🎙️ Armchair Pundits | World Cup 2026 Ep.10 | Both Semi-Finals | Tuchel's Bunkering | Spain Destroy France | Messi's Last Dance Set UpFour hosts. Two semi-finals. England out. France out. Spain vs Argentina in Sunday's final. Everything you need in 30 minutes.📋 BOTH RESULTS:🇫🇷 France 0-2 Spain ✅ | Bastille Day | DallasOyarzabal 22' PEN (Digne fouled Yamal) | Porro 58' (Olmo assist) | Saliba off 30' (back injury) | Mbappe barely touched it | France xG 0.26 | Spain's 7th clean sheet |🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 1-2 Argentina 💔 | AtlantaGordon 55' (Rogers cross, back post volley) | TUCHEL BUNKERED (36% possession, Kane + Bellingham = 1 shot!) | Fernandez 85' (Messi short corner assist — curling stunner) | Lautaro 90+2' (Messi cross, back post header — WINNER) | Messi: 10 WC assists — most in single WC since 1966⭐ KEY MOMENTS:Gordon put England 1-0 up at 55'. Tuchel then brought on defenders. England had 36% possession from that pointMac Allister hit the POST. Argentina had 15 attempts to England's 5. Argentina xG 1.84 vs England 0.53No shots from either side in the opening 30 mins of England vs Argentina — first at a WC since 1966Messi assisted BOTH Argentina goals without scoring — 10 assists this tournament, more than any player in a single WC since 1966Argentina: 3rd successive WC final. First nation since West Germany (1982, 1986, 1990) to do thatSaliba's back injury at 30' changed the France vs Spain dynamic completelySpain: 7 clean sheets in 8 games. 2 goals conceded all tournament. France's first defeat of WC 2026🏆 WORLD CUP FINAL: Spain vs Argentina | Sun 19 Jul | MetLife Stadium NJ | 3pm ET / 8pm BST3rd/4th play-off: England vs France | Sat 18 Jul🎙️ https://youtube.com/@ACPPod?si=vYlB8V9pjV3Zq3Rshttps://linktr.ee/theacppod#WorldCup2026 #ArmchairPundits #ACPPod #England #Messi #Argentina #Tuchel #Spain #France #Mbappe #Gordon #Bellingham #Kane #SemiFinal #FootballPodcast #WorldCup #FIFA #Yamal #Lautaro #Fernandez

🎙️ 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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🔔 Episode 10 = Semi-finals (France vs Spain Bastille Day + England vs Argentina in Atlanta!)

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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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