History, again, for the co-hosts. Canada opened the World Cup's brand-new Round of 32 — the first knockout match of the expanded 48-team tournament — and won it in the most dramatic fashion, Stephen Eustáquio's 92nd-minute strike settling a tense 1-0 victory over South Africa at SoFi Stadium.
It was a night that asked questions of Canada's nerve. South Africa defended stoutly, clearing shots off the line as Jesse Marsch's side pressed for a breakthrough that would not come — until Eustáquio caught a bouncing ball perfectly on the edge of the box and found the bottom corner deep in stoppage time.
The headline storyline, though, was a return: captain Alphonso Davies made his tournament debut after missing the entire group stage with a hamstring injury, and his presence lifted a side that had already turned heads with a 6-0 demolition of Qatar. Canada become the first team into the Round of 16 — and the first World Cup co-host to win an elimination game on foreign soil.
The knockouts are alive. Star the ties on your must-watch list and read how the bracket took shape in the knockouts are set.