moroccan starting 11.

23h AM

Brazil's squad for the match against Morocco. Igor Thiago is in attack.

23h AM

End of the match, Switzerland - Qatar 1:1!

The Asian champion celebrates its first point at the World Championships, scoring in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

23h AM

Out of nowhere, in the fifth minute of stoppage time, Qatar's equalizer goal arrives in San Francisco.

The Swiss controlled the rhythm, looking for a second goal, the Asian champion barely crossed the center.

However, one dangerous attack was enough - a cross from Al Mina, scored by Kouki for 1:1.

Qatar
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Change: 23:09 p.m
22h AM

A little atmosphere from Santa Clara, where it's a warm and sunny day - 33 degrees in the shade.

The match started at noon local time.

Change: 23:08 p.m
21h AM

GOOOOOOOL, Switzerland is leading. 

The scorer was Bril Embolo in the 17th minute from a penalty kick. 

Football players of Switzerland
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Earlier, Qatar goalkeeper Mahmoud Abunada brought down Rem Freuler in the box. It appeared he was offside, but the VAR room did not comment after checking.

Change: 22:31 p.m
21h AM

Murat Jakan's team responded in the 10th minute.

After a cross on the ground, Dam Ndoy was left alone at 11 meters, but he shot uncontrollably over the goal.

21h AM

Almost a shocking start. Edmilson Junior had a clean sheet in the second minute after a big mistake by Manuel Akanji.

Fortunately for the Swiss, goalkeeper Gregor Kobel reacted well.

21h AM

Like almost every match so far, the Switzerland-Qatar match started with a few minutes delay.

19h AM

The squads of Switzerland and Qatar are known.

Switzerland: Kobel - Zakaria, Elvedi, Akanji - Andoy, Freuler, Xhaka, Rodriguez - Ebischer, Vargas - Embolo;

Train: Abunad - Ui, Miguel, Houhi, Al-Amin - Abdulsalam, Madibo, Laje - Junior, Abdurisag, Afif.

19h AM

English football players' training equipment was stolen and then returned in Kansas City. Police there announced that they had arrested two people.

18h AM

A packed program for the fourth day of the World Cup on the North American continent.

Here are the statistics for the matches scheduled for tonight.

Mundial
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18h AM

Samba in Times Square, but also an unexpected event for all the fans who found themselves in the famous New York square.

17h AM

Brazil - Morocco in New York.

The first big derby of the 23rd World Cup starts at exactly midnight our time.

16h AM

It's not just the players who are making history at this World Cup, but also the referees.

Juan Pablo Belati became the first referee to officiate at four World Cups last night. The Argentine was Fakund Telj's assistant in the match between Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:1).

On Tuesday, Alireza Fagani will make history in an identical way, as he will be the main referee at one of the derbies of the first round of the group stage, France - Senegal.

Change: 16:18 p.m
15h AM

Qatar and Switzerland play tonight at 21pm in the second round of Group B.

The role of the favorite certainly belongs to the "sages", although before the match, most of the talk is about Qatar's coach - Julen Lopetegui.

The former goalkeeper is making his World Cup debut, although he spent a few days at the championship in Russia eight years ago, when he was the coach of Spain.

14h AM

In the match between the United States and Paraguay (4:1), the "mistaken identity" rule was used for the first time in history. 

The VAR room called on referee Dani Makeli to review the situation in which he awarded a foul in favor of Paraguay and a yellow card for USA defender Timo Rome. 

The Dutch referee, after reviewing the video, determined that Miguel Almiron, a player of "Albiroj", simulated. The free kick was canceled and a yellow card was given to Roma. Also, Makeli showed a yellow card to Almiron for simulation.

Watch the aforementioned situation in the video below. 

13h AM

There are also Portuguese footballers, led by Cristiano Ronaldo.

12h AM

English referee Michael Oliver will not officiate the match between Ecuador and Ivory Coast due to injury.

The 41-year-old Englishman was scheduled to make up the refereeing trio for the match, along with compatriots Stuart Bart and James Mainwaring, but due to Oliver's injury, there will be a change. It has not been announced what kind of injury it is.

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The match will be refereed by Frenchman Francois Letexie, and his assistants will be Cyril Migne and Mehdi Rahmuni.

Oliver is expected to be ready to continue competing.

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