{"id":42823,"date":"2026-07-04T13:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-1-8-final-stage-starts-tonight-two-super-matches-in-the-2026-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T13:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:45:35","slug":"the-1-8-final-stage-starts-tonight-two-super-matches-in-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-1-8-final-stage-starts-tonight-two-super-matches-in-the-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1\/8 final stage starts tonight, two super matches in the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-world-cup-group-i-1088884112_a2af45-600x360-1.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 World Cup enters the 1\/8 final stage today, with two matches that are expected to bring great rivalry and spectacle on the field. Canada will face Morocco in the first match of the day, while in the evening Paraguay will challenge France, one of the main favorites to win the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has secured qualification for the 1\/8 finals of a World Championship for the first time in history, after an impressive performance in this edition. In front of her will be Morocco, which continues to confirm the high level of recent years, after eliminating the Netherlands after the execution of penalties.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is expected to be fought, with the Canadians relying on the enthusiasm and support of the fans, while the Moroccans will rely on their experience and organization in the decisive matches.<\/p>\n<p>In the second challenge of the day, Paraguay will face France. The Paraguayans secured a surprise qualification by eliminating Germany on penalties, while France convincingly beat Sweden 3-0, confirming their ambitions to win the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Although the French are considered favorites thanks to the quality of the squad and the attacking department, Paraguay have proved that they can be a dangerous opponent for any national team.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of these two matches will face each other in quarterfinals, making each duel decisive in the race for a place among the eight best national teams of the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 World Cup enters the 1\/8 final stage today, with two matches that are expected to bring great rivalry and spectacle on the field. Canada will face Morocco in the first match of the day, while in the evening Paraguay will challenge France, one of the main favorites to win the trophy. Canada has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"views":25,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42825,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42823\/revisions\/42825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}