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World Cup 2026: Key takeaways from the second round of group stage matches
Here’s a look at the viral moments and on-field controversies as well as the biggest players, best performances, goals and more.
Cristiano Ronaldo joined the party, Lionel Messi set a new record, Iran once again displayed their fighting spirit and Turkiye were shown the door.
The second round of the 2026 World Cup group stage had a fair amount of drama.
Unlike other high-profile strikers at the tournament who came out all guns blazing from the get-go, Ronaldo needed some time to open his account. But his two goals in Portugal’s 5-0 thrashing of Uzbekistan on Tuesday were enough to silence the critics as the 41-year-old became the first player in history to score in six World Cups.
Here are the FIFA rankings for every third-place team in 2026 World Cup tiebreaker
With the World Cup field expanded to 48 teams and 32 in the knockout stage, it might be time to get weird with tiebreakers.
For the first time, a team's place in the FIFA World Rankings could come into play and determine who advances to the knockout stage.
The world rankings are the seventh and final tiebreaker within groups, but three of the six tiebreakers ahead of them are head-to-head tiebreakers. Because third-place teams are in different groups and don't have head-to-head matchups with their counterparts, there is a chance the world rankings come into play as a tiebreaking method.
Here's a look at the FIFA World Ranking for every third-place team at the World Cup.
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