England vs. Argentina live commentary: World Cup 2026 score, team news, updates

Hello and invited to Sports Mole's unrecorded commentary of England vs. Argentina successful the World Cup 2026 semi-finals, from the Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta!

Thomas Tuchel's charges and the reigning champions are astir to fastener horns with a spot successful Sunday's last against Spain astatine stake, portion the losers volition beryllium condemned to facing France successful Saturday's third-placed playoff.

Stay wholly up to day passim the lucifer with our unrecorded blog below!

England vs. Argentina: What's the story?

Well, we could tally done the ENTIRE storied past betwixt England and Argentina, but we would miss the entirety of tonight's crippled erstwhile moving done it all.

The Three Lions and South American giants are renewing a bitter on-field rivalry successful Atlanta, 40 years from the infamous Hand of God and Goal of the Century during the 1986 World Cup - besides known arsenic the Diego Maradona tournament.

Then came David Beckham vs. Diego Simeone successful 1998, and the England icon's revenge punishment 4 years later, which represents the Three Lions' past gathering with the Argentines successful a competitory setting.

Wednesday's contention marks England and Argentina's archetypal showdown affable oregon not since a 2005 accumulation lucifer - which the Three Lions won 3-2 acknowledgment to a Michael Owen brace - and confidently picking the victor of tonight's semi-final is simply a pugnacious ask.

Argentina person kept their imagination of back-to-back World Cup honours live acknowledgment to a glut of goals successful the knockout signifier - 3 successful each crippled to beryllium nonstop - and specified firepower has made up for a deficiency of antiaircraft diligence.

After conceding doubly to some Cape Verde and Egypt, Argentina were taken to other clip by Switzerland successful the quarter-finals, but the Rossocrociati going down to 10 men proved fatal successful a 3-1 Albiceleste triumph.

Meanwhile, England person not managed a World Cup knockout triumph by much than 1 extremity astatine the existent edition, but Tuchel's broadside person exhibited tremendous powers of betterment to travel from down doubly against DR Congo and astir precocious Norway.

Some members of Tuchel's squad person antecedently travel face-to-face with Lionel Messi, but this volition beryllium the archetypal clip that the eight-time Ballon d'Or victor - inactive successful blistery pursuit of different Golden Boot and Golden Ball - takes connected England arsenic a team.