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France and England suffered devastating semifinal defeats earlier in the week.
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England and Argentina meet Wednesday in the World Cup semifinal, their first match in 21 years. Here's every result in one of soccer's fiercest rivalries.
The Football Association was not shy in trumpeting its ambition when appointing Thomas Tuchel in October 2024. English football’s governing body said it was aiming for this Sunday’s World Cup final — hence it wanted an elite manager,
England was mere minutes away from going back to the World Cup final for the first time in 60 years. But it will be Argentina moving on to face Spain.
Thomas Tuchel is expected to heavily rotate his starting lineup for Saturday’s game in Miami.
Defending World Cup champion Argentina rallied to edge England 2-1 to advance to Sunday's final at MetLife Stadium, where they will face Spain.
The Golden Boot race is still up for grabs and a good performance by France's Kylian Mbappe in bronze match could help him overtake Lionel Messi.
Argentina pulled off another stunning comeback to reach the World Cup final, scoring two goals in seven minutes to secure a 2-1 win over rival England. Enzo Fernandez’s long-range strike equalized in the 85th minute for the defending champions with an assist from Lionel Messi.
For decades, England fans have sung "It's Coming Home" as they hope to will the Three Lions to their first major tournament title since 1966. Those chants have come to no avail, though, as evidenced by England's World Cup semifinal loss to Argentina on Wednesday.
BBC Sport's England reporter Alex Howell rates the players after the Three Lions lost to Argentina in the World Cup semi-final.
