World Cup LIVE: Canada and Morocco to get round of 16 underway in Houston

[h2]Today's matches:[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/canada-x4toKORL/morocco-IDKYO3R8/?mid=pUYfr7u3"]Morocco vs Canada - 19:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/france-QkGeVG1n/paraguay-YaNlqp6j/?mid=M5YPKKbB"]Paraguay vs France - 23:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][h2]Key updates:[/h2][p][b]13:00 CET - [/b]Hello and welcome to Flashscore's coverage of the 2026 World Cup's round of 16![/p][p]That's right, we're down to the last 16 nations at this year's tournament, and four of them are battling it out for a place in the quarter-finals today.[/p][embed guid="11311609-0360-4d77-8995-dff1a0ff4613" url="https://x.com/FIFAWorldCup/status/2073248433268310262" social-type="twitter" /][p]Among the 16 sides are the three host nations, and the first of them to take to the field will be [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/canada/x4toKORL/"]Canada[/a], who will face off with 2022 semi-finalists [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a] six hours from now.[/p][p]After that, tournament favourites [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]France[/a] will face a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paraguay/YaNlqp6j/"]Paraguay[/a] side that are not to be taken lightly following their penalty shootout triumph over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a] in the last round.[/p][p]While you're waiting for all that, catch up on what was a thrilling final day of the first knockout round [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/world-cup-2026-highlights-day-23-argentina-cape-verde-egypt-colombia/Q3DgIuvp/"]with our look at the highlights[/a], and relive how it unfolded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-fifa-world-cup-2026-day-23-live-updates/OIT032Ft/"]here[/a].[/p]