{"id":5067,"date":"2026-06-19T05:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5067"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:14:25","slug":"world-cup-roundup-host-nations-mexico-and-canada-enjoy-home-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5067","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Roundup: Host Nations Mexico And Canada Enjoy Home Cooking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>It was a great day for the host nations at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as Mexico secured its place in the Round of 32 and Canada secured a historic win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Here is everything you might have missed on Day 8 of the tournament:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Save Of The Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:var(--color-text-primary);font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.028em;line-height:1.11;margin:0;width:auto\">Goalkeeper<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"height:24px;margin:0 4px;object-fit:contain;vertical-align:middle;width:24px\" src=\"https:\/\/b.fssta.com\/uploads\/application\/countries\/flag-logos\/484.vresize.200.200.medium.0.png\" alt=\"Mexico\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\">Mexico<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Mexico nearly went another day without knowing its knockout round fate \u2013 it didn&#8217;t have to because of the late-game heroics by Ra\u00fal Rangel, who saved not one, but two shots from point-blank range to secure all three points for El Tri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Assist Of The Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:var(--color-text-primary);font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.028em;line-height:1.11;margin:0;width:auto\">Striker<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"height:24px;margin:0 4px;object-fit:contain;vertical-align:middle;width:24px\" src=\"https:\/\/b.fssta.com\/uploads\/application\/countries\/flag-logos\/756.vresize.200.200.medium.0.png\" alt=\"Switzerland\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\">Switzerland<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Rub\u00e9n Vargas might have been wide-open for Switzerland&#8217;s second goal of the match, but only because of the impressive hold-up play from Breel Embolo, who shielded the ball just long enough to shift Bosnia and Herzegovina&#8217;s defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Goal Of The Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:var(--color-text-primary);font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.028em;line-height:1.11;margin:0;width:auto\">Midfielder<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"height:24px;margin:0 4px;object-fit:contain;vertical-align:middle;width:24px\" src=\"https:\/\/b.fssta.com\/uploads\/application\/countries\/flag-logos\/756.vresize.200.200.medium.0.png\" alt=\"Switzerland\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\">Switzerland<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Some players need 90 minutes to make an impact; Johan Manzambi only needed two. The 20-year-old had a brace in Switzerland&#8217;s win, and his first was a stunner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Moment Of The Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:var(--color-text-primary);font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.028em;line-height:1.11;margin:0;width:auto\">Midfielder<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:var(--color-text-primary);font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.028em;line-height:1.11;margin:0;width:auto\">Canada<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>It was a bittersweet day for Canada. While it secured a historic World Cup win with a six-goal margin of victory, it lost midfielder Isma\u00ebl Kon\u00e9 to injury. In a tribute to Kon\u00e9, Nathan Saliba held up Kon\u00e9&#8217;s jersey number after scoring Canada&#8217;s fourth goal. Suffice to say, he will have the full support of his teammates for the remainder of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY It was a great day for the host nations at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as Mexico secured its place in the Round of 32 and Canada secured a historic win.\u00a0 Here is everything you might have missed on Day 8 of the tournament: Save Of The Day GoalkeeperMexico Mexico nearly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}