World Cup LIVE: England take on old foes Argentina for place in final

[h2]Today's semi-final:[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/argentina-f9OppQjp/england-j9N9ZNFA/?mid=pKVyGJbD"]England vs Argentina - 21:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][h2]Live updates:[/h2][p][b]13:00 CET - [/b]Good afternoon and welcome to what promises to be a World Cup semi-final for the ages. It is [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] vs [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a]; it doesn't get much bigger than this.[/p][p]The two nations have a rich World Cup history, from the infamous 'Hand of god' in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beckham-david/S0VmZ6TT/"]David Beckham[/a]'s red card and penalty shootout heartbreak in the 1998 edition - there has always been drama between these two. [/p][p]In the 2026 World Cup, both the world champions Argentina and Euros finalists England have battled their way to the semi-finals without playing the most convincing brand of football and riding their luck in crucial moments.[/p][embed guid="ebef8940-909d-462d-b901-b3e4edd20eb2" url="https://x.com/England/status/2077135942272352763" social-type="twitter" /][p]England's victories against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mexico/O6iHcNkd/"]Mexico[/a] at the Azteca and then against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland's[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a] in the quarter-finals are more impressive on paper than Argentina's unconvincing wins against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cape-verde/MocyWdm7/"]Cape Verde[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/egypt/bejDn7NN/"]Egypt[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/switzerland/rHJ2vy1B/"]Switzerland[/a], all of which had to be decided in extra-time.[/p][p]However, when it gets to this stage, the pressure is really on to deliver; it becomes as much about the mentality of both sets of players as it does anything else. Who can handle the expectation of a nation? [/p][video alt="World Championship 2026: England - Argentina (video preview)" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="bd465b38-e571-45a7-b421-0d6e7cf8041f" id="22b2511b-11c3-464f-bcce-168ba737da49" /][p]If you aren't all caught up on yesterday's drama as Spain stunned France 2-0 to book their place in the final, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-world-cup-2026-france-spain-semi-final-live-updates/U7WjQaH8/"]then make sure you relive it all with Flashscore![/a][/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]