Mbappe missed a penalty. France won anyway.

Who won yesterday's World Cup games?

France 2, Morocco 0

France is headed back to the semifinals, and it took the weirdest possible route to get there. Mbappe drew a penalty in the box, then stood around for three and a half minutes while VAR sorted out the foul that caused it, the soccer equivalent of an NFL replay booth review that outlasts the two-minute warning. By the time he finally struck it, his rhythm was gone: a soft stutter-step attempt that Morocco keeper Yassine Bounou read like a book and saved. It ended a personal streak of 15 straight converted penalties. Most strikers would spend the next hour in their own head. Mbappe spent it in Morocco's box instead, and in the 60th minute he bent a shot into the far corner that no goalkeeper on earth was stopping, his 20th career World Cup goal and eighth of this tournament. Ousmane Dembele made it 2-0 six minutes later off a Mbappe assist. Final: France 2, Morocco 0. Mbappe's eighth goal ties him with Messi for the Golden Boot lead, with Haaland one back at seven. Morocco's tournament ends the way it lived: loud, brave, and one bounce short. France now waits in Dallas for the winner of today's Spain-Belgium game, on July 14. Catch the full breakdown of how the bracket got here in yesterday's recap.

Who plays today? Spain vs. Belgium: what time and channel (July 10, 2026)

Just the one game again, and it's the best kind of mismatch: strength versus strength.

• Spain vs. Belgium, 3 p.m. ET at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Fox and Telemundo, streaming on Fox One, the Fox Sports App, and Peacock.

That's the entire card today. Whoever wins gets France in the Dallas semifinal on Tuesday.

What's the must-watch game today?

No other option, but Spain vs. Belgium would headline any slate. Spain has not allowed a single goal in five World Cup games, an NFL-defense-going-a-whole-playoff-run-without-allowing-a-touchdown kind of stat, with keeper Unai Simon setting the tournament record for consecutive shutout minutes along the way. Their attack runs through 18-year-old Lamine Yamal and Pedri pulling strings in midfield, basically a rookie phenom wide receiver and a veteran quarterback who never throws a bad pass.

Belgium is the other extreme: three straight games with three or more goals scored, capped by a 4-1 demolition of co-host USA in the Round of 16 where Charles De Ketelaere scored twice in the first half and looked like he was playing a different sport than everyone else on the field. Belgium does have one real injury problem: midfielder Amadou Onana is out for the rest of the tournament with a torn ACL suffered in that USA game, the soccer version of losing your starting middle linebacker to a season-ender in the divisional round. The good news for Belgium is Kevin De Bruyne, who was rested for the entire USA match as a load-management call, is expected back in the starting eleven today, like getting your future Hall of Fame quarterback back off the bye week at the exact right time.

Spain is the moderate favorite on paper, an immovable object that hasn't been tested by anything like Belgium's firepower yet. But an unstoppable force that just hung four on the co-hosts has every reason to believe today's the day the clean-sheet streak ends. We'll have the full quarterfinal breakdown, including how the Dallas semifinal sets up either way, on the GameDay School YouTube channel before kickoff.

What channel are today's World Cup games on?

Spain vs. Belgium airs on Fox in English and Telemundo in Spanish, streaming on Fox One, the Fox Sports App, and Peacock. It is the final quarterfinal of the week; Norway vs. England and Argentina vs. Switzerland close out the round Saturday. See the complete How-to-Watch guide or stream every game here.

New here? Start with these

If a missed penalty that somehow ended in a win is what got you curious, you're early to a great week. We translate every bracket, every seed, and every upset into NFL and baseball terms on the GameDay School YouTube channel. Subscribe before kickoff and the semifinals will make sense fast.

• Start with How the 2026 World Cup Works for groups, the bracket, and how single elimination works from here.
• Use How to Watch the 2026 World Cup for every channel and stream.
• Catch up with yesterday's recap (July 9) for the full France-Morocco quarterfinal.

FAQ: World Cup July 10, 2026

What time does Spain play Belgium today?

Spain vs. Belgium kicks off today, July 10, at 3 p.m. ET at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Did France win their World Cup game?

Yes. France beat Morocco 2-0 on July 9 to reach the semifinals. Kylian Mbappe missed a penalty in the first half but scored the opening goal in the 60th minute, and Ousmane Dembele added a second in the 66th.

What channel is Spain vs. Belgium on?

Spain vs. Belgium airs on Fox and Telemundo, streaming on Fox One and Peacock.

Who is leading the World Cup Golden Boot race?

Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi are tied at the top with eight goals each after France's quarterfinal win over Morocco. Erling Haaland is one behind with seven, and Mbappe holds the tiebreaker with three assists to Messi's one.