Listen to the full episode on Spotify to hear the complete matchday breakdown.<\/a><\/p>\nThe program focuses heavily on Canada\u2019s crucial first-place decider against Switzerland. Jesse Marsch\u2019s squad saw their hopes of topping Group B take a significant hit, falling to an organized Swiss team in a tough tactical defeat. The hosts dissect the match performance, questioning the deployment of Alphonso Davies as a \u201cdecoy\u201d and laying out what the Canadian side must rapidly correct as they leave home soil behind for the remainder of the tournament.<\/p>\n
In stark contrast, Mexico put the finishing touches on a flawless group-stage campaign. El Tri cruised to an emphatic victory to confidently secure the top spot in Group A.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, South Africa completed one of the most remarkable underdog storylines of the tournament so far, punching their ticket to the knockout phase and setting up a highly anticipated Round of 32 clash directly against Canada.<\/p>\n
The show also reviews Brazil\u2019s dominant display over Scotland, analyzing how the tournament favorites continue to build dangerous momentum behind a spectacular performance from Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior.<\/p>\n
The hosts also look at Morocco\u2019s clinical attacking display before closing out the episode with previews and predictions for a massive upcoming slate of group finales, including the United States taking on T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n
You can stream the entire tactical overview right now. Check out The 90th Minute on Spotify<\/a> to stay completely updated on the official knockout brackets, tactical adjustments, and team statuses as the tournament transitions into the single-elimination rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage has officially delivered its first major wave…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[26112,46291,17],"class_list":["post-92195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-podcast","tag-rabona-tv","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116812130866596943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}