🎙️ 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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