{"id":76158,"date":"2026-07-16T00:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/world-cup-2026-argentina-break-england-hearts-and-head-for-final-with-spain-live\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T00:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:55:15","slug":"world-cup-2026-argentina-break-england-hearts-and-head-for-final-with-spain-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/world-cup-2026-argentina-break-england-hearts-and-head-for-final-with-spain-live\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Argentina break England hearts and head for final with Spain \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd All the latest in the aftermath from dramatic day in Atlanta<br \/>\u26bd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jul\/15\/england-argentina-world-cup-semi-final-match-report\">England 1-2 Argentina<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/world-cup-2026-complete-player-guide\">Player guide<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/golden-boot-world-cup-2026-top-goalscorers-winner\">Golden Boot<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:taha.hashim@theguardian.com\">Mail us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lionel Messi will play in a third World Cup final<\/strong> at the age of 39 after helping to drag Argentina over the line with a pair of assists in their semi-final win against England.<\/p>\n<p>But was Messi\u2019s effervescent best enough to earn a perfect rating? And what score did England\u2019s captain Harry Kane earn as his side failed to hang on to their spot in a World Cup final in the dying stages? <strong>Ed Aarons<\/strong> was at Atlanta Stadium marking the players as the action unfolded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jude Bellingham <\/strong>Fired up from the start, came close to losing his rag in injury time \u2013 couldn\u2019t save England this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthony Gordon <\/strong>Has come of age at this tournament. Will never forget scoring in a World Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/jul\/16\/world-cup-2026-argentina-break-england-hearts-and-head-for-final-with-spain-live\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd All the latest in the aftermath from dramatic day in Atlanta\u26bd England 1-2 Argentina | Player guide | Golden Boot | Mail us Lionel Messi will play in a third World Cup final at the age of 39 after helping to drag Argentina over the line with a pair of assists in their semi-final &#8230; <a title=\"World Cup 2026: Argentina break England hearts and head for final with Spain \u2013 live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/world-cup-2026-argentina-break-england-hearts-and-head-for-final-with-spain-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about World Cup 2026: Argentina break England hearts and head for final with Spain \u2013 live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}