{"id":75372,"date":"2026-06-26T02:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/world-cup-2026-haaland-and-mbappe-face-off-scotland-still-left-in-limbo-live\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T02:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:55:09","slug":"world-cup-2026-haaland-and-mbappe-face-off-scotland-still-left-in-limbo-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/world-cup-2026-haaland-and-mbappe-face-off-scotland-still-left-in-limbo-live\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Haaland and Mbapp\u00e9 face off, Scotland still left in limbo \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd Latest news from day 15 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/25\/erling-haaland-v-kylian-mbappe-how-the-norway-and-france-hitmen-match-up\">Haaland v Mbapp\u00e9 in data<\/a><br \/>\u26bd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/24\/world-cup-groups-permutations-round-of-32-usa-mexico-canada\">Third-place table<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/world-cup-2026-complete-player-guide\">Player guide<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/bracketology-predict-a-path-to-world-cup-victory\">Bracketology<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:sarah.rendell.casual@guardian.co.uk\">Mail us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank goodness this is Dallas and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/blog\/2014\/feb\/25\/world-cup-25-stunning-moments-no3-germany-austria-1982-rob-smyth\">not Gijon<\/a>.<\/strong> There was ultimately no disgrace in a draw that served everyone, even if one might have forgiven Graham Potter and Hajime Moriyasu for shaking hands at half-time. At that point most onlookers may have fancied calling it all off too but a much sparkier second half served up two moments to cherish and left Sweden, who had risked throwing such a promising campaign away, certain of a spot in the last 32.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweden secured their place<\/strong> in the last 32 but Anthony Elanga, who scored against Japan, forgot a draw would see them through. Cameras caught him looking sad after the final whistle and manager Graham Potter explained:<\/p>\n<p>It couldn\u2019t have been any clearer for him, so he\u2019s obviously thinking about something else. Bless him.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/jun\/26\/world-cup-2026-norway-france-senegal-iraq-cape-verde-saudi-arabia-uruguay-spain-egypt-iran-new-zealand-belgium-live\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd Latest news from day 15 | Haaland v Mbapp\u00e9 in data\u26bd Third-place table | Player guide | Bracketology | Mail us Thank goodness this is Dallas and not Gijon. There was ultimately no disgrace in a draw that served everyone, even if one might have forgiven Graham Potter and Hajime Moriyasu for shaking hands &#8230; <a title=\"World Cup 2026: Haaland and Mbapp\u00e9 face off, Scotland still left in limbo \u2013 live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/world-cup-2026-haaland-and-mbappe-face-off-scotland-still-left-in-limbo-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about World Cup 2026: Haaland and Mbapp\u00e9 face off, Scotland still left in limbo \u2013 live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}