{"id":44150,"date":"2026-06-28T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/world-cup-2026-knockouts-englands-path-to-the-final-explained-after-topping-group-l\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T06:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:30:37","slug":"world-cup-2026-knockouts-englands-path-to-the-final-explained-after-topping-group-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/world-cup-2026-knockouts-englands-path-to-the-final-explained-after-topping-group-l\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026 knockouts: England&#8217;s path to the final explained after topping Group L"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Saturday, 11 July &#8211; 22:00 BST<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now, this is where things being to look more difficult.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Five-time winners <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brazil <\/b>are in England&#8217;s section of the draw and are potential quarter-final opponents, but Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s men would first have to overcome Japan in the last 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Vinicius Jr. and co topped Group C &#8211; knocking out Scotland in the process &#8211; but were unconvincing on the one occasion they were truly tested, drawing 1-1 with Morocco in their opening fixture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Japan<\/b>, meanwhile, looked strong technically and tactically as they finished second behind the Netherlands in Group F, and have not lost in any of their past 16 matches, beating England 1-0 in a friendly at Wembley in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The two other possible quarter-final opponents for England are Ivory Coast and Norway, who will face each other in the last 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Ivory Coast<\/b> have impressive attackers including RB Leipzig&#8217;s teenage superstar Yan Diomande, Inter&#8217;s Ange-Yoan Bonny and Manchester United winger Amad Diallo. They finished second behind Germany in the group stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Norway<\/b>, who finished second behind France in Group I, have impressed in their first World Cup appearance since 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With Manchester City&#8217;s Erling Haaland up front, they would pose a significant threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If England reach this stage, they will be playing in Miami.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c5yz0zkzw39o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, 11 July &#8211; 22:00 BST Now, this is where things being to look more difficult. Five-time winners Brazil are in England&#8217;s section of the draw and are potential quarter-final opponents, but Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s men would first have to overcome Japan in the last 32. Vinicius Jr. and co topped Group C &#8211; knocking out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44152,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44150\/revisions\/44152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}