🥐☕️FC breakfast: World Cup day, van Dijk's new look, Neymar Street

🥐☕️FC breakfast: World Cup day, van Dijk's new look, Neymar Street World Cup opener: advantage host nation! 🏅 On this opening day of the 2026 World Cup (Mexico – South Africa, 9pm), let’s take a look at the history of opening matches in the competition. To date, Qatar remains the only host nation to have lost its first match. A referee like no other 💎 Barred from entering the United States to officiate at the World Cup, Somali referee Omar Artan was welcomed as a hero in his home country. Chills… A few hours later, FIFA president Gianni Infantino broke his silence to address the case of the Somali referee. Van Dijk’s new look ✂️ Dutch captain Virgil van Dijk is sporting a new hairstyle for the World Cup. Neymar Street 🎨 In Novo Hamburgo (Rio Grande do Sul), Brazilian artists have dedicated a nearly 200-meter mural to Neymar. A masterpiece on asphalt to fire up the Seleção’s all-time top scorer as he prepares to play in his final World Cup. TV schedule 📺 9:00pm: Mexico - South Africa (beIN SPORTS 1/M6) 4:00am: South Korea - Czech Republic (beIN SPORTS 1) This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.