Roshtein’s Weekly World Cup Recap: England Decimates Croatia, Mexico Charges Through To Next Round!

The first week+ of FIFA World Cup 2026 action is officially in the books. Round 1 is over, Round 2 has begun, and things are about to heat up in a major way!

In Roshtein’s weekly World Cup recap, we’ll be checking out some of the highlights of each week of the biggest global competition in football, as well as bringing you the full results from the week before. 

To top things off, we’ll be highlighting the biggest winners and most significant stats from Roshtein’s World Cup event and leaderboards. Without further ado, let’s get kicking.

World Cup Results

Here are the results from the first 9 days of the 2026 FIFA World Cup so far, as well as the group tables:

Group A

• Mexico 2–0 South Africa 
• South Korea 2–1 Czechia  
• Czechia 1–1 South Africa  
• Mexico 1–0 South Korea

Group B

• Canada 1–1 Bosnia & Herzegovina  
• Switzerland 1–1 Qatar  
• Switzerland 4–1 Bosnia & Herzegovina 
• Canada 6–0 Qatar

Group C

• Brazil 1–1 Morocco  
• Scotland 1–0 Haiti

Group D

• USA 4–1 Paraguay  
• Australia 2–0 Türkiye

Group E

• Germany 7–1 Curaçao
• Ivory Coast 1–0 Ecuador

Group F

• Netherlands 2–2 Japan  
• Sweden 5–1 Tunisia

Group G

• Belgium 1–1 Egypt  
• Iran 2–2 New Zealand

Group H

• Spain 0–0 Cape Verde  
• Saudi Arabia 1–1 Uruguay

Group I

• France 3–1 Senegal  
• Norway 4–1 Iraq

Group J

• Argentina 3–0 Algeria
• Austria 3–1 Jordan

Group K

• Portugal 1–1 DR Congo 
• Colombia 3–1 Uzbekistan

Group L

• England 4–2 Croatia  
• Ghana 1–0 Panama 

FIFA World Cup 2026 Round 1 Analysis

We’ll keep it short in this quick rundown of the most significant highlights of Round 1 of the World Cup. The undisputed winners of the week were one of the hosts, Mexico, whose two wins have made them the first team through to the round of 32.

Argentina was also one of the teams who might have been surrounded by question marks before the tournament, but who shone when it came to game time, thanks especially to the ageless Lionel Messi and his hat-trick against Algeria. 

Finally, no talk about football would be complete without mentioning the Three Lions, who seemed to have been cursed upon arriving in America, with equipment heists, murder mysteries, and tornados all threatening to derail England’s campaign before it even got started. However, Thomas Tuchel’s boys showed more than enough resilience and motivation, seeing as they steamrolled Croatia 4:2 on their way to a dominant win which only bodes well for the rest of the competition. Harry Kane in particular looked like the best player on planet Earth in that game, covering every position except goalkeeper on his way to two goals and a Man of the Match ball. 

On the negative, or let’s say unexpected, side of things, quite a few dominant favorites didn’t manage to win their opening matches, with Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands, and even Uruguay all drawing games with objectively inferior foes (no knock on the minnows, congratulations on the fighting spirit of course). For these teams, the pressure grows even higher, but for the fans, the action will only get wilder and more exciting!

FIFA World Cup On Roshtein: The Leaderboard

And now, let’s get into the nitty-gritty: Here’s who’s on top of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Roshtein Leaderboard:

Congratulations are in order for our Top 3, but here’s another two honorable mentions to close out the Top 5:

Finally, let’s close things out for this week with a look at the World Cup Final Raffle - with roughly 31 days of the tournament left, a total of 2,492 users have amassed 355,580 tickets so far, and the action is only gonna heat up from here, so make sure to jump in and stake your claim to football fame on Roshtein.com!