{"id":788384,"date":"2026-07-08T14:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/788384\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:27:21","slug":"world-cup-daily-july-8-argentina-switzerland-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/788384\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD CUP DAILY, July 8: Argentina &#038; Switzerland advance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              WORLD CUP DAILY, July 8: Argentina &amp; Switzerland advance<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 7:00 am Wednesday, July 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina and Switzerland have advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating Egypt and Colombia, respectively, on Tuesday (July 7).<\/p>\n<p>Egypt took an early lead in the 15th minute with a goal by Yasser Ibrahim, and in the second half they added to that lead with a goal by Mostafa Zico.<\/p>\n<p>But with just over ten minutes left in regulation time, Cristian Romero scored for Argentina and lessened Egypt\u2019s lead to 2-1. Four minutes later, in the 83rd minute, Lionel Messi scored the equalizer for Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the second minute of added time, Enzo Fernandez scored for Argentina, giving them a 3-2 lead, which they held onto until the final whistle blew.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland defeated Colombia 4-3 on penalties at BC Place Tuesday (July 7).<\/p>\n<p>Argentina will play Switzerland on July 11 at 8 p.m. in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>ROUND OF 16 SCHEDULE:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, July 7:<\/p>\n<p>Argentina vs. Egypt in Atlanta, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland vs. Colombia in Vancouver, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>No matches Wednesday, July 8<\/p>\n<p>QUARTER-FINALS<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 9:<\/p>\n<p>Morocco vs. winner of FRA vs PAR at 1 p.m. in Boston<\/p>\n<p>Friday, July 10:<\/p>\n<p>Spain vs. Belgium at 12 p.m. in Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, July 11<\/p>\n<p>Norway vs. England at 5 p.m. in Miami<\/p>\n<p>Argentina vs. winner of SUI vs. COL match at 8 p.m. in Kansas City<\/p>\n<p>===========<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surreynowleader.com\/2026\/06\/30\/17k-hotdogs-consumed-vancouver-by-the-numbers-as-fifa-world-cup-hits-halfway-mark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">17K hotdogs consumed: Vancouver by the numbers as FIFA World Cup hits halfway mark<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surreynowleader.com\/2026\/06\/10\/world-cup-numbers-39-day-fifa-soccer-tournament-starts-thursday-june-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup numbers: 39-day FIFA soccer tournament started June 11 in Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surreynowleader.com\/2026\/06\/10\/2026-fifa-world-cup-an-in-depth-look-at-canadas-midfielders-and-forwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 FIFA World Cup: An in-depth look at Canada\u2019s midfielders and forwards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surreynowleader.com\/2026\/06\/10\/2026-fifa-world-cup-an-in-depth-look-into-canadas-goalkeepers-and-defence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 FIFA World Cup: An in-depth look into Canada\u2019s goalkeepers and defence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surreynowleader.com\/2026\/06\/11\/trozzo-what-a-doctor-on-canadas-bench-in-86-bench-taught-me-about-the-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TROZZO: What a doctor on Canada\u2019s bench in \u201986 bench taught me about the World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surreynowleader.com\/2026\/06\/05\/photos-b-c-s-science-world-fully-transforms-into-fifa-world-cup-match-ball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PHOTOS: B.C.\u2019s Science World fully transforms into FIFA World Cup match ball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surreynowleader.com\/2026\/06\/15\/vancouvers-1st-fifa-match-led-to-translinks-busiest-saturday-since-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vancouver\u2019s 1st World Cup match led to TransLink\u2019s busiest Saturday since Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WORLD CUP DAILY, July 8: Argentina &amp; Switzerland advance Published 7:00 am Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Daily FIFA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,163792,55],"class_list":["post-788384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}