{"id":7086,"date":"2026-07-16T03:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=7086"},"modified":"2026-07-16T03:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:30:54","slug":"argentina-stuns-england-to-reach-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=7086","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Stuns England to Reach World Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Defending champions Argentina booked their place in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final with a dramatic 2\u20131 comeback victory over England in the semifinal at Atlanta Stadium on Wednesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">England took the lead through Anthony Gordon in the second half and looked set for a famous victory. However, Argentina responded late in the match as Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez equalized before substitute Lautaro Mart\u00ednez headed home the winning goal in stoppage time after a superb assist from Lionel Messi. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Messi once again inspired Argentina with two decisive assists, helping the reigning champions keep alive their hopes of retaining the World Cup title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Argentina will now face Spain in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final, while England will meet France in the third-place playoff.\u00a0<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260715_172908_406.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champions Argentina booked their place in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final with a dramatic 2\u20131 comeback victory over England in the semifinal at Atlanta Stadium on Wednesday. England took the lead through Anthony Gordon in the second half and looked set for a famous victory. However, Argentina responded late in the match as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1920x0.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7088,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086\/revisions\/7088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}