Egypt claim first World Cup win with only 'star names', see table

Egypt claim first World Cup win with only 'star names', see table The second big World Cup Sunday of the 2026 FIFA World Cup featured five matches. Still in the early hours, in the THOUSANDTH match in World Cup history , Japan thrashed Tunisia 4-0, knocking the Africans out early. The same scoreline was posted by Spain against Saudi Arabia early in the afternoon this June 21. With the Saudi net shaken by Lamine Yamal, the Spanish and Barcelona gem entered a World Cup ranking that includes King Pelé . In Belgium vs Iran, meanwhile, the score stayed stuck at 0-0.  The match, at least, gave football fans De Bruyne refusing on-field medical treatment because of the "anti-time-wasting rule" . The scoreboard was also level in Uruguay 2-2 Cape Verde. The Africans, in fact, once again stirred up social media with their first-ever goals in a World Cup .  On top of that, since then-surprise package Senegal in 2002, Cape Verde became the first debuting national team to finish the second round of matches at the World Cup unbeaten. Finally, Egypt claimed their first-ever win in World Cup history by coming from behind to beat New Zealand 3-1. And the historic feat became even more special, as stars (at least in their nicknames/surnames) Zico, Salah and Trezeguet found the New Zealand net. All of that set social media buzzing at the tail end of the big Sunday! 📅 World Cup matches this Monday 2 pm (Brasília time) - Argentina vs Austria - Group J 6 pm (Brasília time) - France vs Iraq - Group I 9 pm (Brasília time) - Norway vs Senegal - Group I 📊 Check out the Group G and H standings ⚽ Final round of Groups G and H Friday (26) - 9 pm (Brasília time) - Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia Friday (26) - 9 pm (Brasília time) - Uruguay vs Spain Saturday (27) - 12 am (Brasília time) - Egypt vs Iran Saturday (27) - 12 am (Brasília time) - New Zealand vs Belgium This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.