World Cup 2026: Mexico off to winning start; empty seats in Guadalajara; USA and Canada enter fray – live
Key events
Let’s start with the two match reports. More red cards than goals in the first game and a stirring fightback from South Korea in the second.
Mexico 2-0 South Africa – Jonathan Wilson was in the Azteca.
South Korea 2-1 Czechia in Guadalajara.
Preamble
Two down, 102 to go! Good news this morning if you’re a fan of Mexico or South Korea. Not so much for supporters of South Africa or Czechia. Even with the limited data so far, stats are spinning around the online universe, the most eye-popping being that the red count so far in this World Cup is just one fewer than the whole of Qatar 2022. A trend? We shall see. Other stats involve official attendances. More on that shortly.
After Mexico took centre stage on Thursday, day two of World Cup 2026 sees the other two co-hosts in action. Canada take on Bosnia & Herzegovina in Group B before the USA host Paraguay in Group D, that one in the early hours of Saturday for UK viewers. Pat on the back if you’re reading this now having watched the first two games in their entirety.
Anyway, we have five goals, three red cards, an opening ceremony and much else to talk about. No time for drinks breaks here, let’s get this going!
