Hello and welcome to Daily Mail Sport’s World Cup Breakfast from day 28 at the tournament – your one-stop shop for everything you’ve missed overnight in North America.For all the latest news, viral moments and what to look out for, stay right here.OVERNIGHT ACTIONSwitzerland 0-0 Colombia (4-3 on pens)This match wasn’t one for the purists but the Swiss won’t care one jot as they have reached the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 72 years.After an uneventful 90 minutes, extra-time saw Colombia come the closest to breaking the deadlock when Jhon Lucumi’s header hit the crossbar from a corner.And so it came to penalties… after some successful spot-kicks it was former Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez who missed first when his effort for Colombia hit the underside of the crossbar. However, his blushes were spared when ex-Manchester City centre back Manuel Akanji then blazed his effort over.Switzerland goalkeeper Gregor Kobel later made a great save from Cucho Hernandez to give them the advantage which turned into victory when Ruben Vargas converted the fifth penalty.Murat Yakin’s side have reached the last eight of the World Cup for the first time since 1954, when they were hosts, and will face reigning champions Argentina at Kansas City Stadium on Sunday (2am, BST).CLICK HERE to read CHRIS WHEELER’s report
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Ruben Vargas scored the decisive penalty for Switzerland to beat Colombia in their last-16 tieVIEW FROM THE GROUNDThe 2154 early morning Amtrak train from Philadelphia to Boston, looking for all the world like a Tokyo bullet locomotive front on. And given that it cost as much to make the 300-mile train journey, to see France play Morocco in Thursday’s quarter-final, as it would have done to fly, you imagined it would be high speed travel. In fact, it trundled – into New York, where the 10mph speed limits on the approach to Penn Station meant a half-hour approach, and then out again into a near six-hour journey, hugging the north east coast. Mile upon mile of picture postcard clapperboard houses facing out across the waters of the Long Island Sound.The slow progress reflected the relatively primitive rail passenger system in a country which has always prioritised freight. The freight corporations own most of the track. But slow was beautiful amid the frantic intensity of a tournament heading closer to its conclusion. Quiet, too, save for the toot of the air horn that the driver frequently sounded and a brief but delirious eruption from a table of fans nearby when Egypt went 2-0 up. There was no sound from them as Argentina surged back.Ian Herbert TEAM OF THE DAYThanks as always to Sofascore for the graphic. CELEBRITY WATCHWe know IShowSpeed was at Argentina’s World Cup win over Egypt, supporting the latter. But did you know there was an Olympic champion there too?Yes, basketball gold medallist Anthony Edwards was in the crowd for the Atlanta spectacle. Edwards is one of the sport’s best players who will earn £36.65million next year for the Minnesota Timberwolves. NBA superstar Anthony Edwards was in attendance for Argentina’s win over Egypt on Tuesday IShowSpeed was also there, wearing an Egypt top – but it wasn’t the outcome he hoped forVIRAL MOMENT OF THE DAYYou just can’t write off Argentina at a World Cup – a lesson one Egypt fan learned the hard way. With his side ahead against the champions and Lionel Messi seemingly heading for an exit, an Egypt supporter thought he’d capture the Argentine misery by filming their fans in despair on the concourse at Atlanta Stadium. But his timing could not have been worse, with his camera running while Argentina made their extraordinary comeback. One shirtless fan screamed in his face, another woman was in floods of tears, screaming with a flag wrapped around her. It was a minute-long clip viewed more than one million times that perfectly captured the joy of victory and agony of defeat. Un egipcio fue a grabar la tristeza de los hinchas ArgentinosPero termino grabando la remontada y los festejos por la victoria No lo podia creer pic.twitter.com/8yMCJX11kW— ElBuni (@therealbuni) July 7, 2026 One Argentina fan yelled in an Egyptian supporter’s face when the comeback was completePICTURE OF THE DAYIn Tuesday’s edition of World Cup Breakfast, we had Cristiano Ronaldo’s tears as ‘Picture of the Day’. Those were tears of sadness. In Wednesday’s article we have his eternal rival Lionel Messi’s. However, this time these are of joy and relief after seeing his World Cup continue into the weekend after scraping past Egypt in the last 16. Lionel Messi cried tears of joy and relief after Argentina edged past Egypt in their last-16 clashSTAT OF THE DAYWe’ve had to combine two stats in this edition of World Cup breakfast to highlight the magnitude of Argentina’s comeback. The first one; in the 78th minute of the match, Argentina had a 0.6 per cent chance of beating Egypt in normal time as they trailed 2-0. Secondly, Argentina’s win is the latest any team has ever been two or more goals down in a World Cup game and come back to win without going to extra-time.
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THREE THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR TODAY1. Referee falloutPunishments will no doubt be in the post soon for Egypt boss Hossam Hassan who accused FIFA of rigging the World Cup after a string of controversial refereeing decisions went against his side. An emotional Ziko then added: ‘Referee, not fair. Unjust, unjust referee. An unjust person. An injustice that is so clear.’He’s wasting the effort of an entire nation. Since the beginning of the game, we were leaving the game winning 2-0 against Argentina. But the cup has already been given.’And eyebrows were raised again when FIFA released a list of match officials for upcoming games and the team for France vs Morocco were given a full set of Argentines. 2. Why were USA staff suspended?Today might provide answers to the mystery surrounding two senior members of the USA’s World Cup staff being quietly suspended by FIFA. Team manager Sam Zapatka and security VP Frank Pannell were both banned from being with the team for the last-16 defeat by Belgium. The US insist it was not related to the Folarin Balogun case – so why were they suspended? FIFA or the US team are under pressure to come clean and could well now move to clarify the situation. 3. Verdict on Olise appealFrance play Morocco on Thursday evening and in light of the Balogun appeal for the USA, requested Michael Olise have his yellow card from the Paraguay game rescinded. Of course, FIFA have opened Pandora’s Box now and face being flooded with similar appeals. As it stands, if Olise is booked against Morocco he would miss a potential semi-final, which would be a massive blow for Didier Deschamps’ side. His caution came after Matias Galarza went down clutching his face when replays showed Olise only held his shirt. France should hear back today and it will be fascinating to see whether FIFA indulge them as they did the US.NEW: How much is David Beckham set to pocket from his World Cup brand deals? Take on our quiz in our newsletter HERE