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🚨 FRIDAY NIGHT DELIVERED — ROUND OF 32 CLOSES IN STYLE! 🚨⚽🔥

What a way to wrap up the last-32! Here's yesterday's drama 👇

🐐 MESSI MAGIC: Cape Verde gave Argentina the SCARE of their life — twice erasing one-goal deficits before Leo & co. finally sealed it 3-2 in extra time! Absolute heart from the underdogs 🇨🇻💪

🇨🇴 COLOMBIA CRUISE: Jhon Arias' early strike was enough as Colombia dominated Ghana 1-0, setting up a Round of 16 date with Switzerland 🔥

🧤 PENALTY HEARTBREAK: Egypt outlasted Australia 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 thriller — Socceroos left heartbroken again 😱
That's the Round of 32 wrapped! Round of 16 is HERE. Who's lifting the trophy in July? 👇🏆

⚽🔥 WE'RE BACK IN KNOCKOUT MODE! 🔥⚽
The Round of 32 is DELIVERING drama on drama! 😱

🇺🇸 USA knock out Bosnia & Herzegovina 2-0 — Balogun scores AND gets red carded in the same match! Wild night in the Bay Area 🤯

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane saves England with a brace vs DR Congo — Three Lions survive a scare!

🇧🇪 BELGIUM MADNESS — down 2-0 to Senegal with 20 mins left... Lukaku + Tielemans (brace!) complete an insane comeback 3-2 in extra time! 😤🔥

And today it keeps coming — Spain 🇪🇸 vs Austria, Portugal 🇵🇹 vs Croatia, and Switzerland vs Algeria under the lights! 🌙

Meanwhile Messi is STILL doing Messi things — sitting top of the Golden Boot race with 6 goals ⚽👑
Who's your pick to lift the trophy at MetLife on July 19? 🏆👇
Drop your predictions below! 📲
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🐐 HE MISSED THE PENALTY. THEN SCORED A BRACE. THEN BROKE THE ALL-TIME WORLD CUP RECORD. 😤🇦🇷

Lionel Messi — 38 years old, missed a spot kick, didn't flinch. Got up, scored Goals 17 & 18 at World Cups. Surpassing Miroslav Klose to become the greatest World Cup scorer in history. 👑

No sulking. No hiding. Pure, ice-cold GOAT mentality. ❄️🔥

You still want to debate the GOAT? While this man is rewriting history IN REAL TIME at 38? 😭
Argentina through to the Round of 32. The Last Dance is just getting started. 💙🤍

Drop a 🐐 if the debate is SETTLED for you!

😤 73 minutes of SILENCE… then Switzerland went absolutely BERSERK! 💥
Switzerland 🇨🇭 4 – 1 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina
🔇 0-0 at the 73rd minute
⚡ Then the floodgates OPENED!
4 goals in 17 minutes. Absolute madness🔥

🚨 RECORD ALERT! 🚨

Lionel Messi just scored his FIRST-EVER World Cup hat-trick... at 38 years old 🐐
3 goals. 1 night. Argentina 3-0 Algeria 🇦🇷
That trifecta also draws him level with Miroslav Klose's ALL-TIME World Cup goals record (16) 👑
Oldest player to EVER score a World Cup hat-trick. Let that sink in. 🤯
Two group games left for Argentina... is Messi about to stand alone at the top? 👀🔥
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America just put the world on notice. 🇺🇸⚽
USA 4-1 Paraguay. On home soil. In front of a sold-out LA crowd.

The vibes? Immaculate💥✨💫

Folarin Balogun scored twice in the first half — the first American to do that at a World Cup since 1930. Yes, 1930. Let that sink in.

Pulisic pulled the strings before being subbed off at halftime as a precaution, and Gio Reyna put the cherry on top with a screamer in the 90th.
Pochettino said it best: "Be careful, other sports."😂

The World Cup is HERE. And America is not playing around. 🏆

This name is causing a lot of problems, and I don't know why🤔🙃😅

🌍 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP — OPENING MATCH
Group A | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
June 11, 2026

🇲🇽 Mexico 2 – 0 South Africa 🇿🇦
Co-hosts Mexico kicked off the 2026 FIFA World Cup in style at the historic Estadio Azteca, securing a commanding victory over South Africa in a dramatic opener that featured three red cards.

The match carried added significance — exactly 16 years after the two nations met in the opening game of the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg, which ended 1-1.

🟥🟥🟥 Three red cards shown in the opening match of the tournament!
The 2026 World Cup is the largest in history, featuring a record 48 teams across 104 matches.

🌍⚽ IT'S HERE. THE WORLD CUP HAS ARRIVED.

The wait is finally over. The biggest football tournament in history kicks off TODAY — 48 nations, 3 countries, 104 matches, and one dream. The beautiful game just got its biggest stage ever. 🏆🔥

A record 48 teams will compete across the United States, Canada, and Mexico — and it all starts RIGHT NOW at the iconic Estadio Azteca. Shakira, J Balvin, and Alejandro Fernández already set the stage on fire at the opening ceremony. Now it's time for football. 🎶🎉

🇲🇽 Mexico vs 🇿🇦 South Africa — the opener. History repeating itself (2010 vibes, anyone? 👀). South Africa haven't been at a World Cup since they hosted the tournament in 2010 — so this is their comeback moment. But Mexico are playing at HOME, in front of their own people, at Azteca. The atmosphere? Absolutely electric. ⚡

🔮 My prediction: Mexico 2–1 South Africa
El Tri have home advantage, a raucous crowd, and veterans like goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, making his FIFTH World Cup appearance. South Africa will fight hard and may grab a goal — but Mexico close it out in front of their faithful. 💚❤️🤍

Six weeks of magic start now. Who are YOU backing to lift the trophy in New Jersey on July 19? 👇

⚽🌍 THE WORLD CUP STARTS TOMORROW!! 🌍⚽

The wait is almost over! The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off on June 11 across North America — and we are HERE for it! 🙌

For the first time ever, the tournament is being hosted simultaneously across three nations 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦 — the USA, Mexico, and Canada — making this the most historic World Cup in history!

48 teams. 104 matches. One dream. 🏆
Who are YOU rooting for? Drop your team's flag in the comments! 👇

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