{"id":688576,"date":"2026-07-13T02:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T02:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/688576\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T02:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T02:48:11","slug":"lionel-messi-reacts-to-facing-powerhouse-england-in-world-cup-semi-final-standard-co-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/688576\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi reacts to facing &#039;powerhouse&#039; England in World Cup semi-final &#8211; standard.co.uk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNN29YVzN5OFZfY3J0RzBPdUdxR2kwUEpfZnpUNnhqSXJVQzhfdlpSUDhCQ2NXLTFlX2pOS0JBVG5NVzVmMDg1a1Z6dTZNRVpQR2VKZGJWUXdPVVE1TkxPWFhycmk3NXZSSHpWanRsX0I0c3dYM3EzVEVaN2phNFB2VE56a1VzczlBMFJseVJScG05NEd4N0MtRFFxbUoySl85N0d1M0Nn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lionel Messi reacts to facing &#8216;powerhouse&#8217; England in World Cup semi-final<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;standard.co.uk<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZEFVX3lxTE53SlNpcFRpenVSaktoMzliV1RTeU1rNjZmODlwQlFfcFVkNlowSkxBVU9ha1hjVV9TSnJLaS1FUENXVkJoYl9wS1czcTlyUndoeXF3dlpqcmZEb3ZMUUdLSDcxdEk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup 2026: England to renew Argentina rivalry &#8211; but will Three Lions go all the way?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE5CREl5RjFKTVNzOEZLU0k4b0l0dW9Pc3VvRWs1TWFHbTkxRmE1bFhacnFOQUVCT2Njd0s1Nmt2d3FMRGtBNmRxd2pzbDRGdDVOUktVc2hlb1JReWR1cno4ckdzWDFCTWs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;We should all be excited&#8217; &#8211; Messi set for first England meeting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxPVWZHbDJGTlJvRWRoYnVPSUlaTDZKRjRiVGNobzY3blhPN2VjMF9EcHdMazlIcTdoRV9WcXQtX3VSZ2hITFJ4aXZvTUZvOTJFMHVCTU1PeGtodnF6dThhaUp6QXVEaGVGXzRJVFpsR0ZTU2FwejQxbFFwbFN6dDlOVDFReEFoRXZhMHloZnVRZkJhTGtJVmY5a2NsczJSQW5kbkxqM1pMTldEeDZtbmdqb2c1bDI0bXhnbklMM2JTS09IMXN2NWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England-Argentina confirmed: Lionel Messi ready for &#8216;special&#8217; World Cup semfinal vs &#8216;powerhouse&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNdHhFRUIzRUNMWHpkN25UN1FVR3AwVVhSLWxHdHZKNExHUjluWWU3R1RaR0NQbkc4Q2ZaV29ZQk5RQzhYX241aHBVX3duTmVJMU1DcmhSRlRVQ2owclR4MTZfSzhmZkxMZG9MeXJMX05ZLWo3V01aQi1QOUxBNjBDVXNtYkZ5cnpfdTZmOS1Mb0RTbF93aldHNXJOSUtsTDZTUjBqVHFMakFpSFZrZGVValZR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England on collision course with Messi and Argentina in World Cup semi-final grudge match<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi reacts to facing &#8216;powerhouse&#8217; England in World Cup semi-final&nbsp;&nbsp;standard.co.ukWorld Cup 2026: England to renew Argentina rivalry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14632,309,59,2713,101,56,54,55,58033],"class_list":["post-688576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-argentina","tag-england","tag-gb","tag-lionel-messi","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}