\n Read more<\/span> <\/p>\n Later that night, Kai Havertz\u2019s Germany will be looking to put their defeat to Ecuador behind them by facing South American opposition again when they tackle Paraguay in Foxborough. Kai has scored twice at the finals, having started all three games.<\/p>\n Tuesday\u2019s action sees Martin Odegaard aim to lead Norway to success against the Ivory Coast, having sat out their final group game against France with a knockout spot already secured. <\/p>\n The French are then in action later in the day when two Gunners collide, when William Saliba will do battle with Viktor Gyokeres in New Jersey. William was also rested against Norway, while Viktor has played every minute so far in helping his nation reach the last 32, scoring once.<\/p>\n After that, Piero Hincapie\u2019s Ecuador will be looking to ride the feel-good factor of reaching this stage when they face co-host Mexico in the Azteca Stadium. The defender has started all three of his nation\u2019s games, who stunned Germany by coming from behind to win and qualify.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/span> <\/p>\n On Wednesday evening, England are back in action when they face DR Congo in Atlanta. Bukayo Saka will be hoping to start once again after making an impact in their final group game against Panama, while Declan Rice should return after being rested in that game. Like Bukayo, Noni Madueke has played in all three matches, while Ebere Eze has made two appearances off the bench.<\/p>\n Next up are Belgium, who Leandro Trossard helped get out of the group courtesy of a brace in a 5-1 win against New Zealand to finish as leaders. That has set up a showdown with Senegal in Seattle, with Leo hoping to start his fourth game at this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n On Thursday, our Spanish trio will aim to get past Austria in Los Angeles to advance to a last-16 clash with either Portugal or Croatia. Mikel Merino has three appearances to his name, while Martin Zubimendi and David Raya are still awaiting their first minutes at the finals.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n all times UK<\/em><\/p>\n Monday, June 29<\/strong> Germany (Havertz) v Paraguay Tuesday, June 30<\/strong> France (Saliba) to Sweden (Gyokeres) Wednesday, July 1<\/strong> England (Saka, Rice, Eze, Madueke) v DR Congo Belgium (Trossard) v Senegal Thursday, July 2<\/strong> Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2026 World Cup group stages are now in the books, and with 72 games…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Samba style: Super strikes from Brazilian stars <\/span>
\n <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n Piero Hincapie: Building an Ecuadorian legacy <\/span>
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\n <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\nWHEN OUR STARS PLAY NEXT<\/h3>\n
Brazil (Gabriel, Martinelli) v Japan
Houston | 6pm<\/p>\n
Foxborough | 9.30pm<\/p>\n
Norway (Odegaard) v Ivory Coast
Dallas | 6pm<\/p>\n
New York\/New Jersey | 10pm<\/p>\n
Mexico v Ecuador (Hincapie)
Mexico City | 2am<\/p>\n
Atlanta | 5pm<\/p>\n
Seattle | 9pm<\/p>\n
Spain (Merino, Raya, Zubimendi) v Austria
Los Angeles | 8pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n