England v Argentina

Haaland will have something to say about that.

Haaland had nothing to say.

we win

that is the maggie
thatcher hair do iinit
on mr co kane

NORB the Swiss manager will not be happy with this post , it could be your last

Kane looks like a chutney ferret in that photo.

Tommy not happy
But who he going bring in
Replace ??????

Rice gone he’s done !!!
Man wacky  he’s just not good enough, Saka still not near 100%

Right back and left back can be changed imo

Kane was missing last night but can’t change him

So how in 3 day are England going become this pressing
Ball playing beast ???

No chznce stay play **** house rubbish til will get beaten

Shame we have no back up keeper ,he cannot give the defence confidence.Bang average .

a round later than expected but we,re now in the outhgate poition of been in the game maj of fans think we could lose,even if  its a coin toss to we might be losing

England haven't been great.  Argentina have been worse.  England with a few injury issues according to SSN

Kane's pearls, hairdo and erect nipple are most disconcerting.

4/5 fav to qualify eng a team whove been just been dominated in midfield  agait 2 bang average  team in mexico and norway for 85% of both games,both teams dodgey at the back but on recent evidence youve got to think argie will keep the ball better than both mexico and norway o eng midfield going to need to step up, mcalister playing well

Tim Vickery who was on Talksport the other day said that most Argentina fans consider England to be their biggest rivalry which I found surprising and hard to buy, surely it's Brazil. We hardly ever play Argentina so looks to be simply be a Falklands Island thing. A bit like with Germany, most England fans including myself would say they are the one country we'd love to beat more than anyone else, but Germany would probably wouldn't think the same, more interested in beating the Dutch. Messi has never played against England.

England's h2h is Won 6, Drawn 5, Lost 3.
Competitive games is 3-2 England.

The lost games include losing on penalties in 98.

'The hand of god' will be avenged

Video of that goal will be played non stop leading up 'til
this game

Jormans still angry at the Dutch after wasting over 2 years in a game of hide and seek.

Gotcha .....

Two poor teams relative to the position they find themselves in, both struggling to pass and maintain possession for any period of time.

Argentina seem happy to concede possession, but whilst stopping short of adopting a "low block", in order to counter but are unable to mount consistent decent counters as they give the ball back too easily.

England too would probably be best suited to a counter attack style of play but will have more of the ball against Argentina.

I think the critical factor here is Argentina don't seem to be capable of keeping the opposition off them, in their recent games you always get the feeling that the opposition looks dangerous, their midfield is extremely weak and they don't defend with those two hard lines of protection.

England lack technical passing quality for sure but that won't matter so much in this game, against Argentina a high tempo will be important and weight of pressure will be enough, we'll simply over-run them.

I'm waiting to see who will ref this game, moreover, what country they're from.

I thought that we would have been a good bit shorter than 2.74 on the match odds.

take the goggles off. High tempo?!

Atalanta is the venue. Is it an amenable venue? Miami was taxing last night for some English payers.

England will need to play better than what they did last night. But, for Bellingham England would have been on their way home. Tuchel was correct when he said England were lucky to get a result last night.

The key thing for me is the fitness of the English players.  England have come from behind twice and were down to 10 men at altitude.  Argentina have done what was required.  Both despite not playing great have raised their games when it mattered.  England have faced the harder fixtures and I think Argentina won't have the legs against a top side, so I agree England are faves, as long as they have a close to fit starting eleven.  (a half fit Declan Rice is definitely a concern)  Mainoo must be showing nothing in training, if Tuchel prefers James in central midfield.  Don't fancy either in the final, but both countries have shown they can raise their game when it matters.

England have a dodgy defence so Argentina could well prevail.

My book is showing a bigger green for Argentina but I'd gladly sacrifice a few shekels for England to qualify.

They won't have enough possession, they give it back too easily even with our shaky back line.

Against the Swiss, apart from set pieces when it was 11 v 11 they created absolutely nothing.

The shirt aside the Swiss would have been a tougher game than the Argies are likely to be.

I was a fan of Argentina after the first round of games and stubbornly kept giving them credit despite people telling me that they were sh1te, last night came the realizeation though.

We're not much better technically but the semi is game that will be decided by work rate.

Saka has to start over Madueke, it was like playing with 10 men with Noni, needs to get technically better, ball control poor, delivery poor, crossing was poor.

Messi been #hittin'#his#strappes" me's noticedde, wiv ~15mins or lesse in normal time... couldde be 3-1 at thatte stage in #upcomingge WC SF....  Argies notte good enuffe overalle....  On a/c England seem to have a fewe with Irish names / possibly were entitledde to playe fo' us #EmeraldIsle, me almosdte hope theye do welle

anyhoo, theye mainly a buncjhe o' Africannes... 


likely theye have more'n enuffe for Argentina tho... England 3 - Argentina 2 is my guesse on SF matcjhe score.. :)

Switzerland were a bit naive. Embolo was rightly sent off, but Argentina got away with a lot of pretty bad fouls and a lot of play acting earlier on. FIFA seem to want Argentina in the final for whatever reason. Egypt were robbed and Switzerland didn't get much from the officials either. This is what England will be up against on Wednesday, they will get nothing from the Officials, and they are going to have to take it out of their hands. That means being streetwise and savvy, but not descending to Argentina's level. Switzerland tried that and ended up a man down. England will have to be very careful, they need to outplay Argentina without falling foul of the kind of dark arts and incompetent refereeing that almost cost France against Paraguay. It's a tough ask playing against Messi and co as well as the ref and VAR, but the likes of Anderson and Kane will need to restrain themselves, because any hard tackle by Anderson or dive by Kane or Gordon will be pounced on by the kind of inept and possibly corrupt Officials we've seen so far in the Tournament.

Madueke shouldn’t be anywhere near an England squad, never mind starting a game!

Very quick player who for some reason hasn't used that pace
in this tournament.Seems to want to play the safe pass instead
of attacking the full backs.

Surprised no one has mentioned the playing of "life is life" during the water break in Swiss game, clearly a Diego song and hardly neutral behaviour.very Odd imo.

Saw a stat that madueke leads world cup chances created without having an actual assist.




Noni Madueke has created the most chances (9) and big chances (3) among attackers yet to provide an assist at this World Cup.

—@WhoScored

We’ve had a couple of great games and a few underwhelming ones. Must be rare to have two players scoring six goals each though. Surly more to come too.

Lineker won his Golden Boot with six goals.

Yeah, there's more dross qualified, and an extra round.

But 2 x 6 goals is good.

Only 1 more though.

5/6 both teams to score, was 10/11 yesterday, definitely value in that price, would of expected to be 4/6

And of zero goals for engerland by Premier league players, so far.

Of course,

all the usual ex player pod buying in to the argies are pent cant lift a leg etc,they got in front against the swiss and like we,d do tried to manage the game but mesi aside who,s football brain makes up for it, why would fernandez,de paul,alverez,romero,martinez etc be any less fit than the same player they face every week during a lg season,if our supposed extra fitness,speed, strength hasnt shown  for long periods if at all against aging croatia,ghana,congo,mexico,norway ,why would it uddenly how tomorrow in our toughet test, seems more like simplified wishful thinking baed on a few glances of argie games to me

argies are tired, but we are too.

Possibly becomes static and a bit of a kick fest in midfield. Calm heeds required.

My reading of the match, Argentina play and work like a  unit on the pitch and although they don’t have as many superstar’s in their team, they more than make up for this with their team spirit, think England have the power to overcome Argentina and win the match,
Whoever’s star shines the brightest will decide the match will it be Messi/alvarez or Kane/ Bellingham

I'd like to think I'm the talisman for England. I've been opposing England with my every free bet. I shall do the same here.

From what I've seen of Argentina, they're not averse to a bit of cheating and fooling the referee. They've looked very ordinary at times.England should have enough to see them off.

England have scored 13 goals at the 2026 World Cup, with 12 scored by Harry Kane (6) and Jude Bellingham (6).

It's the highest ratio (92%) of goals scored by two players for a nation in World Cup history (10+ goals scored in one edition).

Opta

Well that s not good if they don t score .If Argentina win do they get Falklands back.

Time to unleash Watkins and Rogers. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I think Watkins may have big part to play, very good player

Jul 13, 2026 -- 10:21PM, Corky wrote:

Time to unleash Watkins and Rogers. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Tammy Abrahams and Tyrone Mings both shocking omissions from the squad.

This 48-team format has proven a hit with me. I've enjoyed watching the games. I hope I'll still enjoy it as much after Wednesday.

I think France will be in the Final. I hope England will be their opponents.

That's a step too far, although either would have been more useful than Jordan Henderson. IMO

anyone fancy both teams to get a red at 40,s including extra time  ?

Big drift on England .... 2.7 out to 2.94

i liked this one today
never been so worried/.nervous about a SEMI since i watched BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Jul 14, 2026 -- 9:01PM, Leano wrote:

Big drift on England .... 2.7 out to 2.94

Might have something to do with Moroccan/American referee who works in the MLS, you want mor big games in the MLS, you make sure Messi makes the final to continue to promote our mickey mouse league.

Jul 14, 2026 -- 9:13PM, mesmerised wrote:

Jul 14, 2026 --  9:01PM, Leano wrote:Big drift on England .... 2.7 out to 2.94Might have something to do with Moroccan/American referee who works in the MLS, you want mor big games in the MLS, you make sure Messi makes the final to continue to promote our mickey mouse league.

Surely FIFA will be looking to sell the new star in Bellingham (who will be in his prime next world cup) instead of selling a 40 year old messi

Messi will bring more neutral viewers in, that's all they care about

The Egyptian and Swiss managers and teams have all basically said the comp is r1gged for Argentina

Same a last World Cup, Messi lifted his arm up at a 180 degree angle as if hailing a cab in Trafalgar Square and handballed it, nothing given, no card, nothing, Van Dijk just stood laughing, he knew what was going on.

Jul 14, 2026 -- 9:58PM, mesmerised wrote:

Messi will bring more neutral viewers in, that's all they care aboutThe Egyptian and Swiss managers and teams have all basically said the comp is r1gged for ArgentinaSame a last World Cup, Messi lifted his arm up at a 180 degree angle as if hailing a cab in Trafalgar Square and handballed it, nothing given, no card, nothing, Van Dijk just stood laughing, he knew what was going on.

The whole world is aware of FIFA corruption and helping Argentina, surely they can't get away with it again

The decisions were right in both games.  Sour grapes.  Embolo a complete idiot

FIFA overturned a red card for the hosts, they don't have any morals, they make it up as they go along.

England at 2.92 is a free summer holiday,with aircon in the stadium its buying money

They are now 2.9, why do you think we should be shorter than 2.74, I would have Argentina in at 2.74, England at 9/4 and the Draw at 2/1. Argentina have the better defenders and the way we have defended in the tournament, the higher the quality players that we are now playing against. I wouldn't be surprised if either side reaches the Final, but I would just favour Argentina, but obviously hoping that we win and reach the World Cup Final and go on to win it

Jul 14, 2026 -- 9:03PM, 1st time poster wrote:

i liked this one today never been so worried/.nervous about a SEMI since i watched BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN