World Cup LIVE: Czechia & South Africa look to get first wins before Switzerland vs Bosnia

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Tomas Soucek in training
Tomas Soucek in trainingREUTERS / Paul Childs

After a captivating first round of World Cup fixtures, we return to Group A and Group B for the start of the second round of matches today.

Today's matches:

Czech Republic vs South Africa - 18:00 CET

Switzerland vs Bosnia - 21:00 CET

Canada vs Qatar - 00:00 CET

Mexico vs South Korea - 03:00 CET

Key updates:

13:00 CET - Good afternoon and welcome to day eight at the World Cup and the start of the second round of group stage fixtures. After both countries lost their opening games, the Czech Republic and South Africa return to centre stage this evening in the first of four games. 

Defeat for either Czechia or South Africa would be disastrous for their hopes of qualifying, so it is a crucial clash and quite simply a must-win game for both nations. 

Be sure to check out our latest World Cup daily highlights article and relive all the action from day seven's live tracker.