World Cup 2026 starting today

England - Argentina is arguably the biggest rivalry in international sport. Heck, those two countries have had a literal (small) war against one another. Glad to see them go at it again.

I think I mentioned this last World Cup, but 20 year old me was in London on June 7, 2002 watching England win the game last time they met in a competitive match. Atmosphere throughout entire city was absolutely electric. At some point I ended up on one of the lions in Trafalgar Square. Made a lot of friends that day.

I’ll be cheering for “les rosbifs” in this one.
 
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Was the Embolo second yellow card legit? It looked to me that he was fishing to draw the penalty on Paredes. He got caught.
Seemed the right call to me.
I think that if he had just gone over, and not embellished with the death throe roll, he'd have been forgiven. But he dove to get a yellow on the Argentine, and that raised the stakes. Once the yellow went out, it was not going back into the pocket without a new name on it. If Embolo had just dodged the contact, woulda been no foul and now yellow. He deserved it.
 

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