2026 FIFA World Cup: Semifinals - Argentina vs. England

He had an affair with a team mates, partner, is a racist, his brither had an affair with a team mates wife, the team mate committed suicide, his mother and mother n law were done for shoplifting and his dad sold cocaine. Numerous stories of him getting drunk in nightclubs and urinating into champagne buckets. A lovely family.

 

Cruz cameo in the end Gets no call for a legit penalty

 

Este video de Fernando Balmaceda es lo mejor que he visto en las últimas horas. Emocionante de principio a fin pic.twitter.com/TM6UkR5TAe

— Gonzalo Grandis (@grgrandis) July 12, 2026

 

Does 2 nil qualify as a battering? Seriously, I've got to stop reading this twitter rage bait, it's very bad for my blood pressure.

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Troy Deeney: "I think we’ll BATTER Argentina. We’ll win at least 2–0, comfortably.

"At the back, they’re all over the place. Their central midfielders aren’t controlling anything. They only have Messi." @talkSPORT pic.twitter.com/2XJA21fBSS

— All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 (@AlbicelesteTalk) July 13, 2026

 

I take that stuff with a pinch of salt, heard similar before Egypt and Swiss games only for the same line up. We'll find out on Wednesday

 

🚨Lionel Scaloni tried out Giuliano Simeone yesterday in training. The chances of him starting against England has increased. #Argentina pic.twitter.com/OUge9Sr4eD

— CA VA🐐 (@psg__chief) July 13, 2026

It would be so good if this is true

 

All according to plan, give them false sense of confidence then hit them with the real deal. Classic long game bait and switch by General Scaloni.

 

Yeah, I know. Talksport is entirely based on rage bait, I'm old enough and ugly enough to not get wound up by it. I should know better.

 

Hopefully

 

Seems like it was based on the training sessions that they did today.

 

This would be my starting XI

Nico G.--------Alvarez-------Messi
----------Lo Celso-------Palacios
-------------------Paredes
Tagli-----Lisandro-------Romero-----Molina


Can easily change to either a 3-5-2 or a 4-4-2 during the game.

--------------Alvarez---Messi
Nico G.---Lo Celso---Palacios----Molina
---------------------Paredes
-------Tagli--------Lisandro-------Romero


------------Alvarez---Messi
Nico----Lo Celso---Paredes----Palacios
Tagli-----Lisandro----Romero----Molina

 

[#FIFAWorldCup2026]
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Inglaterra vs Argentina 🇦🇷
A: Ismail Elfath 🇺🇸
A1: Corey Parker 🇺🇸
A2: Kyle Atkins 🇺🇸
4to: Maurizio Mariani 🇮🇹
5to: Daniele Bindoni 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/xN83DQ4bwx

— ArbitroInternacional (@ArbitroInteBlog) July 13, 2026

 

🔄🇦🇷 ¿Cambio de nombres y de esquemas? El laboratorio de Scaloni para la semifinalhttps://t.co/4B6ynrCTKI

— Diario Olé (@DiarioOle) July 13, 2026

 

The weird thing is we've seen this team won all 4 qualifier matches where Messi wasnt there including againts Uruguay and Brazil. We won CA final after Messi was injured. You could see the other players suddenly became much more creative (even Almada) , the pressing became more intense because subsconsiously they knew they couldnt rely on Messi's magic and the team has extra man to press.

 

It should be noted that England has not beat any powerhouse team at WC knockout stage since.... 1966.

 

You need at least One of Simeone and Nico. Our transitional defending is where most goals are leaking.

It's also crazy that Barco who in very short time had a very good cameo and Lo Celso had not seen any time since then.

Enzo, Mac and Messi have just accumulated so much time. I think top ones this WC. They would be much better subs.

 

Might have to drop a striker and play Messi as a false 9.
With Messi not defending there needs to be another player in midfield maybe a 451.

 

At his age, Messi wont be fast enough to outsprint opponent defenders. He's more unpredictable playing as free roaming FW or even as a right winger.

Even Alvarez goal sequence started from Messi long range which was blocked and bounced into our player. We wont be able to utilize his long range shot & magical pass if he play as 9.

 

🇦🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🚨 BANCO: Estos tipazos hicieron su propia versión de WONDERWALL de Oasis, en la previa del duelo contra Inglaterra. pic.twitter.com/t3lwtt5LLc

— Derechazo (@derechazoar) July 13, 2026

 

You could see how fast Almada in our last counter against Switzerland. All it takes to kill the game is replacing the main 3 midfielders & Molina in second half with Giu, Lo Lelso, Barco or Paz. I dont understand why Scaloni keeps looking for a dramatic win. We'd absolutely win these past 3 games comfortably if he refreshed the midfield with fresh legs early in second half.