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New Zealand - Belgium
Belgium's 5-1 Ran on Multiple Engines
The scoreline is accurate. What it hides is how many separate chance-creation routes Belgium ran simultaneously — early burst, sustained box access, a central distributor, a corner lane, and a bench that finished the job.
ByMateo Rivas
June 27, 2026
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World Cup 2026
66 match analyses so far. The tournament archive is growing match by match, with each review built around the mechanism that shaped the game.
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Belgium's 5-1 Ran on Multiple Engines
June 27, 2026
Egypt - Iran
Egypt Had the Ball; Iran Had the Danger
June 27, 2026
Cabo Verde - Saudi Arabia
The Score Said 0-0. Cabo Verde Said Otherwise.
June 27, 2026
Uruguay - Spain
Spain's Circulation Beat Uruguay's Improvisation. The 1-0 Was Honest.
June 27, 2026
Senegal - Iraq
The Red Card, the Creator, and the Bench: How Senegal's 5-0 Win Was Constructed
June 26, 2026
Norway - France
France Were Lethal When It Mattered. Norway Were Not. That Is the Whole Story.
June 26, 2026
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Egypt - Iran
Egypt Had the Ball; Iran Had the Danger
A 1-1 scoreline between Egypt and Iran hides the most important gap in the match: Egypt's possession never threatened, and Iran's smaller share nearly won it outright in stoppage time.
Klaus Berger · June 27, 2026
Cabo Verde - Saudi Arabia
The Score Said 0-0. Cabo Verde Said Otherwise.
Cabo Verde out-created Saudi Arabia by more than a full goal in expected output — 16 shots to seven — yet left Group H with only a point. The process said one thing; the scoreboard said another.
Klaus Berger · June 27, 2026
Uruguay - Spain
Spain's Circulation Beat Uruguay's Improvisation. The 1-0 Was Honest.
Uruguay tried to play long and wide into a striker they couldn't reach. Spain passed 623 times at nearly 89% accuracy and scored once. The scoreline wasn't lucky — it was structural.
Mads Vintergaard · June 27, 2026
Senegal - Iraq
The Red Card, the Creator, and the Bench: How Senegal's 5-0 Win Was Constructed
Iraq's 13th-minute red card set the structural terms. Lamine Camara exploited them for 57 minutes. Then the bench closed it out — three goals in 25 minutes against a block already running on empty.
Sasha Ilyan · June 26, 2026
Norway - France
France Were Lethal When It Mattered. Norway Were Not. That Is the Whole Story.
France won 4-1 on a shot profile that Norway outgunned and an xG total Norway exceeded. Two truths, one result: clinical finishing and wasted big chances explained more than the scoreline suggested.
Klaus Berger · June 26, 2026
Türkiye - USA
Supply Line and Late Answer: How Berhalter Built It and Ayhan Broke It
The USA fed corners and crosses through Sebastian Berhalter all game. Türkiye answered with one substitution and one devastating stoppage-time finish. The scoreline makes sense only once both threads are traced.
Mateo Rivas · June 26, 2026
Paraguay - Australia
Structure Held, Then Shifted: How Australia's Control Met Paraguay's Second-Half Answer
Australia ran the game's possession thread clearly enough. Paraguay's halftime substitution opened a different route. The 0-0 scoreline is less a stalemate than two coherent systems failing to break the other.
Sasha Ilyan · June 26, 2026
Japan - Sweden
Japan Governed, Sweden Survived: The Process Behind a 1-1 Draw
Japan's steadier passing base and right-flank combination produced the cleaner process. Sweden's reply rested on one sharp finish, a reactive reshuffle, and a late diet of dead-ball attempts.
Klaus Berger · June 25, 2026
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