World Cup 2026: England to renew Argentina rivalry - but will Three Lions go all the way?

Summary

England beat Norway 2-1 after extra-time to book place in World Cup semi-finals, where they will face Lionel Messi's Argentina
Norway opened scoring through Andreas Schjelderup but Jude Bellingham equalised on brink of half-time, before scoring winner in extra-time
Norwegians claim ball hit 'spidercam' before Bellingham's equaliser and therefore play should have been restarted with a drop ball
Torbjørn Heggem had goal ruled out at 1-1 after VAR punished Erling Haaland for a push on Elliot Anderson
Alf-Inge Haaland, father of Erling, says Norway were 'robbed' and the referee 'saved' England
Thomas Tuchel critical of England's performance, describing the result as "lucky"
Bellingham hits back at England manager, saying: "Maybe he doesn't know what it's like to play in those conditions".
Prince William says result was "never in doubt"; Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer jokes Norway "took one hell of a beating"
BBC to show England's semi-final clash against Argentina at Atlanta Stadium on Wednesday, 15 July (20:00 BST) on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
When the World Cup finishes, the football continues on BBC Sport
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Written by Flora Snelson & Craig Nelson. Edited by Sean Kearns.

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Bellingham brace helps England set up Argentina semi-finalpublished at 07:15 BST 12 July
Norway 1-2 England (AET)

Phew.
It wasn't pretty...but England are through to the World Cup semi-finals for a fourth time in their history.
Manager Thomas Tuchel was unimpressed with his side's performance after they needed extra-time to seal a 2-1 comeback win over Norway, but he was full of praise for their "mentality".
Jude Bellingham's response?
"Whatever..."
The Real Madrid midfielder scored twice to seal England's progress in a steamy, sultry Miami Stadium.
Argentina later followed them into the semi-finals with their own extra-time win, beating Switzerland 3-1 in Kansas City to set up a head-to-head with England in the last four in Atlanta on Wednesday.
Stick with us as we bring you full reaction to both those results.
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England's quarter-final hero
Bellingham - 'The man of all the moments'published at 07:11 BST 12 July
Norway 1-2 England (AET)

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Comms cam as England beat Norway

Brilliant, brave, belligerentpublished at 06:59 BST 12 July
Norway 1-2 England (AET)

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Group A

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Mexico	3	3	0	0	6	0	6	9	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 South Africa	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
3 South Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
4 Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss

Group B

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	3	4	7	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Win
2 Canada	3	1	1	1	8	3	5	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
3 Bosnia-Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
4 Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	10	-8	1	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

Group C

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	1	6	7	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Win
2 Morocco	3	2	1	0	6	3	3	7	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Win
3 Scotland	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
4 Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Group D

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 United States	3	2	0	1	8	4	4	6	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Loss
2 Australia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
3 Paraguay	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
4 Turkey	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Win

Group E

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Germany	3	2	0	1	10	4	6	6	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Loss
2 Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	4	2	2	6	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Win
3 Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
4 Curaçao	3	0	1	2	1	9	-8	1	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss

Group F

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Netherlands	3	2	1	0	10	4	6	7	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Win
2 Japan	3	1	2	0	7	3	4	5	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
3 Sweden	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
4 Tunisia	3	0	0	3	2	12	-10	0	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Group G

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Belgium	3	1	2	0	6	2	4	5	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
2 Egypt	3	1	2	0	5	3	2	5	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
3 Iran	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
4 New Zealand	3	0	1	2	4	10	-6	1	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

Group H

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Spain	3	2	1	0	5	0	5	7	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Win
2 Cape Verde	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
3 Uruguay	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
4 Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	1	5	-4	2	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw

Group I

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 France	3	3	0	10	2	8	9	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Norway	3	2	1	8	7	1	6	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Loss
3 Senegal	3	1	2	8	6	2	3	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
4 Iraq	3	0	3	1	12	-11	0	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Group J

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Argentina	3	3	0	0	8	1	7	9	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Austria	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
3 Algeria	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
4 Jordan	3	0	0	3	3	8	-5	0	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Group K

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Colombia	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Draw
2 Portugal	3	1	2	0	6	1	5	5	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
3 Congo DR	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
4 Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	0	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Group L

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 England	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Draw Result Win
2 Croatia	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Win
3 Ghana	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
4 Panama	3	0	0	3	0	4	-4	0	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

3rd Place Ranking

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Congo DR	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
2 Sweden	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
3 Ghana	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
4 Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
5 Bosnia-Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
6 Algeria	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	4	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
7 Paraguay	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
8 Senegal	3	1	0	2	8	6	2	3	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
9 Iran	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
10 South Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
11 Scotland	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result
12 Uruguay	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2	No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result No Result

Key

Position 1, 2 : 16th Finals
Position 3 : Possible 16th Finals

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World Cup 2026: England to renew Argentina rivalry - but will Three Lions go all the way?

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Send us your views

Live Reporting

Bellingham brace helps England set up Argentina semi-finalpublished at 07:15 BST 12 July

Bellingham - 'The man of all the moments'published at 07:11 BST 12 July

Brilliant, brave, belligerentpublished at 06:59 BST 12 July

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