Reigning champions Argentina were also taken to extra time by 10-man Switzerland before goals from Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez secured a 3-1 win for Lionel Scaloni’s side.
Argentina are looking to reach their second successive World Cup final, while England are aiming to progress past the last four for the first time since they lifted the World Cup for the first and only time on home soil in 1966.
England and Argentina have a long and chequered past but have not met in the World Cup since David Beckham’s famous penalty sealed a 1-0 group stage win in Japan in 2002…
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