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In order to reach their first World Cup final since 1966, England must beat the reigning champions and stop the best player of all-time. Sounds scary, doesn’t it? And in many ways it is. Argentina’s pedigree is daunting. The greatest footballer of all-time. A goalkeeper who seems to save all of his best work for huge international games. And nine other lads who will sacrifice anything to win. It’s a formula that saw them make history in 2022, and it has gotten them to the cusp on another final. They’re much more settled and much more experienced than this England team. But are they actually THAT good? They breezed through a poor group before needing extra-time to dismiss Cape Verde, got extremely lucky against Egypt and weren’t able to see off Switzerland in normal time. Outside of Lionel Messi, who Dan Burn can sort out, their most productive player has been Lautaro Martinez with three goal involvements. Bukayo Saka has as many in just two starts. Their over reliance on Lionel Messi is due to catch up with them. It almost happened against the Swiss. The champions looked frustrated and out of ideas and would probably have had no answers against eleven men. Thomas Tuchel’s side have the resilience to frustrate and the fire power to punish. Do you know who England have beaten more times at World Cups than any other team, by the way? Argentina. We believe that England are making the World Cup final.

France vs Morocco Spain vs Belgium Norway vs England Argentina vs Switzerland Out of the above, who can you definitely see in the semi-finals?

England or Scotland - Who goes further in the World Cup?

So.... picture 1 his arm is supposedly offside, yet picture 2 the defenders arm doesn't count so the kneecap is offside??????? This shit is a disease on the game for fuck sake

“It’s a grace that I have made it to football professionally.” Lesley Ugochukwu reflects on the privilege of being a professional footballer in the latest episode of Keeping The Faith