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England vs. Argentina live updates: Score, highlights and analysis from the World Cup semifinal - Yahoo Sports
SportsBy Yahoo Sports Staff7/15/20261 min read
England and Argentina meet with a place in the World Cup final on the line. Follow along here for the latest news, updates and highlights.
✨ Key Highlights
- Argentina defeated England 2-1 in a dramatic World Cup semifinal in Atlanta, scoring two late goals to complete another come-from-behind victory and advance to Sunday's final against Spain.
- Lionel Messi again proved decisive, extending Argentina's pattern of miraculous late rallies, as the team had required extra time or last-minute comebacks in each of its knockout-round matches.
- The clash carried deep historical and political weight, given the two nations' shared rivalry, past off-pitch incidents, and the still-raw memory of the 1982 conflict between them, with the sides having not met in a knockout match since 1998.
- Managers Lionel Scaloni and Thomas Tuchel both sought to lower tensions beforehand, with Tuchel arguing it "does not help if we engage emotionally," framing the fixture as simply a football match.
- Argentina's vice president Victoria Villarruel struck a defiant tone, calling England "usurping pirates" in a Spanish-language X post the night before the game and invoking the Malvinas, Diego Maradona and Messi.
- Security was heightened for what FIFA and law enforcement labeled the highest-risk match of the tournament, with Argentine supporters vastly outnumbering England fans and drowning out anthems inside Atlanta Stadium.
Some rivalries grow louder with time. England and Argentina's has echoed for generations.
Wednesday's World Cup semifinal between La Albiceleste and the Three Lions arrives carrying decades of bagga