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Who’s excited for tonight!?

England vs Argentina is a rivalry steeped in history, but tonight’s World Cup semi-final clash will be their first competitive meeting since David Beckham’s penalty separated the sides in the 2002 tournament.

Thomas Tuchel will need a plan up his sleeve to contain Lionel Messi, but is that even possible? We look at the Argentina captain’s incredible World Cup stats across the last two tournaments in today’s SVQ.

The winner of that tie will face Spain in Sunday’s final, after they successfully stopped France and their world-class attack yesterday. It was an uncharacteristically poor performance from Didier Deschamps’ side, but Spain impressed yet again, extending their incredible unbeaten run to 37 games.

Can they break a record by going 38 games unbeaten in a row on Sunday, though?

Spain are sending all the right signals ahead of the final, and talking of signal…

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💪 STAT - Spain Look Unstoppable

Spain booked their place in the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday, defeating France 2-0 to keep their unbelievable unbeaten run going into the final on Sunday.

Their victory means that Spain have now gone 37 games unbeaten (W28 D9), the joint-longest run by any European men’s national team in history. It equals Italy’s 37-game run that ended in October 2021… against Spain in a UEFA Nations League clash.

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