The results of the night:
England – DR Congo (2-1): England narrowly beat the Democratic Republic of Congo (2-1) thanks to a double at the end of the match from its captain Harry Kane, in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Atlanta.
The Bayern Munich striker struck twice (75th, 86th) to save the English who were trailing for more than an hour after Brian Cipanga’s quick opening score (7th). The Three Lions will travel to Mexico City to face Mexico in the round of 16.
Belgium – Senegal (3-2): Belgium secured its qualification for the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup by beating Senegal thanks to a penalty obtained at the end of overtime (3-2, ap), in Seattle.
The Senegalese led 2-0 after goals from Habib Diarra (24th) and Ismaila Sarr (51st) but the Belgians came back in three minutes thanks to Romelu Lukaku (86th) and Youri Tielemans (89th) before obtaining a penalty in the final minutes of overtime, transformed by Tielemans (120th + 5).
Belgium will meet in the round of 16, still on July 7 in Seattle, the United States or Bosnia-Herzegovina who play in San Francisco later in the day (00:00 GMT).
United States – Bosnia (2-0): The United States, like the two other organizing countries, qualified for the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup, thanks to a 2-0 success against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Santa Clara.
Team USA will face Belgium on Monday, but will be deprived of its striker Folarin Balogun, scorer on Wednesday in the first period (45th) before being sent off in the 66th minute for a dangerous gesture.
Upcoming matches:
For the penultimate evening of the round of 16, Spain will meet Austria from 9 p.m. The evening will continue with the Portugal – Croatia match at 1 o’clock and will end at 5 o’clock with the opposition between Switzerland and Algeria.
