{"id":539335,"date":"2026-07-13T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/539335\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:33:08","slug":"england-vs-argentina-how-to-watch-stream-2026-fifa-world-cup-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/539335\/","title":{"rendered":"England vs. Argentina: How to watch, stream 2026 FIFA World Cup semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionel Messi<\/a> and Argentina are one step away from competing in a second straight\u00a0FIFA World Cup<\/a> Final, though England provide a difficult test in the semifinals Wednesday in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The winner advances to the July 19 final at New York\/New Jersey Stadium, where they’ll face France or Spain. The loser competes in the Third Place Match on July 18 in Miami.<\/p>\n

The 2026 World Cup, expanded to 48 nations, runs from June 11 until July 19. Games are held in 16 cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

FIFA World Ranking: 4
\nConfederation: UEFA (Europe)
\nQuarterfinals: 2-1 win vs. Norway<\/p>\n

England are in their fourth-ever World Cup semifinal and hope to make the final for the first time since winning the tournament in 1966.<\/p>\n

The Three Lions reached this point by defeating Erling Haaland-led Norway, 2-1<\/a>, in extra time during the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

As he did against co-hosts Mexico in a 3-2 Round of 16 win<\/a>, Jude Bellingham struck for a brace to move England one step closer to the sport’s biggest prize.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Real Madrid midfielder is now England’s co-scoring leader, alongside captain and Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane, with six goals apiece.<\/p>\n

FIFA World Ranking: 1
\nConfederation: Conmebol (South America)
\nQuarterfinals: 3-1 win vs. Switzerland<\/p>\n

The 2022 World Cup champions delivered a third straight dramatic knockout-stage victory, knocking off Switzerland 3-1 in extra time<\/a> during the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi<\/a> extended a World Cup record with his 10th career assist on Alexis Mac Allister’s opening goal. After Switzerland equalized, Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez put La Albiceleste in front with a stunning golazo before Lautaro Mart\u00ednez added the final insurance goal.<\/p>\n

Messi has been center stage in Argentina’s run to a seventh semifinal appearance. The Inter Miami CF<\/a> superstar has scored eight goals and is in a heated Golden Boot race with France’s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Messi is the World Cup’s all-time leading goalscorer (21), breaking the previous mark of 16 by former Germany star Miroslav Klose. His club teammate, Rodrigo De Paul<\/a>, has also been crucial in Argentina’s midfield.<\/p>\n

This is the fifth time England and Argentina will meet at the World Cup. Led by David Beckham, the former\u00a0LA Galaxy<\/a> star and current Inter Miami co-owner, England won the last meeting, 1-0, in the 2002 Group Stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi and Argentina are one step away from competing in a second straight\u00a0FIFA World Cup Final, though…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9877,444,245692,24415,85,46,45744,105,6866],"class_list":["post-539335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-argentina","tag-england","tag-engvsarg-07-15-2026","tag-how-to-watch","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sendtonews","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}