Day 16: Brazil top Group C, South Africa make history, Mexico stay perfect

June 24 closed Groups A, B and C with six matches: Switzerland 2-1 Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 Qatar, Brazil 3-0 Scotland, Morocco 4-2 Haiti, Mexico 3-0 Czechia, and South Africa 1-0 Korea Republic. 1

Brazil took Group C behind a Vinicius Junior brace, Morocco survived a six-goal swing against Haiti, Switzerland topped Group B, and Bosnia and Herzegovina stayed alive with a 3-1 win over Qatar. 1

South Africa's 1-0 win over Korea Republic sent Bafana Bafana to the World Cup knockout stage for the first time, with Thapelo Maseko scoring the 63rd-minute winner and later being named Player of the Match. 2

The star line belonged to Vinicius Junior: FIFA credited him with two goals against Scotland and noted he became the fifth Brazil player to score in every group-stage game at a World Cup. 3 FIFA's matchday stats also logged Kerim Alajbegovic as the youngest long-range World Cup goalscorer at 18 years and 276 days, Ruben Vargas with the fastest second-half World Cup goal in 16 years, Ismael Saibari as the first player outside Europe or South America to score in each of his team's first three World Cup games, and Brazil reaching 50 World Cup clean sheets. 1

The X card uses only verified-account posts with permalinks: FIFA World Cup's South Africa knockout post, B/R Football's Neymar reaction, ESPN FC's Vinicius stat post, and B/R Football's Mexico perfect-group post. 4 5 6 7