{"id":36513,"date":"2026-07-15T05:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/world-cup-2026-spain-stun-listless-france-to-reach-final-england-v-argentina-buildup-live-world-cup-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:02:22","slug":"world-cup-2026-spain-stun-listless-france-to-reach-final-england-v-argentina-buildup-live-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/world-cup-2026-spain-stun-listless-france-to-reach-final-england-v-argentina-buildup-live-world-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Spain stun listless France to reach final; England v Argentina buildup \u2013 live | World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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double quotation markDeschamps leaves the job having won a World Cup and reached another final and semi-final. He reached a Euros final and a semi-final. To get to the last four of five major tournaments over a 14-year stretch sounds like a remarkable achievement and in some ways it is. But Deschamps has been blessed with generation after generation of extraordinary players; one trophy with those players is perhaps only par. And there is an argument, voiced most vociferously by those grown weary of his football labeur<\/em>, that Deschamps, for all his apparent success, held France back.<\/p>\n

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On UK TV, they were killing Deschamps for doing nothing as Lucas Digne struggled to contain Lamine Yamal, though Roy Keane made the point that his teammates ought to have seen the problem and helped him out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think I\u2019d start a little earlier in the piece: it seemed clear that, for Spain to win, Lamine would have to play well, because without that, they lack edge. So why didn\u2019t Deschamps have a plan to limit his involvement?<\/p>\n

<\/span>Lamine Yamal giving Lucas Digne a tough time.<\/span> Photograph: Franck Fife\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought before yesterday\u2019s game that it would be probably be decided by misfortune or a mistake, and France suffered one of each in a matter of minutes,\u201d says K\u00e1ri Tulinius.<\/strong> \u201cEither giving up a silly penalty or losing Saliba to injury early on would\u2019ve been enough on its own for Les Bleus to lose, both proved way too much. That said, I think Deschamps overcomplicated his tactics by asking Olise to do double duty as a creator and Rodri\u2019s overcoat, and he did neither well. Deschamps probably should\u2019ve left off Barcola and had Kon\u00e9 on in a three man midfield, but that\u2019s very much hindsight talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m afraid it\u2019s Deschamps\u2019 job to realise this stuff in advance, and it\u2019s not a major act of prophesy to think you can\u2019t take on Spain with Tchouameni, Rabiot and an attacker as your midfield. But talk to me about Kon\u00e9: I see some good attributes, but I don\u2019t see it<\/em>. I watch him and think perhaps coaching could wring the most from his talent, then I think at 25, he shouldn\u2019t need telling to follow runners in a World Cup semi.<\/p>\n

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Often, too much emphasis is, I think, placed on the tactical, but that was the start of France\u2019s problems in this game.<\/strong> I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s possible to turn on the kind of high press that might\u2019ve worked \u2013 famously, J\u00fcrgen Klopp spent hours, days, weeks and months drilling it into his Liverpool team and wouldn\u2019t allow anyone not involved in to watch. It would\u2019ve made more sense for France to sit off and try and generate turnovers with space in behind, or sacrifice an attacker for an extra midfielder.<\/p>\n

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double quotation markFrance simply never got going. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 lamented a display that appeared listless from the start, suggesting they had deviated from their gameplan. \u201cI don\u2019t think we played the match we wanted to play, whether tactically, technically, or in terms of our overall performance level,\u201d he told the French broadcaster M6.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you don\u2019t do what you\u2019re supposed to do in a World Cup semi-final, you don\u2019t win. Our goal was to press them high up the pitch to prevent them from settling into that slow, controlled rhythm, because when it comes to controlling the game they are better than us. We failed to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mbapp\u00e9 confirmed what also seemed clear from the sidelines: that France had been outnumbered by three to two in midfield. \u201cAgainst Spain that\u2019s a real problem,\u201d he admitted. \u201cWhen you put it all together, the result is a defeat. It\u2019s a huge disappointment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By way of example, even I could see Michael Olise would have a problem if played centrally, because he\u2019d be wanting the space occupied by the amazing Rodri. But it took Deschamps 45 minutes to move him wide, and by then the game had been set.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Similarly, a midfield three of Tchouameni, Rabiot, Olise was always going to struggle against Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Olmo, yet no measure was taken to alter the dynamic. Again, the only tactic seemed to be reliance that attacking class would at some point prevail, and this lack of foresight is, I think, a reason the players were so tamely befuddled: what happened to them seemed to surpriser them, though it\u2019s happened to them and others so many times before.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOutclassed\u201d is a little harsh, in mine: I wasn\u2019t watching thinking these teams don\u2019t belong on the same pitch.<\/strong> Rather, Spain came with a plan, and France came assuming their attackers would get things sorted at some point. Such is Didier Deschamps and, if you\u2019re asking, part of me is pleased his team lost because I think two World cup wins should be for elite managers only, and actually his return of one plus one final defeat is bare minimum given the players he\u2019s had an opposition he\u2019s faced.<\/p>\n

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So what happened to France, then? <\/strong>Well, in really basic terms, Spain happened. Never in the history of football has there been a style so hard to beat, and though it\u2019s changed since the days of three consecutive tournament wins in a row, the fundamentals remain the same: control midfield, control the game.<\/p>\n

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Over the next three hours \u2013 and when I\u2019m subbed off thereafter \u2013 we\u2019ll reflect on France 0-2 Spain<\/strong>, and look forward to England v Argentina. England v Argentina in the semi-finals of the World Cup, oh my complete and utter daze days.<\/p>\n

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Greetings one and all. <\/strong>Anyone got any plans for later?<\/p>\n

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Anyway, time for today\u2019s first baton change<\/strong>. Daniel Harris is here to guide you through the next couple of hours. Enjoy the rest of your day.<\/p>\n

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Time for today\u2019s missive<\/strong> from friend of the blog Krishna Moorthy:<\/p>\n

\u201cHello Tom, France played Spain like how Morocco played France. This is the shortest match report I can file.\u201d<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t quite as passive as Morocco were in that game, but France\u2019s defeat did look as inevitable as Morocco\u2019s did, for most of the game. And I did have a sense from early on in the tournament that this France side might be destined for Netherlands 74, Brazil 82, Romania 94, Argentina 2006 territory as great non-World Cup winners, but at least all those went out in a bit of a blaze of glory. France\u2019s exit last night looked disjointed and resigned.<\/p>\n

But we shouldn\u2019t let it detract from the near-perfection of Spain\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

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What have been the goal of the tournament contenders?<\/strong> I\u2019ve not noticed the UK TV channels running this staple yet, but it\u2019s always worth a chinwag. Plucking five off the top of my head. I\u2019m thinking Sidny Cabral for Cape Verde v Argentina, Alvarez\u2019s similar effort against Switzerland, Isidor for Haiti against Morocco, Maeda for Japan v Sweden (a sumptuous team goal in a tournament that\u2019s not had that many of them) and Mbapp\u00e9 v Morocco.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Tuchel says he channels his inner child<\/strong> to help him deal with the stresses and strains of the job. This from AP<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

double quotation markHow does England coach Thomas Tuchel handle the pressure of a run to the semifinals of the World Cup ?<\/p>\n

Simple. A bike, a parking lot and an ice cream.<\/p>\n

Tuchel said ahead of England\u2019s World Cup semifinal against Lionel Messi\u2019s Argentina that he relaxes by reconnecting with his inner child.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you just go on a bike and then you just need a big parking lot, an ice cream in your hand for 15 minutes on a bike and then you feel like you\u2019re 15 years old,\u201d Tuchel said Tuesday. \u201cYou enjoy your evening on a warm, summer evening for 15 minutes with the ice cream and you reconnect to the beauty of that feeling that we all have inside of us and that\u2019s sometimes all it needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Our data expert Andrew Beasley on why England should still be wary of 39-year-old Leo Messi\u2019s sprinting ability:<\/p>\n

double quotation markAnd when Messi hits top speed, he can still go at a decent pace. Data on Sofascore shows his top sprint at this World Cup was 30.9 km\/h. That is faster than any run Lautaro Mart\u00ednez (30.5) or Alexis Mac Allister (30.2) has made for Argentina, despite their being more than a decade younger. It is not far behind the best Kane (31.4) or Jude Bellingham (31.1) have offered either.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Lionel Messi during training on Tuesday.<\/span> Photograph: Paul Childs\/Reuters<\/p>\n

And Barney Ronay\u2019s scene-setter:<\/p>\n

double quotation markThere are shared qualities here. Both nations belong to that list of places where football occupies a position of overblown prominence in the national sense of wellbeing. And on the pitch these are two well matched teams; or rather, not really teams, but excitingly wonky collections of parts dragged to this point by star players and wild-eyed comebacks, emotion as opposed to process.<\/p>\n

Whatever happens in Atlanta, it is unlikely to be rational, cold or free from further episodes of whiplash. England have been on the edge in their past two matches. Argentina have at least half a team\u2019s worth of players with a thirst for confrontation. High-stakes VAR screen debacle anyone? A third-minute 50\/50 with Cristian Romero? Emi Mart\u00ednez in a penalty shootout against England? Never mind shithousery. Expect a shitmansion, a shitpalace.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a004.04 EDT<\/p>\n

World Cup Daily<\/strong> has dropped, and I\u2019m listening to it as I type. Get your ears round it now. Lots to chew on, including Philippe Auclair claiming that for the first time ever most of the world is backing England in a match against Argentina, which may rouse readers in Glasgow, Dublin, Cardiff etc.<\/p>\n

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Half-time of final to last 30 minutes \u2013 reports<\/h2>\n

Fans at the final<\/strong> will get the chance to yam down an extra pint on the concourse, while their kids can successfully pester them for another tub of popcorn, for it\u2019s been reported that half-time will last half an hour, Fifa has confirmed. This will create sufficient time for the much-vaunted Super Bowl-esque half-time show at which the likes of Shakira, Justin Bieber and Madonna will play the hits. Or maybe they won\u2019t play the hits \u2013 perhaps they\u2019ll go rogue and try out some experimental unreleased session tracks. We can but hope.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Justin Bieber performing at the recent NHL Draft.<\/span> Photograph: Bruce Bennett\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

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Preamble<\/h2>\n

Greetings everyone<\/strong>, and welcome to a massive World Cup day. We\u2019ll be covering all the buildup to the England v Argentina semi-final throughout the day, but we need to talk about last night first don\u2019t we? Yes, Spain are in the final after producing, if not a shock, then at least an unscripted moment, in a World Cup that\u2019s sometimes felt as if it has had too many scripted ones. The billing for last night didn\u2019t have France simply not showing up as among the plot twists.<\/p>\n

But Spain were masterful, on and off the ball (and it was mostly the former such is their mesmeric knack for keeping possession), underpinned by flawless midfield performances from Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz and Rodri. The whole team didn\u2019t put a foot wrong, and Pedro Porro, scorer of the second goal, is turning into an unlikely Spanish hero.<\/p>\n

It all means that we have the possibility of a Spain v England major tournament final for the fourth summer in a row, following on from the women\u2019s World Cup in 2023, men\u2019s Euros in 2024 and women\u2019s Euros last year. But England have considerable work to do first.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here\u2019s your essential reading from the game in Dallas:<\/p>\n

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He reached a Euros final and a semi-final. To get to the last four of five major tournaments over a 14-year stretch sounds like a remarkable achievement and in some ways it is. 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