Three meetings are to follow, Tuesday, from 4am. The main issue concerns the Norwegians, forced to impose themselves so as not to experience another embarrassing elimination.
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End of the first round and start of the second round for the 2023 Football World Cup. You will have to get up early to attend the first of the three meetings on the program, Tuesday July 25, with Colombia-South Korea at 4 a.m. All will be broadcast on the antennas of France Télévisions.
4:00 am: Colombia-South Korea (France 2)
The last two teams not to have entered the competition will start the competition. On the one hand, Colombia will find the atmosphere of a World Cup match for the first time since 2015 and its round of 16 loss against the United States. Opposite, the Koreans will validate their third consecutive participation in the competition hoping to do better than in the previous edition in 2019. The latter had lost each of their three meetings in the group stage, against Nigeria, Norway and against France.
7:30 am: New Zealand-Philippines (France 3)
After winning their first-ever World Cup game in the inaugural encounter, will New Zealand take another step towards qualifying for the finals? The victory against Norway (1-0) allows them, in any case, to approach this match with a nice capital of confidence. Especially since the Philippines have missed their entry into the running, losing quite logically against Switzerland (0-2). Back to the wall, the latter are almost already condemned to the feat to extend their adventure in what is their first participation in the World Cup, and will have to win a result in a stadium won over to the cause of the New Zealanders.
10 a.m.: Switzerland-Norway (France 2)
Wash away the affront of Euro 2022: chance n°2. After the slap received against England (0-8) in their last major competition, with elimination in the first round at stake, Ada Hegerberg’s Norway is in search of redemption. But, after the misstep against New Zealand when they entered the competition, the trend is not reassuring. A defeat would place the Norwegians in an almost insoluble position. It would be an earthquake for this selection which only came out of the first round once out of its first eight participations in the World Cup, in 2011. In an ideal position, the Swiss will not hesitate to confirm the downgrading of their opponents.