{"id":250853,"date":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/world-cup-knockout-games-bring-drama-and-history-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","slug":"world-cup-knockout-games-bring-drama-and-history-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/world-cup-knockout-games-bring-drama-and-history-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup knockout games bring drama and history | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST:<\/strong> Just when you thought the FIFA men\u2019s World Cup (WC) couldn\u2019t get any better, Monday happened. All three Round of 32 games went into extra time, with Brazil sending Japan home via a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaLmJMivZpP\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stoppage time stunner<\/a> and the other two tilts going to penalty kicks (PK) after 1\u20131 full-time draws. Unreal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83e\udd45 Paraguay and Morocco snag upsets in thrilling PK shootouts: <\/strong>La Albirroja had a 14% chance of winning against Germany and were obliterated in almost every stat except the one that matters: the scoreline. This was the first time Germany ever lost in PKs at a WC and one upset <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaN1bqGvENY\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">definitely worthy of a holiday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcab Stars shine in chalky Tuesday matchups: <\/strong>A late goal from striker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZ5AciixUMQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><del>Channing Tatum<\/del><\/a> Erling Haaland sealed Norway\u2019s 2\u20131 victory over C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, then French phenom Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 blew everyone away with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaOiHMkB0lq\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two-goal masterclass<\/a> en route to a 3\u20130 dub over Sweden.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the nightcap, Mexico (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaOEVJnGDTw\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their eager fans<\/a>) topped Ecuador to earn the co-hosts a X\u2013X win, El Tri\u2019s first knockout stage W in 40 years. F\u00fatbol is life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the night cap, Ecuador overcame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaOEVJnGDTw\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a bad night\u2019s sleep<\/a> to shock host squad Mexico with a X\u2013X win thanks to THIS GOAL OR STAT. Gonna sleep well tonight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/world-cup-knockout-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: Just when you thought the FIFA men\u2019s World Cup (WC) couldn\u2019t get any better, Monday happened. All three Round of 32 games went into extra time, with Brazil sending Japan home via a stoppage time stunner and the other two tilts going to penalty kicks (PK) after 1\u20131 full-time draws. Unreal. \ud83e\udd45 Paraguay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-250853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}