After 100 matches at this year’s World Cup, we’re now down to the final four – and what a prospect these semifinals are for football fans around the globe.
With France vs. Spain at Dallas Stadium on Tuesday (9 pm CET) and England vs. Argentina in Atlanta on Wednesday (9 pm CET), expect drama and see-sawing emotions (and that’s just for the neutrals) as the four nations look to progress to the World Cup final on Sunday 19 July.
Even before anything happens on the pitch, the pre-match facts speak for themselves: Four previous champions, the four top-ranking teams in the world, five of the six top scorers in the tournament, one ‘GOAT’, and one of the bitterest rivalries in world football.
It's a World Cup semifinal “line-up for the ages”, said AP. Here are the key talking points to know ahead of the heavyweight clashes…
Too close to call