Will Wednesday July 15, at 21pm (Italian time) the semifinal of the World Cup who will see on the field Argentina e England. Forty years after the "Hand of God" and the most beautiful goal in World Cup history scored by Diego Armando Maradona, the two teams will face each other again. The match will be played at Atlanta Stadium. While France-Spain, the first semi-final of the World Cup, will be played the night before – Tuesday 14 July at 21pm Italian time – at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Dallas.
England beat Norway in extra time
The Bellingham Roar. A lethal double for Norway e England in the World Cup semi-finalsThe goal challenge between Kane e Haaland, both of whom were somewhat overshadowed, saw the Real Madrid midfielder shine, scoring the goals in the "Three Lions" 2-1 victory against the Scandinavians, secured at the end of extra time. The drums were silent, the Viking ship sank. The Miami stadium echoed with "Wonderwall," sung at the top of the lungs by the English fans.
The match saw a balanced first half, with Schjelderup's cross-shot putting Solbakken's team ahead and Bellingham equalising in injury time. In the second half, however, it was Norway who dominated the game and were more dangerous, especially on corner kicks: in fact, on the developments, A goal was disallowed for Heggem after Haaland pushed an English player (reported by VAR) and a crossbar that saved England from Ajer's header. In the first half of extra time, however, a decisive error by goalkeeper Nyland was his failure to hold a shot from outside the box that Bellingham pounced on. He has scored six goals in this World Cup.
Cover man. Haaland, on the other hand, was left empty-handed after 14 consecutive matches in which he had scored for his national team, and even ended up being substituted... For Norway, reaching the quarterfinals is still a historic achievement, while for England, it's their fourth World Cup semifinal against the winner of the Argentina-Switzerland match.
Argentina: We're flying to the semifinals
From suffering to triumph. Argentina seems to know only how to win this way. After Cape Verde and Egypt, it did it. also with Switzerland, taking last place in the World Cup semi-finals where they will face England, renewing a historic rivalryA 3-1 after extra time which this time – and this is the novelty – did not have Messi among the signatures.
Off to go in Kansas City, and after ten minutes it was indeed MacAllister Argentina took the lead from a corner kick, which was nevertheless taken by the 'Pulce', his tenth assist in his six World Cup campaigns (in addition to his 21 goals). Switzerland found themselves trailing for the first time in their entire tournament campaign: in their previous 11 matches—six in qualifying and five in the finals—they had never had to recover.
An objective achieved by the Swiss in the second half, also considering the too timid attempts of theAlbiceleste to close the match. And so at 67' ndoye (formerly Bologna) leveled the score with a precise, low right-footed strike. Shortly afterward, however, another incident occurred that could have turned the game in Argentina's favor: Embolo's dismissal. The striker, who had already been booked, received a second yellow card for simulation. The Seleccion, however, failed to capitalize in regulation time, despite Scaloni's attack, who put in lautaro martinez to give a strong hand to Messi e Julian Alvarez placeholder imageAnother match that dragged on, after extra time against Cape Verde, and more suffering after the incredible comeback against Egypt. But in the end, another victory: this time thanks to Julian Alvarez, who pulled a curling right-footed shot into the top corner, and Lautaro Martinez, who sealed the victory.
Here are the results of the quarter-finals and the schedule of the semi-finals
Quarter finals
- Thursday 9 July France-Morocco 2-0;
- Friday 10 July Spain-Belgium 2-1;
- Saturday 11 July Norway-England 1-2 extra time;
- Sunday 12 July Argentina-Switzerland 3-1 extra time.
Semifinals
- Tuesday 14 July 21.00pm France-Spain;
- Wednesday 15 July 21.00pm England vs Argentina.
Third place final
- Saturday, July 18st, 23 pm.
Final
- Sunday, July 19, 21 p.m.
