Argentina and England will meet on Wednesday in a blockbuster World Cup semi-final infused with decades of bitter rivalry after they battled past Switzerland and Norway respectively in the quarter-finals.

The South Americans and their talisman Lionel Messi must defeat England in Atlanta to keep alive their hopes of becoming the first team to win back-to-back World Cups since Brazil in 1962.

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England and their key partnership of Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane must win to have any hope of ending a 60-year wait for a major trophy.

The winner of that game will take on the victor of France’s semi-final with Spain – they meet in Texas on Tuesday – in the final on July 19.