Argentina’s great journey continues in the FIFA World Cup 2026. Lionel Messi’s Argentina team has made it to the semi-finals. Argentina defeated Switzerland 3-1 in the quarter-final match. The match remained tied at 1-1 till the stipulated time, after which Argentina scored two goals in extra time to enter the semi-finals. Now he will face England. The England team has reached the semi-finals by defeating Norway 2-1.
The semi-final match between Argentina and England will be played on July 16 at the Atlanta Stadium. Argentina is considered a strong contender for victory in this match. The 3-time champion Argentina team has not lost a single semi-final match in World Cup history. He has played 5 semi-finals so far and won all of them. Let us tell you that when Argentina became champion for the first time in 1978, there was no semi-final at that time.
Talking about England, it has played 3 semi-finals and won only 1. England had achieved this victory in 1966. That year she was also successful in winning the title. In the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup, it had to face a heart-breaking defeat in the penalty shootout against West Germany. England suffered its second defeat in the semi-finals in 2018. They were eliminated from the tournament after being defeated by Croatia 2-1.
England has won 3-3 difficult matches in this World Cup. It defeated Croatia 4–2 in the group stage. After this, it defeated Mexico in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals he faced the challenge of Erling Haaland of Norway. The team captained by Harry Kane defeated Norway with the help of two goals from Jude Bellingham.
On the other hand, till now Argentina has faced weak teams. Despite this, she is barely winning in the knockout. Its round of 32 match against a small country like Cape Verde went to extra time. In the pre-quarter-final against Egypt, the team was trailing 2-0 till the 79th minute. Argentina also got a difficult victory against Switzerland. Now it remains to be seen whether Messi’s team can maintain its unbeaten record in the semi-finals or not.
