Argentina book their place in a second consecutive World Cup final with a couple of late goals and beat England with 2-1. Argentina made England pay for playing too much defensive after Anthony Gordon put them ahead in the 55th minute. . Enzo Fernandez first scored the equaliser in the 85th minute and then Lautaro Martinez, who came on as a late change for defender Nicolás Tagliafico, scored what turned out to be the winner in the second minute of added time. Argentina suddenly went from being 1-0 down to 2-1 up and that is how the scoreline remained, much to England’s agony.
Argentina will face Spain on Sunday. They are looking to become just the third team, and the first since 1962, to have succesfully defended their World Cup title. Italy were the first to do so, having won in 1934 and 1938. Pele’s Brazil then became the second, and thus far the last, team to have won two consecutive World Cups, winning the covetted title in 1958 and 1962. England, meanwhile, face France, whom Argentina had defeated in the 2022 final, in the third-place playoff on Saturday
