{"id":6439,"date":"2026-07-09T12:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6439"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:28:29","slug":"how-to-watch-the-world-cup-today-schedule-times-tv-streaming-for-quarterfinal-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6439","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch the World Cup Today: Schedule, Times, TV, Streaming for Quarterfinal Opener"},"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>Day 29 of the\u00a0<u>2026 FIFA World Cup<\/u> opens the quarterfinals, as Kylian Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s France faces Morocco, the surprise 2022 semifinalist, in Boston. Mbapp\u00e9 and Michael Olise lead an explosive French attack that has outscored opponents 14-2 across five matches, while Morocco leans on B. Diaz&#8217;s playmaking and knockout-round resilience in its bid to reach the final four again. The match airs on FOX, with the game streaming live and on demand on FOX One.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>France enters unbeaten in five matches, having outscored opponents 14-2, with three group-stage wins in Group I followed by a 3-0 win over Sweden in the round of 32 and a 1-0 win over Paraguay in the round of 16. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s seven goals trail only Lionel Messi&#8217;s in the Golden Boot Race. Messi has eight goals. Michael Olise&#8217;s five assists lead all players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Morocco finished second in Group C, escaped a penalty-shootout scare against the Netherlands in the round of 32, then routed Canada 3-0 in the round of 16, with B. Diaz&#8217;s four assists among the tournament&#8217;s best as Morocco looks to reach a second straight World Cup semifinal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>No World Cup matches were played on Wednesday, July 8. The tournament was on a scheduled rest day between the Round of 16 and the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>All World Cup matches air on FOX and FS1, with every game\u00a0<u>streaming live and on demand on FOX One<\/u>.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Day 29 of the\u00a02026 FIFA World Cup opens the quarterfinals, as Kylian Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s France faces Morocco, the surprise 2022 semifinalist, in Boston. Mbapp\u00e9 and Michael Olise lead an explosive French attack that has outscored opponents 14-2 across five matches, while Morocco leans on B. Diaz&#8217;s playmaking and knockout-round resilience in its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6439","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\/6439","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=6439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}