World Cup 2026: Argentina break England hearts and head for final with Spain – live
⚽ All the latest in the aftermath from dramatic day in Atlanta ⚽ England 1-2 Argentina Player guide Golden Boot Mail us Barney Ronay was
⚽ All the latest in the aftermath from dramatic day in Atlanta ⚽ England 1-2 Argentina Player guide Golden Boot Mail us Barney Ronay was at Atlanta Stadium as Lionel Messi helped turn the game against England. The Argentina captain only occasionally breaks into a run these days. He often looks bored by what is unfolding around him. But it is hard to imagine Messi as anything other than the most impactful footballer on the pitch even as he is about to become the oldest outfield player ever to appear in a World Cup final.
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Well, not to this lot anyway. On a day of ceaseless rolling noise under Atlanta’s vast refrigerated dome, England reached the end of the road, the end of their own capacities at this World Cup, the end of the gears within this team. Mainly they ran into Lionel Messi, who wasn’t ready to be done just yet.
Not like this anyway. With 55 minutes gone England were actually winning this game, 1-0 up thanks to Anthony Gordon’s goal, the only real moment of clarity they produced all match. At which point they simply disappeared as an animate entity from the stage. Jude Bellingham Fired up from the start, came close to losing his rag in injury time – couldn’t save England this time.
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