⚽ What happened this week
The World Cup Final is set.
- Spain beat France 2–0. Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Pedro Porro doubled the lead, sending Spain to its first final since winning in 2010.
- Argentina broke England's heart 2–1. Enzo Fernández tied the game in the 85th minute, and Lautaro Martínez completed the comeback in stoppage time after an assist from Lionel Messi.
📺 What to watch this week
One last World Cup weekend.
🇫🇷 FRANCE VS 🏴 ENGLAND
Saturday, July 18 · 5:00 PM ET
Miami Stadium · FOX and FOX One. Both teams have one last opportunity to finish the tournament with a win.🇪🇸 SPAIN VS 🇦🇷 ARGENTINA
Sunday, July 19 · 3:00 PM ET
New York New Jersey Stadium · FOX and FOX One. Spain's controlled style meets Argentina's experience, resilience, and late-game magic.🌎 World Cup chaos headlines
Spain shut down France. France had some of the biggest attacking names left, but Spain never allowed the team to settle into the game.
Argentina scored twice in the final minutes. England was leading with only five minutes of regulation remaining—and still didn't make it to the final.
Messi is one win away from another World Cup. His stoppage-time assist helped create the goal that sent Argentina through.
The final is officially set. Spain and Argentina will meet Sunday in New Jersey with the trophy on the line.
🛋️ Fi's couch report
England parked the bus. Argentina found a way through.
“England looked like it had one foot in the World Cup Final.”
Instead of continuing to attack, England dropped almost everyone back on defense to protect its one-goal lead—a strategy soccer fans call “parking the bus.”
Against the defending champions, that is a dangerous game to play. England invited Argentina to keep attacking, and two late goals completely flipped the game.
🤯 Sports fun fact
Argentina is trying to become only the third country to win back-to-back men's World Cups, joining Italy and Brazil.
💬 One thing to bring up
England was winning with five minutes left, but Argentina scored twice at the end and completely stole the game. Now you know.