Overview:
Competitively, the final assembly was on the 2002 World Cup the place England edged the South Americans 1-0 courtesy of David Beckham penalty within the group phases however probably the most well-known assembly was in 1986 in Azteca when Diego Maradona scored the well-known ‘Hand of God’ purpose to eradicate the Three Lions enroute to profitable the trophy in Mexico.
July 15, 2026
- Atlanta stadium 10pm [EAT]
England and Argentina renew rivalry within the 2026 Fifa World Cup semi-final at Atlanta on Wednesday with a date towards Spain within the last the reward.
The Three Lions are concentrating on solely their second ever international showpiece last and the primary since 1966 once they gained it on residence soil whereas Argentina search successive finals after profitable the event in Qatar 4 years in the past.
To get right here, England eradicated Erling Haaland’s Norway 2-1 within the quarter last whereas Argentina and Lionel Messi kicked out Switzerland 3-1 after further time.
This would be the first assembly between the 2 sides since 2005 when Wayne Rooney and Micheal scored for England in a world pleasant.
Competitively, the final assembly was on the 2002 World Cup the place England edged the South Americans 1-0 courtesy of David Beckham penalty within the group phases however probably the most well-known assembly was in 1986 in Azteca when Diego Maradona scored the well-known ‘Hand of God’ purpose to eradicate the Three Lions enroute to profitable the trophy in Mexico.
This tie represents Argentina’s sixth World Cup conflict with their previous foes, and it’ll even be their sixth semi-final – the La Albiceleste have by no means did not progress from this stage.
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni may quickly develop into simply the seventh man to handle in two World Cup finals, following within the footsteps of countryman Carlos Bilardo – however Tuchel’s England facet stand in his approach.
England will look to Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham for inspiration however Tuchel will hope to have a completely match Declan Rice after he got here off at halftime within the quarter last conflict.
For Argentina, Messi stays the primary man and it stays to be seen who Scaloni will accomplice him with from Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez.
