🎙️ Armchair Pundits | World Cup 2026 Ep.9 | ALL Quarter-Final Results | Bellingham Cable of God | Mbappe 20th WC Goal | Merino Again! | Alvarez Stunner

Four hosts. All four quarter-finals. Every goal, every red card, every VAR decision, every controversy. The semi-final draw is set — and it's historic.

📋 ALL 4 RESULTS:

🇫🇷 France 2-0 Morocco ✅

Mbappe pen SAVED 28' (his first ever WC pen miss!) | Mbappe 60' curler (8th tournament goal, 20th career = level with Messi all-time!) | Dembele 66' (5th goal) | Mbappe off 77' (ankle — precautionary) | Morocco: 0.14 xG without Saibari

🇪🇸 Spain 2-1 Belgium ✅

Ruiz 30' (rebound off Castagne) | De Ketelaere 41' (header) | Courtois injured off 71' | Lammens HOWLER | Merino 88' (1min 57sec on pitch — 2nd sub winner in a row!) | Spain's first WC SF since 2010

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 2-1 Norway (AET) ✅

Schjelderup 36' (cross-shot off far post) | Bellingham 45+2' (Gordon assist, left foot) | Heggem goal disallowed VAR | CABLE OF GOD controversy (skycam wire?) | Bellingham 93' ET (Rogers spilled — Bellingham pounced — 6th tournament goal!) | Haaland kept quiet all match

🇦🇷 Argentina 3-1 Switzerland (AET) ✅

Mac Allister 10' (Messi corner) | Ndoye 67' (Switzerland equalised) | EMBOLO RED 72' (simulation VAR — 2nd YC, mistaken identity rules — tears) | Switzerland 10 men for 40+ mins | Alvarez 112' STUNNER curler | Lautaro 120+1' tap-in

⭐ KEY MOMENTS:

• Cable of God — Nyland's goal-kick hits skycam wire? Ball falls to England. Bellingham scores 93rd-min winner. Norway FURIOUS

• Bellingham: 2nd youngest EVER to score 2+ goals in consecutive WC KO games (only Pelé was younger, aged 17)

• Mbappe: 20th career WC goal = level with Messi all-time. Missed his first ever WC penalty vs Morocco

• Merino: scored 1min 57sec after coming on — second sub winner of tournament in consecutive games. Fastest sub KO goal in WC history

• Alvarez 112' curler = one of the goals of this entire tournament. First WC goal since 2022 SF brace

• Messi's WC scoring streak ends at 9 games (his own record) but has 10 WC assists — more than anyone since 1966

• Embolo in tears after red card for simulation — Switzerland held 10 men for 40+ minutes before Alvarez broke them

• Historic SF field: first time ever FIFA top 4 ranked nations ALL in WC semis

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🎙️ Armchair Pundits | FIFA World Cup 2026 Special — Episode 8

England beat Mexico 3-2 at the AZTECA with ten men. Bellingham scored twice in 98 seconds. Norway knocked out Brazil. Messi came back from 2-0 down with 11 minutes left to beat Egypt 3-2. Spain ended Ronaldo's World Cup career. Belgium thrashed the USA 4-1 despite the Balogun ban scandal. The Round of 16 delivered everything. All 8 results, every goal, every VAR call, every red card.

⚽ ALL 8 ROUND OF 16 RESULTS:

🇲🇦 Morocco 3-0 Canada — Ounahi brace (50', 82') | Rahimi 90+8' | Saibari injured 22'

🇫🇷 France 1-0 Paraguay — Mbappe pen 70' (7th tournament goal) | Gill double-save 90+' | 38°C heat | Mbappe vs Paraguay senator racism row

🇳🇴 Norway 2-1 Brazil — Nyland saves Guimaraes pen 14' | Haaland header 79' | Haaland 90' drive | Brazil's earliest exit since 1990

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 3-2 Mexico 🔥 — Bellingham brace in 98 SECONDS (36', 38') | Quansah RED 54' | Kane pen 60' | Jimenez pen 69' | 11 MINS STOPPAGE TIME | FIRST EVER WC WIN AT THE AZTECA

🇪🇸 Spain 1-0 Portugal — Merino 90+1' (sub winner) | Oyarzabal open-goal MISS 82' | Ronaldo bicycle kick saved | Ronaldo's LAST WC GAME | 6 WC clean sheets — record

🇧🇪 Belgium 4-1 USA — De Ketelaere x2 | Vanaken (GK Freese howler!) | Lukaku 90+3' | Balogun ban reversed by FIFA (Trump called Infantino!) | Pulisic INJURED

🇦🇷 Argentina 3-2 Egypt ⚡ — Ibrahim 15' | Messi pen SAVED (21') | Zico 67' | Romero 79' | Messi 83' LEFT-FOOT EQUALISER (8th goal!) | Fernandez 90+2' WINNER | 3 goals in 13 mins!

🇨🇴/🇨🇭 Switzerland vs Colombia — 🔴 LIVE as we recorded (fill in result)

🔥 EPISODE 8 HIGHLIGHTS:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bellingham: FIRST player since MARADONA to score 2 WC goals at the Azteca (Maradona vs Belgium 1986 — same stadium!)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: FIRST team EVER to beat Mexico at the Azteca in a World Cup (Mexico unbeaten in 10 previous WC Azteca games)

🐐 Messi: 8 tournament goals — MOST in WC history at a single edition. 9 CONSECUTIVE WC games scoring — his own record. FIRST player ever to miss 2 pens in one WC

🇳🇴 Haaland: 7 tournament goals — beats Brazil single-handedly. Level with Messi and Mbappe

🇧🇪 Balogun ban SCANDAL — FIFA reversed suspension after Trump called Infantino. Belgium won 4-1 anyway

😤 Paraguay senator Celeste Amarilla made racist comments about Mbappe. French prosecutors opened criminal investigation

🇪🇸 Spain: 6 WC clean sheets — first team in WC HISTORY to achieve this

💔 Ronaldo's final World Cup game — no trophy, barely touched the ball, Martinez resigned

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🔔 Episode 9 = QUARTER-FINALS — England vs Norway, France vs Morocco, Spain vs Belgium, Argentina vs SUI/COL

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🎙️⚽ ARMCHAIR PUNDITS ARE BACK!

Episode 7 of our World Cup 2026 Special is LIVE — and this round had EVERYTHING 🔥

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kane PASSES PELÉ — 13 World Cup goals. His 86th-min winner vs DR Congo was a RIFLE into the top corner

🇧🇪 Belgium — 2-0 down, De Bruyne subbed off, 5 mins left — won it with a penalty at 124 mins 44 secs. LATEST EVER WC GOAL

🇩🇪 Germany knocked out on pens by Paraguay — their FIRST EVER WC shootout defeat

🇳🇱 Netherlands out on pens too. Gakpo scored and burst into TEARS 💔

🐐 Messi scores his 20th WC goal — all-time record. Argentina taken to extra time by Cape Verde

🇪🇬 Salah took a PANENKA in the shootout 😤 Egypt through to face Messi in the R16

🦈 Cape Verde equalised TWICE against Argentina — Lopes Cabral scored one of the goals of the tournament

All 16 results. Full goals, VAR, red cards and full ACP debate 🎙️

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