The North African team will have revenge on their minds in Boston after they lost to France in the semi-finals four years ago in Qatar.<\/p>\n
The Atlas Lions created history by becoming the first African team to progress to the last four in 2022 and will be keen to match that feat.<\/p>\n
Spain v Belgium<\/p>\n
In beating Portugal 1-0 on Tuesday<\/a>, Spain became the first team in tournament history to record six consecutive World Cup clean sheets.<\/p>\n Luis de la Fuente\u2019s European champions do not always set pulses racing, but they are strikingly efficient and comfortable on the ball.<\/p>\n Barcelona star Lamine Yamal has netted just once in five games, but Mikel Oyarzabal has scored four times, including twice in a 3-0 win against Austria in the last 32.<\/p>\n Belgium go into the match in Los Angeles on the back of a 4-1 thumping of co-hosts the United States.<\/a><\/p>\n That came after they rallied from two goals down in the last 32 to beat Senegal 3-2 in extra time.<\/p>\n The World Cup is likely the last hurrah for the remainder of the nation\u2019s so-called Golden Generation, including Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku, who will be desperate to leave the stage on a high.<\/p>\n Norway v England<\/p>\n England\u2019s defenders are used to facing Norway hotshot Erling Haaland in the Premier League \u2013 but whether they can handle him is another story.<\/p>\n Thomas Tuchel\u2019s men arrived in the United States among the favourites to win the tournament for just the second time in their history.<\/p>\n Captain Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have been the standout players so far, scoring 10 of the team\u2019s 11 goals, including all three in a gripping 3-2 win against Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n England, reduced to 10 men, had to dig deep to see off the co-hosts<\/a> in a result that will infuse them with confidence before their meeting with Norway.<\/p>\n But they will come up against a team in Miami led by the irrepressible Haaland, who has scored seven goals so far as he chases the Golden Boot.<\/p>\n The Manchester City man has netted in each of his past 14 competitive outings for Norway \u2013 27 goals in total \u2013 and is bound to create problems for England\u2019s shaky defence.<\/p>\n Argentina v Switzerland<\/p>\n Lionel Messi\u2019s Argentina have come through two almighty scares to set up a quarter-final against Switzerland.<\/p>\n The defending champions were taken to extra-time by World Cup debutants Cape Verde before prevailing 3-2.<\/p>\n Then in the last 16 they looked down and out when trailing 2-0 against Egypt before an astonishing comeback<\/a>, with Messi at the centre of the action.<\/p>\n Head coach Lionel Scaloni will know his team cannot keep testing fate as they chase a fourth World Cup crown, but they have shown they can never be counted out.<\/p>\nSpain forward Lamine Yamal on a run. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n
Norway’s Erling Haaland takes on the Brazilian defence. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n