24 Jul 2023

Crowds turn up for football World Cup

From Morning Report, 8:52 am on 24 July 2023

The first four days of the FIFA World Cup have mostly gone to form with plenty of penalties being handed out and big crowds turning up for the games.

South Africa almost managed to eclipse New Zealand for the biggest upset of the tournament so far in Wellington last night.

Jamaica took their first ever World Cup point, drawing with match favourite France following a hard fought 90 minutes while the Netherlands scored on a header in the thirteenth minute, winning 1-0 over Portugal.

By today all of the first round games, bar one,will have been played, with New Zealand's upset win over Norway still the biggest result.

Barry Guy looks back over the feature games from the weekend and what lies ahead.