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2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage Goals, Part 4: Stars Shine and Defences Crack

This compilation collects group-stage goals from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, covering matches involving Cape Verde, Spain, Norway, France, Argentina, Portugal and others. The commentary highlights decisive star performances, teams' focus and the defensive errors behind many of the goals.

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PINA BLASTS IT. OH, THEY'VE SCORED. SENSATIONAL [cheering] FROM CABO VERDE. THEIR FIRST EVER GOAL AT THE WORLD CUP FINALS. KEVIN PINA HAS GOT IT. WHAT SCENES OF CELEBRATION IN MIAMI. >> [cheering] >> What a moment for him. What a moment for his country, FOR THE PEOPLE OF CABO Verde all around the world. >> Ah, Kevin Pina, well done. What an absolute brilliant strike from distance. He's hit this right through the the leather of the ball. You can see it through the gap in the wall. Very poor wall, but the strike was excellent. And the ball just flew past. That's a brilliant strike. What a goal. >> It's only the second direct free kick ending up in the back of the net so far at this World Cup. Canada scored one. But Cabo Verde are at it again. Telmo Arcanjo's got an issue. It is that right hamstring, I think. But the game carries on. Uruguay go in search of an equalizer. Bentancur, it's off the post. IT'S IN. 1-1. AND IT'S THAT MAN AGAIN, JUST AS ON THE FIRST MATCH DAY. MAXI ARAUJO TO THE RESCUE. BRINGING URUGUAY LEVEL AT 1-1. Cabo Verde's players really unhappy because they felt they were effectively down to 10 for much of with passage of play. >> Yes, they they did. They were disappointed, but when they did get the ball, they didn't play out themselves. They had they had a go at goal. They should have looked to play it out. We see this ball comes across the face. Back out, then there's a ball towards the far post. Bentoncourt gets the touch off the post. Fortunate for Araujo, but he's the quickest one to react. It's a simple diving header from really close range. >> And Cabo Verde concede at the World Cup for the first time. Manuel Ugarte for Uruguay. AND THEY HEAD IT DOWN! TURNED IN BY CANOBBIO! AND URUGUAY HAVE TURNED THE MATCH AROUND! RIGHT ON THE STROKE OF HALF TIME! AGUSTIN CANOBBIO! CABO VERDE BEHIND FOR THE FIRST time in this World Cup. >> Yeah, it's excellent from Uruguay. They didn't switch off one bit. You sense Cabo Verde just lost a bit of focus. They were hoping for the half time whistle, and Uruguay just kept playing their game, kept looking to try and expose them. On this occasion, it's a simple tap in and a very very cool, calm finish. >> [cheering] >> Oh, IT'S A LITTLE BIT WAYWARD. THERE'S A CHANCE! AND A GOAL FOR 2-2! CABO VERDE ARE LEVEL IN THE MATCH! WOW! [cheering] IT'S THE FIRST TOUCH OF THE BALL FOR HéLIO VARELA, THE SUBSTITUTE! HE'S ONLY JUST COME ON THE FIELD! SUDDENLY, IT WAS WIDE OPEN! >> Absolutely brilliant play. Took advantage of the mix-up. Really poor pass. First and foremost, backed. I'm not sure if it was going to miss the ball or not. He stays in and decides to come out. Should have stayed. Instead he gets beaten comfortably to the ball. And the cool calmness of the finish was excellent. Exactly what Cabo Verde needed to get themselves back in this game. >> It was a bit of a mess from Uruguay's point of view. But Cabo Verde took full advantage. And they COME AGAIN. LAMINE YAMAL! THERE IS HIS MOMENT. >> [cheering] >> HE HAS ARRIVED AT THE WORLD CUP. >> [cheering] >> THIS IS HIS STAGE. AND HE'S MADE THE impact that Spain were craving in the first game. >> Get used to hearing this. Lamine Yamal has scored in the World Cup. The weight of the world on the 18-year-old shoulders and he delivers on the biggest stage. Arrives at the right time, like he's arrived on the biggest stage in this world. Calmly and confidently finishes it. And the reaction says it all. That man, he is a star. >> Corner for Spain, Oyarzabal with the flick. Dani Olmo back in. Oh, it's bouncing around in there. That was Laporte. Oh, they're going to score. IT IS OYARZABAL. WHOSE GOALS WERE CRUCIAL IN QUALIFYING. >> [cheering] >> WHOSE GOALS MAYBE THE FIRST OF MANY AT THIS WORLD CUP FOR MIKEL OYARZABAL. TWO NIL, DAYLIGHT. >> Just from this moment he controls it, and then the ability to be able to recalibrate, get his body sorted, go the outside of the left. That's a poacher's finish. Such a smart, cultured finish, and an important one for Spain. >> [cheering] >> Oyarzabal. Rodri. They come again, Spain. Lamine Yamal. Alex Baena. Sees a gap, finds Pedro Porro. Porro to hang it up. Cucurella around the back. That's Dani Olmo. They're in FOR ANOTHER ONE. OYARZABAL IS IN FOR ANOTHER ONE. RAMPANT ARE SPAIN HERE IN ATLANTA. DANI OLMO COULD BARELY GET IN THE GAME IN THE FIRST game against Cabo Verde. >> [cheering] >> NOW HE'S GOT TWO GOALS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. >> Baena's the one that starts it. He's the one that gets everybody from Saudi on the back foot. And then this falls fortuitously for Oyarzabal at the back post. Dani Olmo again showing his ability to arrive in the box, cause a bit of confusion. And every question that Spain had coming into match day two has been firmly answered inside the first 24 minutes. >> He's keeping an eye on Dani Olmo on the edge of the area as well. Tried it in the first half, picking him out, and that's a flick on, AND OH, IT'S GOING TO GO IN. EXTRAORDINARY. >> [cheering] >> Cucurella with the swing. Spain have four. Well, this will go down as an own goal. And if any goal is to sum up the way things are going for Saudi Arabia, it is that one. >> Al-Owais trying to do everything he can to get this thunderbolt away. But unfortunately for Saudi Arabia, it's turned in into their own net in a microcosm of today's proceedings. >> It's going to be an inswinger, you can tell that. It's a crowded 6-yd area. Towards Sarpreet with the header! And New Zealand have the opening goal! A [cheering] set piece UNDOING EGYPT! AND FINN SURMAN FINDS [cheering] THE BACK OF THE NET! >> Goal for New Zealand! >> He's not marked. He arrives, comes from the back post. And great delivery, gets high, gets good purchase, good contact, ends up in the back of the net. You can't leave the center back Surman unmarked like that. >> Battochio Marmoush Ashour tries to bring it under control. Hany Lovely BALL FREE HEADER! AND IN IT GOES! MOSTAFA ZEEKO LEVELS FOR EGYPT! ALL SQUARE IN the tightest of tight groups! >> Just see here, sprays the ball wide, good touch. Early, great delivery, run between. >> [cheering] >> And the goalkeeper will be disappointed he hasn't got two hands to that pushed it over. But 1-1, here we are, game on. >> [cheering] [cheering] >> Well, the referee has decided that wasn't a free kick. >> The referee has let a lot go today. He's been a referee that wants the game to flow from what I've observed in the last 67 minutes. >> And here is Salah cutting in from that right wing. Plays the one-two, GETS IT BACK, AND MO SALAH SCORES FOR EGYPT. A WORLD CUP IN WHICH THE BRIGHTEST STARS HAVE SHONE, AND MO SALAH JOINS THE PARTY. >> [cheering] >> And this is fantastic where he just drifts out to the right. Cuts inside, back on that left foot, little link-up play, great finish into the corner, very clinical. >> We said a player of his quality only needs a moment. And Mo Salah has provided that moment. And near corner to with a poor clearance. AND MENDY CAN'T KEEP THAT ONE OUT. AND NORWAY HAVE FOUND A WAY THROUGH. >> [cheering] >> MARCUS HOLMGREN PEDERSEN BOUNCES OFF THE BENCH AND PROVES HIMSELF A VIKING. >> [cheering] >> MAYBE THE LEAST LIKELY TO get the breakthrough in the black and Norway is Pedersen off the bench. He settled in really well to this game as soon as he came on. Koulibaly, he won't need reminding that's a horror show for him. >> And they are vulnerable now. Odegaard slipping [cheering] it THROUGH FOR HAALAND! >> [screaming] >> THE MIGHT, THE MUSCLE, THE MAJESTY [cheering] OF THE MAIN MAN. THERE'S NO DOUBTING ERLING HAALAND. >> WELL, you can't keep a good man down, but he's better than good, he's great when it comes to putting the ball in the net. ALL THE BIG CENTER forwards are turning up to this competition. Odegaard, there you go. Put that one away. And how could he not? >> And it's staggering. Erling Haaland has now scored in 12 consecutive competitive internationals for Norway. >> Ndiaye, uh they just hasn't been able to get into this game. Frustrating one for the young player. Mané Same might be said >> [cheering] >> Gueye Idrissa Gueye Quick run at the corner BY MANé! AND SWEPT IN for Senegal in the absence of a flag by Ismaïla Sarr. And they have their interest back. >> Boy, did they need that. They had to strike back and you felt they had to strike back pretty quickly. Which they've done. On the stretch, he does the business, Ismaïla Sarr. He's wasted some chances in this World Cup so far, but that could be a big one for his country. >> It is his 20th goal for Senegal, Ismaïla Sarr. Pedersen Sarr has to protect it. Berge It's a really nice ball. Pedersen across goal. Nusa going in there. Haaland couldn't TAKE IT EITHER. NOW, HAALAND! >> [screaming] [cheering] >> SIMPLY NO STOPPING HIM. HEATING UP ONCE, AND HE DELIVERS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> [cheering] >> WELL, Senegal had managed to prize that door open back. Haaland, it seems, HAS JUST SLAMMED IT SHUT AGAIN. I'll tell you what, it was a really tidy finish cuz he has to adjust his body quickly. With the ball from Houboulang Mendes on that left-hand side, knocks it into him. That's a delicate finish. Oh, Berge creates it. It's not all about power, this one. >> Another stellar day at World Cup 2026. Messi two, Mbappé two, Haaland two. Diakops Mick Tone and rolled to Sarr. IT'S NOT QUITE DONE. IT IS not quite done. SENEGAL BITE BACK IN STOPPAGE TIME. And these are nervous 90s for Norway. >> [cheering] >> Well, 10 out of 10 for persistence from Senegal. When the game looked up, a couple for Ismaïla Sarr now to breathe belief into their team. >> They're too far back at this time. They have to take advantage of the times the ball goes out. They have to step out as a unit. Try to put a little bit more pressure on the ball in the center of the field. Mbappé. Dembélé leaves it. Allez ça he likes it on that left foot. You see what he was planning. It was important block. N'Alimouri. >> See the interchanging of the French players as well. >> Mbappé hits it! Oh, what a strike! He said yesterday we are writing the pages of history here. >> [cheering] >> Well, HE'S BLAZING A TRAIL OF HIS OWN. The general LEADING FROM THE FRONT IN FRONT OF HIS FATHER. AND FRANCE LEAD IN PHILADELPHIA. >> And what a goal this is, Tony. Here's Mbappé dribbling inside and just finds that far post with a bullet shot. >> On the occasion of his 100th cap for France, at still the age of 27, his father Wilfried is in the crowd today. What a proud moment for him to see his son starring again. >> [cheering] >> Oh, what a big mistake this is. It's on a plate for Mbappé and he scores his SECOND OF THE NIGHT. DEJA VU FOR IRAQ FROM their first game. A mix-up at the back. A goalkeeper left holding his hands out. And a deadly striker celebrating again. France two, Iraq nil. >> And here we Here we see the goal kick from Saïd and he misses. The ball goes directly to Dembélé who finds Mbappé all alone in front of the goal. I mean, if you're going to give the ball away, these are not the two guys to give the ball away to. >> An absolute gift. 16th World Cup goal for Kylian Mbappé. And he'll say Dembélé, great finish. Great goal. >> [cheering] >> They want to know where exactly he fits in this French group. We're getting the answer. Ousmane Dembélé slotting it into the corner and France now cruising. >> And it takes so little for this team to score. Watch the turn here from Olise. Immediately finds the feet hard of Dembélé who makes an excellent control with the right foot and puts it away to the far post. >> There's Messi. To trigger an attack here with Almada. Medina coming up on the outside. Oh, YES, THERE IT IS. >> [cheering] >> THERE IT IS. IN TERMS OF SCORING in World Cup finals, you are looking >> [cheering] >> at THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. >> [cheering] >> NUMBER 17 for the great number 10. So many stats to his name. It just seems so right, so fitting that the first goal of this game today is a record-breaking one by that man. There are a couple of in the middle. Müller is one of them. Is that going to be kept in by Zucker maker? It is. Still only two in the box. He doesn't get there anyway. And it breaks for a loitering Leo Messi. He's got bags of options coming from the opposite flank. And a great stop by Schlager. But is Messi going to crown it all himself? He has done. Well, this truth >> [cheering] >> is stranger than fiction. There were >> [screaming] >> four, five Austrians in the way, >> [cheering] >> but he found a way because he works miracles. And [cheering] he is Lionel Messi. Amazing. Astonishing, honestly. Yeah, and they know he's got it. They feel something will happen. And my goodness, it's happened again, right there. >> And they've broken in >> the only one forward and then what happened after that? How did it end up with him putting it in the net? Astonishing. >> Yeah. >> Jason for Altamari. That's got to be a foul, is it? No. Algeria supporters howling for a free kick, but neither the assistant on this near side nor the referee. It's all convinced picked up by Abu Taha. Abu Taha once more. The little pull back miscue AND DIVERTED TOWARDS GOAL AND IN BY NIZAR AL-RASHDAN. JORDAN IN FRONT. FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT a FIFA World Cup. >> Well, it's a testament, isn't it, to their battling spirit, that never say die attitude going forward, with the energy that they show going up against an Algerian defense that feels like it's creaking. Bensebaini doesn't look fit. Aït Nouri doesn't look fit. >> [cheering] >> And Jordan quite clearly and deservedly have capitalized on it. It's a miskick first and foremost which turns into an inadvertent assist. >> [cheering] >> That once again is a very, very soft wrist, isn't it, by the Algerian goalkeeper? Yes, there's a bit of pace to it with the outside of the right foot. Is it enough to take it beyond the goalkeeper into the back of his net? At this level, I wouldn't say so. Jordan don't care how it goes in, though. They've deservedly in the last few moments taken the lead. >> Mahrez with THE CORNER. HEADED TOWARDS GOAL AND IN. AND ALGERIA GET THE EQUALIZER AND IT'S THE SUBSTITUTE BAGHDAD BOUNEDJAH WHO HAS MADE IT 1-1 WITH A POWERFUL HEADER. >> Absolutely the reason he has been brought onto the pitch. Ben Bouali possesses that physical presence. He's been brought on to occupy Jordan's defense and when delivery is that good from set pieces, it has to be attacked. There are fewer than three red shirts around him. He's the man that climbs the highest and Abu Layla has got absolutely no chance. >> Remember, if Algeria win this match, Jordan are eliminated from the FIFA World Cup. They will go home after the group stage. Nach Moussa's delivery. COULD DROP ANYWHERE AND IT'S TURNED IN FROM CLOSE RANGE. IT'S A SECOND GOAL FOR ALGERIA AND IT'S BEEN SCORED BY AMINE GOUIRI. FROM 1-0 DOWN, ALGERIA LEAD 2-1. >> But quite simply, Jordan just do not learn. Algeria have been knocking on the door. It's another very good ball into the box. It's another poorly defended attempt by the men in red. >> [cheering] [cheering] >> Here go Croatia. WHIPPED ACROSS AND IN. BUDIMIR BOUNCES OFF THE BENCH AND THE CROATIAN CLASS COMES TO THE FORE. >> [cheering] >> AFTER ALL THEIR WORK rate from THE FIRST HALF, PANAMA ARE UNDONE and it's the substitute who makes the difference. >> [cheering] >> He has had a wonderful season in front of goal for his club. Now he's delivering for his country. And as some revel in the moment, others think about what might have been, and what might still be. Cancelo Five in red in THE MIDDLE. RONALDO! THE FAREWELL MAY BE APPROACHING, but the legend is not FINISHED YET. THE FIRST PLAYER EVER TO SCORE IN SIX DIFFERENT WORLD CUPS. HOUSTON RISING for a man who's spent A LIFETIME RISING ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE. THE ONE AND ONLY, CRISTIANO RONALDO. He always finds a way to answer the critics, doesn't he? You can't bet against them. You have to believe this is Ronaldo, but it might even actually favor Nuno Mendes as lining up his left foot. >> Yeah, you might be right. >> About Ronaldo taking it or Nuno Mendes? >> Going Ronaldo. >> BUT IT'S MENDES! AND HE DRILLS [cheering] IT IN! PORTUGAL score again. [cheering] Portugal are firmly awake at this World Cup. >> No question about it. It's a spectacular finish and it comes to a guy in his 46th appearance, only his second goal for Portugal, but what a hit from Nuno Mendes. >> And it's Pakistan led by a World Cup winner and Fabio Cannavaro back on the World Cup stage 20 years after lifting the trophy as Italy's captain. And what a team he was part of when you think of some of the names back then. Pirlo, Gattuso, Totti. But it's Portugal on the surge with Bruno Fernandes. CRISTIANO RONALDO! >> [screaming] [cheering] >> HE'S DONE IT AGAIN! JUST FELT AS THOUGH this FIFA World Cup was not quite complete. IT IS NOW BECAUSE CRISTIANO RONALDO has announced HIS ARRIVAL. >> SPECTACULAR transition moment. The weight of this pass perfect, but to angle that into the far side netting with the goalkeeper going towards the near post is brilliant finishing. And that's the partnership you want to get oiled and working. Bruno Fernandes perfectly weighted pass and the finishing of Cristiano Ronaldo who now has a second here in Houston today. >> Bruno Fernandes over this corner. Austin McFee, by the way, who's uh part of the coaching team for Portugal has been really animated just prior to this corner kick and it's gone in! >> [cheering] >> Well, one of the scruffiest goals yet at this FIFA World Cup. >> SO THE DELIVERY COMES IN at the near post. It was Joao Felix who helped it on and it went in off the right hand of Nematov, the goalkeeper. >> Deary me, it's talk about bad luck. >> Well, that's pinball wizardry in there. >> Off Nematov, off the goalkeeper and in. Still the time >> for more yet. Fernandes looking to get Semedo away. Can he find Ronaldo? It will come the way of Rafael Leao. Who smashes in number five. From doubt to direction. FROM SETBACK TO STATEMENT. Portugal have announced themselves at this World Cup in a big way. >> Well, he gets his and there's all this talk about him wanting to be a musician. Hey, stick to football right now. You're in the World Cup. >> And that he's one happy man right there, Roberto Martinez. >> Here's Colombia coming into the attack. Pressure coming from behind. It's broken up by Kimpembe. Lerma. Quick passing through the middle. An extra pass is blocked. Quintero. CORDOBA GOES OVER. THE SHOT IS IN! >> [screaming] >> MUNOZ HAS DONE IT AGAIN! COLOMBIA BREAK THROUGH IN GUADALAJARA! >> [cheering] >> IT'S A WONDERFUL GOAL. Got to say Muñoz. He must just get >> [cheering] >> and pass IT WITH THE EYE. Surprised and went near post. Shaped up like he was just going to bend it in that back end. Just excellent build-up. To Quintero. Well, Puetti Escobar who tries to get a hold of Wallace man. Went down for a penalty. I never thought there was anything in it. Muñoz did not care. Just make sure you hit the target. An excellent goal >> over here. >> Muñoz right place, right time, wonderful finish.