{"id":3665,"date":"2026-07-14T16:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:41:17","slug":"no-surprises-here-world-cup-semifinals-features-top-four-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3665","title":{"rendered":"No surprises here, World Cup semifinals features top four teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Despite an expanded field, the top four teams in the FIFA rankings still managed to overcome an additional round in the knockout stage.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3663\">Manti Te\u2019o is competing on \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 \u2014\u00a0ESPN style<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gearing up for the final stage of the tournament all four teams are guaranteed two more games, but there is only one match that matters, and only two of the four teams can make it. As the tournament now only features 1\/12th of the original 48, here is a look at both matches, set for Tuesday and Wednesday:<\/p>\n<h4>Spain vs. France<\/h4>\n<p>Ranked No. 2, Spain\u2019s match with No. 3 France is sure to be a good one. Both teams hold the highest odds, according to Sports Illustrated, to emerge victorious when it is all said and done.<\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 has turned heads throughout the tournament, scoring eight goals so far, and has his country poised to advance to take the tournament after falling just short in 2022. France\u2019s odds are the highest sitting at +150.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>While March Madness expansion draws murmurs, the World Cup may have got it right<\/li>\n<li>The world\u2019s biggest America fans are &#8230; Europeans?<\/li>\n<li>And then there were none: All 3 host countries fall short of quarterfinal<\/li>\n<li>World Cup setting TV ratings records. Are Utahns watching?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Spain\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or winner, Rodri, and other playmakers such as Pedri and 19-year-old superstar Lamine Yamal may have something to say about France\u2019s odds. For Spain, which holds the second-highest odds at +320, it would only be the second time the team reaches the World Cup final, after winning it in 2010 against Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not an exaggeration to describe this match as a final before the final,\u201d Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said at a postmatch press conference. But he expressed confidence in his team\u2019s ability against France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re one of the teams capable of reaching the final.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spain opened the tournament a little shaky when it drew with Cape Verde, but the team has passed some difficult tests against rival Portugal and Belgium. A win against France and potentially a World Cup victory would surely be redemption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe match will be more open than ever,\u201d De La Fuente said. \u201cWe will have to raise our level of play, and we\u2019re going to give everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>France lost to Spain in the 2024 Euro but France center-back Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 said they do not fear Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3661\">Opinion: The stark difference between classrooms with and without phones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot fear \u200banyone,\u201d he said. \u201cSpain is an exceptional \u200bteam, with a lot of individual quality, so we won\u2019t be focusing on just one player \u200beven though Lamine is a great player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spain and France match up in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday at 1 p.m. on Fox.<\/p>\n<h4>Argentina vs. England<\/h4>\n<p>The No. 1 against the No. 4 ranked team is Wednesday\u2019s matchup as Argentina takes on England. The two countries have not met in the World Cup since 2002 but the two hold one of the most well-known World Cup moments.<\/p>\n<p>In 1986, Diego Maradona fisted a ball, unnoticed by the officials, to defeat the England in one of the most infamous moments the tournament has witnessed. Argentina went on to win the World Cup that year and is the defending champ this year.<\/p>\n<p>England, however, has not even sniffed a World Cup title. The only time the country won the World Cup was 1966 when it hosted. Holding slightly better odds (+340) than Argentina (+360), England looks to break through and smash Lionel Messi and Argentina\u2019s hope for back-to-back World Cups in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Admitting attention will largely be on Messi, England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford said he is confident in his team\u2019s ability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t look past the ability and the talent we\u2019ve got in the squad,\u201d he said per Flashscore. \u201cDefensively, togetherness, we\u2019ve got it all there and that\u2019s what we need to put on a show on Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re ready for anything, and it\u2019s us against them and it\u2019s about who comes out on top. We\u2019re fully prepared for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Argentina\u2019s manager also toned down rivalry talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a soccer match. The message is it\u2019s a soccer match. We\u2019re not looking for anything else. It\u2019s a soccer match,\u201d Lionel Scaloni said in a press conference. \u201cWe\u2019re going to play a game against a great national team who has a great coach that I appreciate, admire a lot. It\u2019s a soccer match. Period. There\u2019s no more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3659\">2025 was Utah\u2019s hottest on record. 2026 is on track to be even hotter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given the team\u2019s history, time will tell if that is true.<\/p>\n<p>The two face off in Atlanta on Wednesday at 1 p.m. on Fox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a month of soccer leads us to the final four remaining squads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No surprises here, World Cup semifinals features top four teams - 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