{"id":549073,"date":"2026-07-14T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549073\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:11:09","slug":"are-you-rooting-for-france-or-spain-in-tonights-world-cup-semi-final-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549073\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you rooting for France or Spain in tonight\u2019s World Cup semi-final? &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQVGVIOFJnZHJweV85NWpXZk9ZWXctQmU0NHQ2c1lWeGJWSU5MOHBCZERGYjJQdEU3ZGpTRHVkdlZvdjFaeG9LZVhuRUlvMnZldGE4LUQ3M09JNGc0cFh3N1FPNnlMVnB3ZG9nLWVWSGhrMVhDRlRJckVWSVNZTWtoYWdWOE05cXIxV0Y1UjFBa0JMcGFfSTkxbjJEWm9wTTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Are you rooting for France or Spain in tonight\u2019s World Cup semi-final?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQRTFoLThCQjRiNlh2a212M2ZQUklvRlotZEw0UDYyRGpxNndDNmY1aXVtOWtaVWVtb0hWYUZxWlNEVVVDemhkSlRCekswdzhjdnhpVlRhTzNEdE1BWXo5Y3pva2JSY2hlTjYtb0w3Z0x2M3RYbERITVMtcWU3M2lqYTlMaUFxcjY0Q29ZbHg4N2lHYTVRc2VydlpQcG0zcFp3MWtvZGs1bDdkVGZtTGhPTlFvMGFZdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Preview: Much travelled Spain seek to upset French rhythm<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgJBVV95cUxPSnd3cGJSaGxOa2lJaHh0ZWs5bEVucmVyMWQyOTZoU2F2dWRDOVZjdW9VYlhYZURjSTBxRC1JbFhKaVg5MG1MRVA2dTVBTHE4SHUwRk1IelhjSUZ5TTdsVC0wZEUzNDYzMnFQZTl3eXlnTTdjcDBxWXlsaXZ5MUd4U2NEUE5CM1NTWDY4eXd3TllidlJTUjFBMDZ4WWZ2d3FaQmVVS042aFpjVFdOekFsbURwajAyVFVLX0R6dHFhekpLaVpJUW85V0hBOExaOHB5SjFlVkpaMldRWWJYQ2J3YWFzSkJRSVJJZkQzMDhXM3RNYm1fUlV2blJtUllPek9nUUtpRkJleDJET3J1YkpWM01oMFN0UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">France vs Spain: World Cup semi-final preview &#8211; Lamine Yamal and Rodri hold keys to stopping Kylian Mbappe&#8217;s Les Bleus storming to final<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNS2E3bWk1X0ZiaHhOWllzbmJyM05nSUpPb0RxX09TWDJVRmFSUnkzb0F5d20tM2lBWlRYRnBKQ0kzTk4tb3dsRUYwWnhNbEZLVkpiVjN6VVdqcGlnWWxfV3U3OWJxNEl2SUJQckVyWUhlOGllb2N4czgtc2I0dFZXLTNJM21QN1FGZXEwWTd3eUJBUUVuYmtoSlRjaTV3eGdPNmhOdnllVl8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">France ready to get \u2018revenge for the Euros\u2019 in World Cup semi-final against Spain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxOS20zd19Rdi02bGhDVE1TNVA1MFAzY0RzU2NtLThqYU9LZWF0LWpaXzZnNjJqNUdNYXI5T0JJTzdPNkRYdS1iV28zTF9nd0NPaW1jci1yX2xRV3VzNmJmMUJqVUxhOEIzODJiOW1fR3d1SnkzaEJ4Rlg4ZVNCeDlybHBINTdVMnUzUmh2UEVNYUZTNjdPanhMU3hXLUEwMlZMTXo4eFYwX1JPNGcyNGhiaFM1YjhPU1QwWFc3M2pvdGxPbWFjUnhrdl9VQmlvWmpBUVM3S3VGdjRWMEZxcm9KOGJhYUs3SGNBZXlPN2I2ajQ4VWRLU0lKUi1tel9Jcnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup 2026 Day 34: Spain take on France in semi-final, as England players open up on facing Argentina<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you rooting for France or Spain in tonight\u2019s World Cup semi-final?&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalPreview: Much travelled Spain seek to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1128,1814,61,60,3865,186010,2846,850,112,3866,4018,3867],"class_list":["post-549073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-football","tag-france","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-poll","tag-semi-final","tag-spain","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-the-daily-poll","tag-world-cup","tag-your-say"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}