- Argentina are the experienced favorites — Lionel Scaloni’s side have won the 2022 World Cup and back-to-back Copa Américas, so the coach says his team can be calm and confident.
- England are under pressure with Thomas Tuchel in his first international tournament and a nation still hungry to reach a World Cup final for the first time since 1966.
- Watch the big matchup: Messi (tied for the Golden Boot) versus England’s stars Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane — stopping those two is Argentina’s obvious game plan.
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